On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:18 PM, Craig P Jolicoeur wrote:
I'm having some trouble trying to spec some methods in my Rails
application controller.
I'm new to rspec converting over from straight test::unit.
Here is the method in my application.rb controller that I'm trying
to spec
def render_403
logger.debug "Returned 403: #{request.request_uri}"
render :file => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/403.html", :status => '403'
end
Here is my *current* spec
describe "handling render 403" do
before(:each) do
controller.request.should_receive(:request_uri).and_return('response
request_uri')
end
First off - should_receive *is* a test - why would you write a test in
the setup?
it "should render the 403 error page" do
controller.render_403
response.should render_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/403.html")
end
Two issues with this test:
1. Normally, if you are going to write a test checking that a method
is called on an object (should_receive), you'd write that assertion
before you perform any action. For example:
an_object.should_receive(:a_method_call)
an_object.a_method_call
would pass
but
an_object.a_method_call
an_object.should_receive(:a_method_call)
would fail
2. Usually, you make a request in controller specs, like
"get :render_404". See the controller docs on the rspec site.
Hope that helps,
Scott
_______________________________________________
rspec-users mailing list
rspec-users@rubyforge.org
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
