On 7/25/07, Mikel Lindsaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kyle,
That is a good point. We are after the behaviour, not the implementation.
Regards
Mikel
On 7/25/07, Daniel N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 7/25/07, Kyle Hargraves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Daniel N wrote:
> > > On 7/25/07, Mikel Lindsaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> There would be a different way.
> > >>
> > >> In the idea of "Only test the code you write" all you really need
to
> > >> spec is that you have set the right association, because
activerecord
> > >> has it's own tests to ensure the uniq call works.
> > >>
> > >> You can do this with a call to
> reflect_on_association. Unfortunately
> > >> that call does not return a hash, but an association object.
> > >>
> > >> I wrote a blog post on how to do this easily with a spec_helper.rb
> > >> method that adds to_hash to reflect on association.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
>
http://www.blognow.com.au/q/67540/Reflect_on_association_one_liner_to_check_association_details.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In the end you end up with a spec that looks like this:
> > >>
> > >> it "should test reflection details" do
> > >>
> > >> association_results = {
> > >> :macro => :has_many,
> > >> :options => {:through => :clipping, :uniq => true},
> > >> :class_name => "nil"
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> Book.reflect_on_association (:clip).to_hash.should ==
> > >> association_results
> > >>
> > >> end
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Of course, you can add whatever values you want into the hash.
> > >>
> > >> I now have one of these specs at the top of pretty much every model
> > >> spec. Just set up the hash with all your association rules and
then
> > >> this can be checked and kept track of when you are refactoring or
> > >> changing code.
> > >>
> > >> Hope that helps.
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> Mikel
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanx Mikel.
> > >
> > > I didn't even think of using a uniq on the has_many. I was using a
> > > validates_uniquness_of :scope => 'book_id'
> > >
> > > I will definitley look into this one.
> > >
> > > Thankyou
> > > Daniel
> >
> > However you decide to go about solving it, the idiom you hit upon is
> > what, to me, actually describes the behaviour; if the book already has
a
> > clip once, you can't add it again:
> >
> > lambda { add_twice }.should change(...).by(1)
> >
> > It states very clearly what results you wish to see.
> >
> > Going through reflect_on_association feels too much like specifying
the
> > use of a particular implementation, rather than the desired outcome.
> >
> > Kyle
>
>
> It looks much better when you write it like that though ;)
>
>
>
Thanx for the input guys. I wasn''t entirely happy with what I had because
it didn't actually test what I wanted. It tests that a duplicate cannot be
added. But I specifically wanted to not allow duplicates for a given
clip_id
it "should have a uniq clip_id for a given book" do
lambda do
Clipping.create( valid_clipping_attributes )
Clipping.create( valid_clipping_attributes )
end.should change( Clipping, :count ).by( 1 )
end
became
it "should have a uniq clip_id for a given book" do
lambda do
Clipping.create( valid_clipping_attributes.with( :book => @book, :clip
=> @clip ) )
clipping = Clipping.create( valid_clipping_attributes.with( :book =>
@book, :clip => @clip ) )
clipping.should have(1).error_on( :clip_id )
clipping.errors.on( :clip_id ).should match(
/(already|duplicate|exists)/i )
end.should change( Clipping, :count ).by( 1 )
end
If anyone was interested :P
Daniel
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