>>First off - should_receive *is* a test - why would you write a test in
the setup?
Not sure what you mean by that. I'm not writing a test in the setup
routine.
Also, I'm not setting an expectation on a method call. should
render_file is in the right place.
On Sep 5, 11:48 pm, Scott Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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
>
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