Hi guys,
its probably a miss understanding of the framework but I need your
assistance.
Here is the problem of one of my teammates:
I have a hard time writing rspecs for a class I developed. The class in
question reads an xml document, instanciates the model classes found in the
xml and saves the classes and their attributes in the database with the good
foreign keys. The class is stored in a lib.
The class :
class XmlReader
def self.import_xml(xml_doc)
objects_xml = Array.new
keys_obj = Array.new
xml = REXML::Document.new(xml_doc)
read_xml(xml, objects_xml, keys_obj)
raise AnError.new("Can not save xml objects") if (objects_xml.empty?)
objects_xml.each { |instance|
save_class(instance, keys_obj[objects_xml.index(instance)])
}
end
…
end
The import_xml function acts as an entry point but there are two other
functions involved in the process :
- read_xml : reads the xml elements one by one and instanciates the
classes that have to be with the attributes found in the xml document. It is
called recursively. The two arrays, objects_xml and keys_obj, contain
respectively all the instanciated objects found and all the foreign keys
defined in the relations of the models.
- save_class : saves the instanciated objects contained in the
objets_xml array with the good foreign keys for the relations to be well
done.
Now, I am trying to test if the objects_xml array is empty. If so, the class
should raise an error.
The rspec :
# mocks …
@mock_element = mock(REXML::Element)
mock_element.stub!(:text)
@mock_element.stub!(:name)
@mock_element.stub!(:elements)
@xml_doc = mock(REXML::Document, :elements => { "e1" => @mock_element, "e2"
=> @mock_element })
@xml_doc.stub!(:new)
@xml_doc.stub!(:has_elements?)
xml_doc.stub!(:encoding)
@objets_xml = mock(Array)
@objets_xml.stub!(:[]=)
@objets_xml.stub!(:[])
objets_xml.stub!(:empty?)
@keys_obj = mock(Array)
@keys_obj.stub!(:[]=)
@keys_obj.stub!(:[])
Array.should_receive(:new).and_return(@objets_xml)
Array.should_receive(:new).and_return(@keys_obj)
REXML::Document.should_receive(:new).and_return(@xml_doc)
XmlReader.should_receive(:read_xml).and_return(true)
objets_xml.should_receive(:empty?).and_return(true)
lambda { XmlReader.import_xml(xml_valid) }.should raise_error(AnError, "Can
not save xml objects")
The error :
undefined method `new' for ActiveSupport::Callbacks::CallbackChain:Class
This is where my problem is. This error occurs after the test is made and
finished. In other words, the test passes but the framework fails after it
on a callback made in rails for whatever reason.
Stack trace :
C:/Projets/Iter8_Conversion/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:471:in
`method_missing'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/mocks/proxy.rb:102:in
`__send__'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/mocks/proxy.rb:102:in
`message_received'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/mocks/proxy.rb:140:in
`new'
(eval):7:in `teardown_callback_chain'
C:/Projets/Iter8_Conversion/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:277:in
`send'
C:/Projets/Iter8_Conversion/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:277:in
`run_callbacks'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-rails-1.1.12/lib/spec/rails/interop/testcase.rb:10
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:84:in
`instance_eval'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:84:in
`eval_each_fail_slow'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:82:in
`each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:82:in
`eval_each_fail_slow'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:254:in
`run_after_each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:253:in
`each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:253:in
`run_after_each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.1.12/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:141:in
`after_each_example'
Can anyone explain what is happening here or does anyone knows how to bypass
this ?
Many thanks in advance.
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