On Aug 29, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Shane Mingins wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have the occasional ApplicationController before_filter that is
> conditioned by the Rails.env and we like the following style:
>
> before_filter :check_for_something if Rails.env == 'production'
This approach won't work because this line is eval'd once and only once when
the file is loaded.
>
> And wish to spec this in an ApplicationController spec using an anonymous
> controller (e.g.
> http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/docs/controller-specs/anonymous-controller)
>
> Q. Just wondering how we can Rails.stub(:env).and_return('production') to
> trigger the before_filter?
>
> As it stands we have moved the conditional down into the method and stub in
> the before(:each)
>
> e.g.
>
> before_filter :check_for_something
>
> def check_for_something
> if Rails.env == 'production'
> ...
> end
> end
>
> before(:each) do
> Rails.stub(:env).and_return('production')
> end
This approach works because Rails.env inside the check_for_something method is
eval'd each time the method is called.
HTH,
David_______________________________________________
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