rspec users - Oct 2011 - testing a render of a partial in a helper

I am trying to spec my helpers, and I find a few of my helpers
actually render a partial.

My code:

    module PageHelper
      def settings_menu
        render :partial => ''_shared/settings_menu''
      end

      def banner_for(model)
        banner_message = ... some message ...
        render :partial => ''shared/banner'', :locals => {
:message =>
banner_message }
      end
    end

I want to be able to either capture the result of the render, or just
express the expectation that the `render` is called. For now neither
work. My test now looks as follows:

    require ''spec_helper''

    describe PageHelper do

      context "settings_menu" do
        it "render the correct partial" do
          helper.should_receive(:render).with({:partial => ''shared/
settings_menu''})
          helper.settings_menu
        end
        it "generates the correct result" do
          @result = helper.settings_menu
          @result.should be == "something"
        end
      end
    end

Both of these tests fail. The expectation is never met, and `@result`
is always `nil`.

Ignore this, I had a different problem in my code causing this.

On Oct 5, 9:28?pm, nathanvda <nathan... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am trying to spec my helpers, and I find a few of my helpers
> actually render a partial.
>
> My code:
>
> ? ? module PageHelper
> ? ? ? def settings_menu
> ? ? ? ? render :partial => ''_shared/settings_menu''
> ? ? ? end
>
> ? ? ? def banner_for(model)
> ? ? ? ? banner_message = ... some message ...
> ? ? ? ? render :partial => ''shared/banner'', :locals
=> { :message =>
> banner_message }
> ? ? ? end
> ? ? end
>
> I want to be able to either capture the result of the render, or just
> express the expectation that the `render` is called. For now neither
> work. My test now looks as follows:
>
> ? ? require ''spec_helper''
>
> ? ? describe PageHelper do
>
> ? ? ? context "settings_menu" do
> ? ? ? ? it "render the correct partial" do
> ? ? ? ? ? helper.should_receive(:render).with({:partial =>
''shared/
> settings_menu''})
> ? ? ? ? ? helper.settings_menu
> ? ? ? ? end
> ? ? ? ? it "generates the correct result" do
> ? ? ? ? ? @result = helper.settings_menu
> ? ? ? ? ? @result.should be == "something"
> ? ? ? ? end
> ? ? ? end
> ? ? end
>
> Both of these tests fail. The expectation is never met, and `@result`
> is always `nil`.
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