[rspec-users] Stubbing errors for AR

[s.ross]

Here's what I wound up doing:

   setup do
     @countable = mock('countable')
     @countable.stub!(:count).and_return(1)
     @countable.stub!(:full_messages).and_return(['a message'])
     @setting = mock_model Setting do |m|
       m.stub!(:save).and_return(true)
       m.stub!(:errors).and_return(@countable)
       m.stub!(:setting_name).and_return('first_name')
       m.stub!(:setting_value).and_return('first_value')
       m.stub!(:setting_type).and_return('first_type')
     end
   end

That solves the original problem of the view requesting error  
messages and barfing and also cleans up the code a lot.

Thanks!


On Apr 29, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Jerry West wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I'm not at my desk, and can't remember seeing #add_stubs before,  
> though
> I can guess what it does.  However, you seem to be using the  
> parameter m
> yielded by mock_model as both the class (model) and the instance.   
> If m
> is the class then the #should_receive(:find) will work as  
> expected.  But
> if so, does that mean #add_stubs is putting the stub for save on  
> Setting
> (the class) and not @setting?
>
> I would make the expectation explicit:
> @setting.should_receive(:save).and_return(false).  If that works check
> to see what mock_model is yielding (class or instance) and that
> add_stubs does what you think it does.
>
> If the expectation on @setting doesn't make any difference, then I'm
> stumped without spending much more time on this (it's nearly 1am  
> here, I
> *really* should not be doing this!).
>
> Best wishes,
>    Jerry
>
>
> s.ross wrote:
>> Absolutely and totally helpful. What I'm missing is the je ne sais
>> quois about how mock_model works. I'd be happy to submit a doc patch
>> with an example if I could just get one :)
>>
>> Here's what I'm doing and tell me if my approach is haywire or I'm
>> misunderstanding:
>>
>> # the spec
>>
>> it "should fail with POST and bad data"
>>    mock_model Setting do |m|      # seems mock_model now takes a
>> classname and not a symbol
>>      m.should_receive(:find).once.and_return(@setting)
>>      add_stubs(m, :save => false) # this can go into the second param
>> to mock_model, I guess
>>    end
>>
>>    puts "for debugging purposes, save should result in false"
>>    POST :update, :id => 1, :setting => {:setting_name =>
>> 'first_new_setting', :setting_value =>
>> 'first_new_value', :setting_type => 'string'}
>>    response_should be_success # because success renders action 'edit'
>> and sets a 200
>> end
>>
>> # the controller
>>
>> def update
>>    @setting = Setting.find(params[:id])
>>    puts "setting is #{@setting.save}"
>>    # ...
>> end
>>
>>
>> What I'm seeing from the puts statements is:
>>
>> for debugging purposes, save should result in false
>> setting is true
>>
>>
>> What am I missing about how this should work?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve
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