[rspec-users] stubbing helper methods for View specs

[Jens-Christian Fischer]

Hi there

I have several view specs, that include the following snippet in  
their "before" block to stub the methods by acts_as_authenticated

   before :each do
     @u = mock_model(User)
     @u.should_receive(:name).and_return("Hans Muster")
     template.should_receive(:logged_in?).and_return(true)
     template.should_receive(:current_user).and_return(@u)
   end

this works for views / helpers like this:

   it "should show bla" do
     render "/layouts/thetool"
     response.should have_tag("p", "bla")
   end

and the view (haml to make things more interesting)

   - if logged_in?
     %p bla


Now I also use Ezra acl_system2 plugin which defines a "restrict_to"  
method that queries some roles. When I stub the methods above and run  
specs, I get the following error:

ActionView::TemplateError in '/users/show should display the  
information of the user'
undefined local variable or method `current_user' for  
#<Spec::Rails::DSL::ViewExampleController:0x35d5cc0>
On line #59 of app/views/users/show.haml

     56:       - @user.roles.each do |role|
     57:         = role.title
     58:
     59: - restrict_to "admin | projektleiter" do
     60:   = link_to "Bearbeiten", edit_user_url(@user)
     app/views//users/show.haml:59
     vendor/plugins/acl_system2/lib/caboose/access_control.rb:75:in  
`restrict_to'
     (eval):2:in `restrict_to'
     (eval):164:in `_render_haml_1'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/engine.rb:435:in `compile'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/engine.rb:186:in `to_html'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/template.rb:69:in `render'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:502:in  
`delegate_render'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:324:in  
`render_template_old'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/template.rb:96:in `render_template'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:286:in  
`globalize_old_render_file'
     vendor/plugins/trunk/lib/globalize/rails/action_view.rb:20:in  
`render_file'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:879:in  
`render_file'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:814:in  
`render_with_no_layout'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb:258:in  
`render_without_benchmark'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb: 
51:in `render'
     /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:300:in `measure'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb: 
51:in `render'
     vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails/dsl/behaviour/ 
view.rb:51:in `render'
     spec/views/users/show_haml_spec.rb:23
     ...



Interestingly, when I misspell the name of the stub in the working  
example, I get the following error:

1)
ActionView::TemplateError in '/shared/layout_test not logged in  
should have the correct head information'
undefined method `logged_in?' for #<ActionView::Base:0x22ec6f8>
On line #13 of app/views/layouts/thetool.haml

app/views//layouts/thetool.haml:13
     app/helpers/application_helper.rb:5:in `login_logout'
     (eval):28:in `_render_haml_1'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/engine.rb:435:in `compile'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/engine.rb:186:in `to_html'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/template.rb:69:in `render'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:502:in  
`delegate_render'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:324:in  
`render_template_old'
     vendor/plugins/haml/lib/haml/template.rb:96:in `render_template'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:286:in  
`globalize_old_render_file'
     vendor/plugins/trunk/lib/globalize/rails/action_view.rb:20:in  
`render_file'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:879:in  
`render_file'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:814:in  
`render_with_no_layout'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb:258:in  
`render_without_benchmark'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb: 
51:in `render'
     /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:300:in `measure'
     vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb: 
51:in `render'
     vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails/dsl/behaviour/ 
view.rb:51:in `render'
     spec/views/layouts/thetool_haml_spec.rb:16


Note the different class (#<ActionView::Base:0x22ec6f8> vs  
#<Spec::Rails::DSL::ViewExampleController:0x35d5cc0>) in the two specs.

I don't have enough rspec_fu to deduce where the problem lies..


Any helpers?

thanks
Jens-Christian



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