On Dec 4, 2007 11:49 AM, schleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This may be a dumb noob issue, but I haven't found any answers while seaching
> the forum--
>
> I have a controller method
>
> def edit
> @user = User.find params[:id]
> @user.password_confirmation = @user.password
> end
>
> The User class has an "attr_accessor :password_confirmation" definition (so
> "password_confirmation" doesn't exist in the users table). My spec has the
> following
>
> it "should find User on GET to users/edit/:id" do
> User.should_receive(:find).and_return(@user)
> @user.should_receive(:password_confirmation)
This should be:
@user.should_receive(:password_confirmation=)
Cheers,
David
> get 'edit', :id => @user.id
> end
>
> I am asking it to expect that I will be assigning something to that
> attribute in the "edit" method. Unfortunately, the spec fails with
>
> Spec::Mocks::MockExpectationError in 'UsersController should find User on
> GET to users/edit/:id'
> Mock 'user' received unexpected message :password_confirmation= with
> ("password")
>
> Initially I thought that my "should_receive" expectation was incorrectly
> written, but if I comment out the attribute assignment in the controller
> method
>
> ...
> @user = User.find params[:id]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] = @user.password
> ...
>
> then the test fails with
>
> Spec::Mocks::MockExpectationError in 'UsersController should find User on
> GET to users/edit/:id'
> Mock 'user' expected :password_confirmation with (any args) once, but
> received it 0 times
>
> So, it seems to me that the expectation is written correctly, but something
> about using the attr_accessor via the mock object is causing a failure.
>
> BTW, I am doing the following in a before(:each) block
>
> @user = mock("user")
> @user.stub!(:new_record?).and_return(false)
> @user.stub!(:update_attributes).and_return(true)
> @user.stub!(:password_confirmation).and_return('password')
> @user.stub!(:password).and_return('password')
> User.stub!(:new).and_return(@user)
>
> Does anyone know what I'm missing here?
>
> Thanks!
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