[rspec-users] testing call to super in rails helper

[Nick Hoffman]

On 2008-12-09, at 06:29, Ivor Paul wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have the following code:
>
>   def will_paginate(items, options = {})
>     options = options.merge(:container => true, :class => 'paging')
>     super(items, options)
>   end
>
> I am curious about how to test that the call to super is infact  
> being called with the added options.
>
> I have this
>
>   it 'should call super on will_paginate' do
>     helper.stub!(:will_paginate).with([], {:container =>  
> true, :class => 'paging'}).and_return(true)
>     helper.should_receive(:will_paginate).with([], {:container =>  
> true, :class => 'paging'})
>     helper.will_paginate([])
>   end
>
> But it fails as will_paginate is called with [] before being called  
> with ([], {:container => true, :class => 'paging'})
>
> I am relatively new to rspec, but trying to learn more - if there is  
> a blog post on how to deal with these situations, please point me in  
> the right direction.
>
> Help much appreciated.
>
> Ivor

G'day Ivor. See this thread for details:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151744

-Nick