Yes I realize that :)
I actually need to stub this method out in some of my other methods...
Since I'm still figuring out how stubbing works, I wanted to strip it down
to it's most basic. So in essence, I guess I am testing my stub with this
code.
So now I know that if I throw this stub in my other tests, I should be good
to go.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:28 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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