[rspec-users] How to test for exceptions

[aslak hellesoy]

On 5/20/07, Blake Pettersson <blake.pettersson at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm in the process of converting a Test::Unit functional test to RSpec, but I've run into a slight problem. I tried looking through the documentation but I still don't know what I missed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Blake
>
> describe VenuesController, "on update" do
>   before(:each) do
>     @venue = mock("venue")
>     @venue.stub!(:new_record?).and_return(false)
>     @venue.stub!(:to_param).and_return('1')
>     controller.class.send(:define_method, :rescue_action) { |e| raise e }
>   end
>
>   it "should raise an error if record is invalid" do
>     stub_authorized_login
>     Venue.should_receive(:find).and_return(@venue)
>     @venue.should_receive(:update_attributes!).with("name" => "random text").and_return(false)
>     lambda {post :create, {:venue => @venue}}.should raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
>   end
> end
>
> describe VenuesController, "on create" do
>
>   before(:each) do
>     @venue = mock("venue")
>     @venue.stub!(:new_record?).and_return(true)
>     @venue.stub!(:to_param).and_return('1')
>     Venue.stub!(:new).and_return(@venue)
>     controller.class.send(:define_method, :rescue_action) { |e| raise e }
>   end
>
>   it "should raise an error if record is invalid" do
>     stub_authorized_login
>     @venue.should_receive(:save!).and_return(false)
>     lambda {post :create, {:venue => @venue}}.should raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
>   end
> end
>
> 1)
> 'VenuesController on update should raise an error if record is invalid' FAILED
> expected ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, got #
>
> 2)
> 'VenuesController on create should raise an error if record is invalid' FAILED
> expected ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid but nothing was raised
>

Is this shell output? Is there no backtrace?

Aslak

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