Hey cool, thanks for the help guys. One problem though, when I take this approach I can't decouple the specs anymore. They all "User_xxx receive unexpected message :articles". It seems silly to include all behaviors in one spec, or put that expectation in each test. Is there a way around this? Thanks for all the help, Daniel Fischer http://www.danielfischer.com
On Dec 3, 2007 2:44 AM, Daniel N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assuming that there is a call like this in your controller > @articles = current_user.articles > > One way to do this is to stub out the controller.current_user to return a > mock object of the current_user > > Then put an expectation on the current user that it's articles method gets > called. (return a mocked collection of articles) > > Then check that @articles is set to the returned mocked collection of > articles from current_user.articles > > phew... > > Ok So one way you might write this could be (This is untested...) > > it "should scope the articles to the currrent_user" do > > user = mock_model(User) > articles = [mock_model(Article)] > > controller.stub!(:current_user).and_return(user) > user.should_receive (:articles).and_return(articles) > > get :index > > assigns[:articles].should == articles > > end > > Like I said though, that's not tested itself. If that's not exactly > right... it's along the right track of an option that can work. > > HTH > Daniel > > On Dec 3, 2007 9:07 PM, Stefan Magnus Landrø <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Typically, I'd write a method in your user model that returns the user's > > articles: > > > > class User do > > > > def find_articles_for_user > > Article.find(:all, :conditions => ['userid = ?', id) > > end > > > > end > > > > Then you'd use a mock in your controller spec, and make sure you test > > that your method is being called. > > > > On the other hand, the user model should be tested directly against the > > db. > > > > HTH, > > > > Stefan > > > > 2007/12/3, Fischer, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Let's say you're using the restful_authentication plugin. > > > You have a model called articles. On the index action of the > > > articlescontroller you simply want to spec out that it'll scope the > > > results > > > to the ownership of the current_user. > > > > > > It should NOT include any articles other than the articles that user > > > owns. > > > > > > How would you properly spec this out? > > > > > > Thanks for the help! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > rspec-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bekk Open Source > > http://boss.bekk.no > > _______________________________________________ > > rspec-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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