[rspec-users] testing a render layout statement in a controller

[wei wei]

Try to write a customized matcher, here is an example

# custom matchers

#---------------------

class UseLayout

  def initialize(expected)

    @expected = 'layouts/' + expected + '_layout'

  end

  def matches?(controller)

    @actual = controller.layout

    #@actual.equal?(@expected)

    @actual == @expected

  end

  def failure_message

    return "use_layout expected #{@expected.inspect}, got
#{@actual.inspect}", @expected, @actual

  end

  def negative_failure_message

    return "use_layout expected #{@expected.inspect} not to equal
#{@actual.inspect}", @expected, @actual

  end

end


def use_layout(expected)

  UseLayout.new(expected)

end


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Dave Gamphani Phiri <
davegamphaniphiri at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am new to rSpec and I am writing a test for a controller which has
> already been developed
>
> This is the example in my reports_controller_spec.rb:
>
> it "should render the layouts/menu template" do
>   get :select_missing_persons
>   response.should render_template("layouts/menu")
>  end
>
> and this is the method in the reports_controller.rb
>
> def select_missing_identifiers
>   render(:layout => "layouts/menu")
>  end
>
> I am getting the following output when running autotest:
>
> 'ReportsController should render the layouts/menu template' FAILED
> expected "layouts/menu", got "reports/select_missing_persons"
> ./spec/controllers/reports_controller_spec.rb:39:
> script/spec:4:
>
> Here, I was trying to test if the out put displays with a layouts/menu
> template.
> Can somebody help on how you test the render(:layout => "layouts/
> menu") statement in a controller or this is supposed to be tested in
> the view?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Wei Wei
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