[rspec-users] Specing protected methods

[Matt Wynne]

On 23 Oct 2008, at 10:16, Bastien wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Do anyone know if there's a way to spec protected methods ?
> Thanks in advance

Sorry if this sounds preachy, but I would always advise you to factor  
out the code in the method into another class, then test that class.

If the behaviour of the method is so complex you need to test it on  
it's own, it deserves to be in a class all by itself.

This is what we call, 'listening to your specs' - if it's hard to  
spec, you've probably got the design wrong.

HTH,
Matt