I think part of my problem, now that I think about it, is that I'm
trying to test the method instead of testing behavior. This
render_403 method should probably not be tested directly from the
application_controller_spec since it doesnt get actually called
their. I should test the render method from the controllers where the
behavior is actually expected since it makes more sense.
Thanks for all the help
On Sep 6, 11:00 am, "David Chelimsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Craig Jolicoeur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks David.
>
> > I changed to using get :render_403 and it worked. Well, worked after
> > I added in those routes to my routes.rb file.
>
> > I dont have the default routes for /:controller/:action/:id so it was
> > failing and I dont want custom routes for these two methods because
> > they will be called from other controllers directly and don't need a
> > named route.
>
> > What is the proper way to test application controller methods that get
> > called from other controllers?
>
> The problem to solve here is the fact that Rails is providing a bunch
> of setup for us when we go through an action, and the render method in
> the controller relies on that setup.
>
> There are (at least) two ways you could go here, neither of which is
> perfect, but perhaps you'll like them better than what you're doing.
>
> One would be to set a message expectation on render:
>
> controller.should_receive(:render).with(:file =>
> "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/403.html", :status => '403')
> controller.get_403
>
> That's a very implementation specific approach, and this is the sort
> of thing that leads to endless debate over the costs/benefits of
> mocking/stubbing. In this particular case, though, it'll get you the
> answer you're looking for.
>
> Another approach is to create a fake controller:
>
> class FakeController < ApplicationController
> def action_that_raises_a_403
> get_403
> end
> end
>
> and add routing for this controller only if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'test'
> (in spec_helper or somewhere in the spec directory).
>
> For that matter, you could just add routing for get_403 directly, but
> because it itself is not really an action, but a helper, it might be
> more clear to not call it directly, but only from an action.
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
>
> > I will never manually go to /
> > application/render_403 but it seems I had to pretend this would happen
> > to spec it out properly.
>
> > - Craig
>
> > On Sep 6, 9:55 am, Craig Jolicoeur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >>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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