Rails - Feb 2009 - controller utility method: want to use in tests. Where should it go?

Hi,

I''ve a simple method I call in my action methods. So far I''ve
put it
in application.rb in the ActionController class.

However I can''t call it from my test code. Where should I be putting
it? I''ve tried adding this to application.rb :

module ActionController

  def handy
      return dostuff
  end

end

but it didn''t work.

Is this possible?
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On 10 Feb 2009, at 00:01, itsastickup wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''ve a simple method I call in my action methods. So far
I''ve put it
> in application.rb in the ActionController class.
>
> However I can''t call it from my test code. Where should I be
putting
> it? I''ve tried adding this to application.rb :
>
> module ActionController
>
>  def handy
>      return dostuff
>  end
>
> end
>
> but it didn''t work.
>
> Is this possible?

adding a method to application.rb lets controllers call it because you  
are adding a method to ApplicationController and your controllers  
inherit from that.
In a test you are subclassing Test::Unit::TestCase (or more recently  
ActiveSupport::TestCase or some other class if you are using a  
different testing framework), so clearly you can''t call and  
ApplicationController instance method. Easiest thing is probably to  
put the methods in a module and include it in both places.

Fred

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Ok thanks

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