[rspec-users] How to spec accessing a constant

[Scott Taylor]

On Oct 15, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Nick Hoffman wrote:

> Hi guys. One of my methods uses a constant in another method, like  
> this:
>
> class A
>    def something
>        "foo: #{B::BAR}"
>    end
> end
>
> When writing the spec for A#something , how would you mock or stub  
> #{B::BAR}, and how would you set an expectation that B::BAR is used?

Just hide the constant behind a method, something like this:

class A
def something; "foo :#{bar}"; end
def bar; B::BAR; end
end

This allows you to stub the constant, if need be.

Scott