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> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:27:36 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: rspec-users@rubyforge.org
> Subject: [rspec-users] Not sure why this controller spec isn't working
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I've been mocking and stubbing pretty nicely after the various bits of advice
> I received earlier about doing so. I've come to bits of code that work in
> one place and not in another, though. I'm hoping it's not something simple
> I've missed. The code below fails even though code that is practically the
> same elsewhere (except different models in use) passes. What gives?
>
> I have:
>
> in notes_controller_spec.rb:
>
>
> before(:each) do
> @mock_note = mock_model(Note, :body => "The hot dog shipment will be in
> later tonight.",
> :organization => @mock_org)
> @mock_org = mock_model(Organization, :name => "Slappy's Hot Dog Palace",
> :notes => [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> @notes = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> end
>
>
> it "should render 'notes/new' when the Note is setup with invalid data, i.e.
> without a body on POST create" do
> Note.stub!(:new).and_return(@mock_note)
> @notes.stub!(:< post :create, :organization_id => @mock_org.id,
> :new_note => { :body => @mock_note.body }
> response.should render_template("notes/new")
> end
>
> ---
>
> in notes_controller.rb:
>
> def create
> @new_note = Note.new(params[:new_note])
>
> respond_to do |wants|
> if @organization.notes << @new_note
> wants.html { redirect_to organization_url(@organization) }
> else
> wants.html { render :action => "new" }
> end
> end
> end
>
> I figured that my stubbing the << method out in the test to return false
> would do the job of triggering the proper branch of the if statement in the
> controller action, but I'm not sure why it's not doing so. I get the error:
> expected "notes/new", got nil. I have code in my Users controller that does
> the exact same thing with the << method and the tests pass (they're virtually
> identical tests). Any thoughts? TIA.
>
>
> --Tiffani AB
Where in your create action are you defining @organization? is this variable
provided from a before filter? If not, that's the first thing you should look
at. Another thing I noticed is that your @mock_note defines its organization
@mock_org before @mock_org is defined... thus probably setting
@mock_note.organization to nil.
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