On 27 July 2011 18:09, Todd Sedano <todd.sed...@sv.cmu.edu> wrote:
> I have a controller that sends out an email through a mailer.
> Rails 2
> code: CurriculumCommentMailer.deliver_comment_update(@curriculum_comment,
> "created")
> Rails 3 code: CurriculumCommentMailer.comment_update(@curriculum_comment,
> "created").deliver
> In my controller spec, I test to see if the email was sent out.
> Rspec 1
> it "emails the comment" do
> CurriculumCommentMailer.should_receive(:deliver_comment_update)
> post :create, :curriculum_comment =>
> @curriculum_comment.attributes
> end
> Rspec 2
> In my opinion, I expected the following code to work
> it "emails the comment" do
> CurriculumCommentMailer.should_receive(:comment_update)
> post :create, :curriculum_comment =>
> @curriculum_comment.attributes
> end
> However it does not. Since I'm calling should_receive on an object that
> isn't a stub/mock/double, I expected should_receive to call the underlying
> code, it does not so .deliver is called on a NilClass. (undefined method
> `deliver' for nil:NilClass)
You're right -- #should_receive stubs out the object's underlying
code, so it never gets called.
> The following code does work
> mailer = double("mailer")
> mailer.stub(:deliver)
>
> CurriculumCommentMailer.should_receive(:comment_update).and_return(mailer)
> Whereas I expected this code to work, but it does not either
>
> CurriculumCommentMailer.should_receive(:comment_update).and_return(double("mailer").stub(:deliver))
That's odd -- I would expect that second version to work if the first
version is working. What error did you get? Was it the same "undefined
method `deliver' for nil:NilClass" as before?
Chris
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