[rspec-users] Date Approximation in Specs

[David Chelimsky]

On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
>
> module DateExpectations
>      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
>      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
>      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
>
>    class BeCloseTo
>      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
>        @tolerance = tolerance
>      end
>
>      def met_by?(target)
>        compare_date = target - @target_date
>        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
>            case item
>            when :days
>                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
>            when :weeks
>                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
>            end
>        end
>        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
>      end
>
>      def failure_message
>        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within tolerance."  # s/
> b better
>      end
>    end
>
>    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>    end
> end
>
> context "My package" do
>    include DateExpectations
>    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my order" do
>      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)   # <- line 40
>    end
> end
>
> The result is:
>
> 1)
> NoMethodError in 'My package should be delivered no later than 2 days
> after my order'
> undefined method `close_to?' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31 -0800 2007:Time
> ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
>
>
> Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
> your sample as:
> "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that intentional?).

Yes!!!! That's the whole point. ;)

should be_close_to

and your method should be named be_close_to

Let me know how it works out.

Thanks for giving this a shot - you're the guinea pig!

David

>
> Steve
>
>
> On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
> > module DateExpectations
> >   class BeCloseTo
> >     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> >       @target_date = target_date
> >       @tolerance = tolerance
> >     end
> >
> >     def met_by?(target)
> >       #return true if target is a date
> >       #that meets the expectation
> >     end
> >
> >     def failure_message
> >       #return an appropriate failure message
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> >   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> >     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > context "My package" do
> >   include DateExpectations
> >   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my order" do
> >     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
> >   end
> > end
>
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