You are stubbing the wrong method, try this:
before(:each) do
login_user #login helper, stub login_requered and return @user
@voting = mock_model(Voting)
Voting.stub!(:new).and_return( @voting )
end
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:50 AM, cheef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I catch very strange error while testing:
>
> NoMethodError in 'VotingsController handling POST /votings should redirect
> to index if success'
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base.
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.save
>
> Strange, because I'm stub my @voting.
>
> This is my test:
>
> describe "handling POST /votings" do
>
> before(:each) do
> login_user #login helper, stub login_requered and return @user
> @voting = mock_model(Voting)
> controller.stub!(:create_voting).and_return @voting
> end
>
> def do_post
> post :create
> end
>
> it "should redirect to index if success" do
> @voting.stub!(:save).and_return true
> do_post
> response.should redirect_to(votings_path)
> end
>
> #something else
>
> end
>
> And there is my controller:
>
> class VotingsController < ApplicationController
> before_filter :create_voting, :only => [:create]
>
> #some stuff there
>
> def create
> respond_to do |format|
> if @voting.save
> ...
> end
> end
> end
>
> private
>
> def create_voting
> @voting = Voting.new(params[:voting])
> @voting.author = current_user
> end
>
> end
>
> P.S. but this tested fine
>
> def create
> @voting = Voting.new(params[:voting])
> @voting.author = current_user
> respond_to do |format|
> if @voting.save
> ...
> end
> end
> end
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