[rspec-users] [cucumber] Tests pass, application does not.

[David Chelimsky]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Pat Maddox <pat.maddox at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, James Byrne <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> This has just cropped up this morning and I have no clue as to what is
>> causing it.
>>
>> Here is the error when running the application through the web browser
>> in development:
>>
>>  undefined method `method_exists?' for #<Entity:0x2b7214243bd0>
>>
>> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:255:in
>> `method_missing'
>> /home/byrnejb/Software/Development/Projects/proforma.git/lib/hll_attr_set_by_names.rb:16:in
>> `attr_set_by_names'
>> ...
>>
>> Here is the code:
>>
>> 14  an.each do |f|
>> 15     puts "checking method: #{f}"
>> 16    self.send("#{f}=", "#{param_hash[f]}") if
>> self.method_exists?("#{f}=")
>> 17  end
>>
>> But, when I run the cucumber test for the same controller and view this
>> is what I see:
>> ...
>>    And they enter the entity legal name "MyUser  LEGAL  NAME"
>>       #
>> features/app/models/entities/step_definitions/entity_steps.rb:66
>> entity_common_name
>> entity_legal_name
>> entity_legal_form
>> checking method: entity_common_name
>> checking method: entity_legal_name
>> checking method: entity_legal_form
>>    And I press "Create"
>>       # features/support/step_definitions/local_webrat_steps.rb:14
>>    Then they should see a save error message
>>       # features/app/step_definitions/crud_response_steps.rb:24
>>
>> 12 scenarios
>> 78 passed steps
>>
>> I am lost...  Help?
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>
> I just did a github search and the only place I found method_exists?
> referenced was in mocha.  So my guess is that in test mode, mocha is
> being loaded and so it's passing for you.  Try using respond_to?
> instead of method_exists?  I've never even heard of method_exists?
> until just now.

Yes - Rails now requires 'mocha' in ActiveSupport::TestCase if you
have it on your system. I've filed a ticket about this here:
https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2240

Cheers,
David

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