[rspec-users] Best way to match several attributes of an object?

[Mikel Lindsaar]

>> When you need to check several properties of an object, what is the
>> best way to match them all?

In the mail library I use a custom matcher, which lets me do things like:

it "should handle |Minero Aoki <aamine at loveruby.net>|" do
  address = Mail::Address.new('Minero Aoki <aamine at loveruby.net>')
  address.should break_down_to({
      :display_name => 'Minero Aoki',
      :address      => 'aamine at loveruby.net',
      :local        => 'aamine',
      :domain       => 'loveruby.net',
      :format       => 'Minero Aoki <aamine at loveruby.net>',
      :comments     => nil,
      :raw          => 'Minero Aoki <aamine at loveruby.net>'})
end



The matcher in question is:



# encoding: utf-8
module CustomMatchers
  class BreakDownTo
    def initialize(expected)
      @expected = expected
    end

    def matches?(target)
      @target   = target
      @failed = false
      @expected.each_pair do |k,v|
        unless @target.send(k) == @expected[k]
          @failed = k
        end
      end
      !@failed
    end

    def failure_message
      "expected #{@failed} to be |#{@expected[@failed]}| " +
      "but was |#{@target.send(@failed)}|"
    end

    def megative_failure_message
      "expected #{@failed} not to be |#{@expected[@failed]}| " +
      "and was |#{@target.send(@failed)}|"
    end

  end

  # Actual matcher that is exposed.
  def break_down_to(expected)
    BreakDownTo.new(expected)
  end
end



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