[rspec-users] How can I spec this? The method gets passed a block...

[aslak hellesoy]

On 2/23/07, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using Jim Weirich's Builder library.  The code I want to spec is
>
>     xml.video do
>       xml.id @video_id
>       xml.views @views
>       xml.date(@date.to_s) if @date
>     end
>
> I'd like to mock it, rather than asserting that the XML is the right
> string.  I can do one spec:
>
>   specify "should create a video tag" do
>     @mock_builder.should_receive(:video)
>     do_report
>   end
>
> but I can't do anything else.  Setting an expectation for :id, :views,
> and :date all fail.  It's obvious to me why it does...the stubbed
> :video method doesn't know to execute the stuff in the block.  So
> what's the best way to spec this?
>

There is no "best" way to do anything, but in this case I think I
would avoid mocking the API I don't own (builder).

I would mock the objects that builder *interacts* with, kick of
builder and expect the generated XML to eql some expected XML.

Makes sense?

> Pat
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