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
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