On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Stephen H. Gerstacker <step...@shortround.net> wrote: > I have a Rails controller that I am using 'before_filter' on certain actions > to assign some extra variables. I noticed the 'shared_examples_for' method > and thought this would be a good way to test that the given actions are > loading what they need. I wrote the following: > > shared_examples_for 'pages showing the yearly archive' do > > it 'should assign a list of yearly archives' do > Factory.create(:post, :published_at => Time.local(2009,02,01)) > Factory.create(:post, :published_at => Time.local(2009,01,01)) > Factory.create(:post, :published_at => Time.local(2008,01,01)) > Factory.create(:post, :published_at => Time.local(2007,01,01)) > Factory.create(:post, :published_at => Time.local(2001,01,01)) > > get :index > > assigns[:years].should == [ 2009, 2008, 2007, 2001 ] > end > > end > > The problem is, it is specific to the 'index' action. I can't use the > 'it_should_behave_like "pages showing the yearly archive"' for other > actions.
Assign the action to an instance variable and set it to the desired value in a before(:all) in each of the sharers. In the shared example, do get @action. ///ark _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
