[rspec-users] spec'ing shared controller methods

[Jonathan Linowes]

didnt mean to confuse, i'm asking about the code in the body of the  
email. The pastie was just for background reference.
--J

On Dec 4, 2007, at 12:41 AM, Jonathan Linowes wrote:

> I want to isolate and spec methods that are shared by controllers,
> and live in application.rb.
>
> Whereas I usually also provide examples in individual controllers
> that use these methods, not necessarily all the edge cases and I'd
> like to isolate the examples.
>
> This is the approach I'm taking (thanks to bryanl for suggestions and
> http://pastie.caboo.se/123626).  WDYT?
>
> This example is a before_filter that finds the Account specified in
> params[:account_id], which may be used by any number of other
> controllers in my app. As you can see, the filter is still getting
> spec'd and has pending examples.
>
> ## application.rb
>
> class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
>    ...
>    def find_account
>      @account = Account.find_by_id( params[:account_id])
>      # TODO: check account status is suspended, closed, different
> flash message?
>      return( error_redirect_gracefully( "Account not found")) unless
> @account
>    end
>
>    ...
> end
>
> ## application_controller_spec.rb
>
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
>
> ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
>    map.connect 'foos/:action', :controller => 'foos'
> end
>
> class FoosController < ApplicationController
> end
>
> describe FoosController, "account authorization" do
>
>    before do
>      FoosController.class_eval do
>        define_method(:foo) {
>          find_account   # this is the method being tested
>        }
>      end
>    end
>
>    it "should find_account from params" do
>      acnt = mock_model(Account)
>      Account.should_receive(:find_by_id).with('99').and_return(acnt)
>      get :foo, :account_id => "99"
>      assigns[:account].should == acnt
>    end
>
>    it "should redirect gracefully if no account specified" do
>      controller.stub!(:error_redirect_gracefully)
>      controller.should_receive(:error_redirect_gracefully).with
> ( "Account not found")
>      acnt = mock_model(Account)
>      Account.should_receive(:find_by_id).with(nil).and_return(nil)
>      get :foo
>    end
>
>    it "should not find accounts that are suspended"
>    it "should flash different message for accounts that are suspended"
>    it "should not find accounts that are closed"
>
> end
>
>
>
>
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