[rspec-users] Trouble stubbing a method

[Matthew Lins]

BTW...When I say, "this doesn't work"

I mean the spec fails on the mock, saying the method was never called. But,
indeed it was, I can verify it by the TrustCommerce logs.


On 11/13/07 2:23 PM, "Matthew Lins" <mlins at webinforem.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I'll try to explain this without the model code at first, since there is so
> much, but if need be, I'll pastie it.
> 
> I have an Order model that makes API calls to a payment
> gateway(TrustCommerce) during validation(to verify the credit card
> information). I'd like to stub this behavior to avoid thousands of calls to
> TrustCommerce a day(autotest).
> 
> All the calls are made in one method: Order#payment_authorize. This is
> called from ActiveRecord#validate.
> 
> So, my thinking was just to stub out Order#payment_authorize. So here is one
> of my specs:
> 
> describe Order, "placed via the web" do
>   
>   include OrderSpecHelper
>   
>   before(:each) do
>     @order = generate_valid_web_order
>     @order.should_receive(:payment_authorize)
>   end
>   
>   it do
>     @order.should be_valid
>   end
>   
> end
> 
> I'm using a mock for now, just to verify it does get called, once it's
> working I'll change it to a stub. (I want to explicitly test it on another
> spec)
> 
> Anyhow, this doesn't work, but sure enough, the calls out to TrustCommerce
> are being made. I also tried this:
> 
> describe Order, "placed via the web" do
>   
>   include OrderSpecHelper
>   
>   before(:each) do
>     @order = generate_valid_web_order
>     Order.should_receive(:payment_authorize)
>   end
>   
>   it do
>     @order.should be_valid
>   end
>   
> end
> 
> However, this didn't work either. Just for clarity, this is how it's being
> called in the model:
> 
> validate :payment_authorize
> 
> How can I stub this method?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Matt Lins
> 
> 
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