On 21 Mar 2011, at 10:41, Kai Schlamp wrote: > My ApplicationController exposes a method (e.g. sort_direction) to the > view templates by using > helper_method :sort_direction. > I then use this method in another method (e.g. sort_link) in a view > helper (application_helper.rb). > > When testing the sort_link method with RSpec (in > application_helper_spec.rb) I have to stub sort_direction as the test > seems to run completely independent from the controllers (and thereby > by to the view templates exposed methods). > > Unfortunately I could not find out how to stub that sort_direction > method of the controller. I always get "undefined method". > > Here is what I tried so far (inside application_helper_spec.rb): > > helper.stub(:sort_direction) > controller.stub(:sort_direction) > view.stub(:sort_direction) > self.stub(:sort_direction) > > Here the error I get: > > NoMethodError: > undefined method `sort_direction' for > #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1
>From this error message, it looks like you can just def it inside your >describe block. > > There is already some older blog post about that topic (http:// > jakescruggs.blogspot.com/2007/03/mockingstubbing-partials-and- > helper.html), but it seems that this is not valid anymore for Rails 3 > as there is no @controller.template. > > How do I stub that method? > > Kai > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users cheers, Matt m...@mattwynne.net 07974 430184 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
