On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Dan Brooking <dmbrook...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got it...
>
> I called it using instance_eval.
>
> def app
> Sinatra::Application
> end
>
> describe "#random_string" do
> it "returns a random string" do
> app.should_receive(:random_string).with(6).and_return('abcdef')
> str = app.instance_eval("random_string(6)")
> str.should == "abcdef"
> end
> end
It might pass, but this example tells you nothing about how the
random_string method should work. What is it that you're actually
wanting to specify here?
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Dan Brooking <dmbrook...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> OK, so I think based on this, I'm doing it right and it's a Sinatra issue.
>> I did as you suggested and made a call to Sinatra::Application.random_string
>> and now my error is "private method `random_string' called for
>> Sinatra::Application:Class".
>>
>> So, like I said, looks to me like a Sintra specific issue where I need to
>> reference it in a certain way. It's such a small method, I don't really
>> need to test this but it's used in other modules so I wanted to isolate this
>> to ensure I've got the stubbing down right.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:58 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Dan Brooking <dmbrook...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'm working on a small Sintra app and am having trouble getting my stub
>>> > to
>>> > return what I want it to. I've been searching and found quite a few
>>> > with
>>> > this question but no real answers. I also posted this to the sinatrarb
>>> > google group in case it's an issue there.
>>> >
>>> > I have a helper method that returns a random string. I'm hoping it's
>>> > something very simple I'm doing wrong
>>> >
>>> > def random_string(length)
>>> > (0..length).map{ rand(36).to_s(36) }.join
>>> > end
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have my test written as follows:
>>> >
>>> > describe "#random_string" do
>>> > it "returns a random string" do
>>> >
>>> > #Sinatra::Application.any_instance.stub(:random_string).and_return("abcdef")
>>> >
>>> > Sinatra::Application.should_receive(:random_string).with(6).and_return('abcdef')
>>> > str = random_string(6)
>>>
>>> Here ^^ random_string is being called in the context of the example,
>>> not the Sinatra::Application class or any of its instances. I don't
>>> know how Sinatra includes helper modules, but assuming that includes
>>> them in the Sinatra::Application object, then this should work:
>>>
>>>
>>> Sinatra::Application.should_receive(:random_string).with(6).and_return('abcdef')
>>> Sinatra::Application.random_string(6).should eq 'abcdef'
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> David
>>>
>>> > str.should == "abcdef"
>>> > end
>>> > end
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have tried both lines shown in the code, and both times, the code
>>> > runs.
>>> > Yet my tests are still failing. It doesn't look like the stub is
>>> > taking. My
>>> > failure looks like:
>>> >
>>> > #random_string returns a random string
>>> > Failure/Error: str.should == "abcdef"
>>> > expected: "abcdef"
>>> > got: "xcz0g7a" (using ==)
>>> >
>>> > Any ideas?
>>> >
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