rspec users - Oct 2008 - testing a render layout statement in a controller

I am new to rSpec and I am writing a test for a controller which has
already been developed

This is the example in my reports_controller_spec.rb:

it "should render the layouts/menu template" do
    get :select_missing_persons
    response.should render_template("layouts/menu")
  end

and this is the method in the reports_controller.rb

 def select_missing_identifiers
    render(:layout => "layouts/menu")
  end

I am getting the following output when running autotest:

''ReportsController should render the layouts/menu template''
FAILED
expected "layouts/menu", got
"reports/select_missing_persons"
./spec/controllers/reports_controller_spec.rb:39:
script/spec:4:

Here, I was trying to test if the out put displays with a layouts/menu
template.
Can somebody help on how you test the render(:layout => "layouts/
menu") statement in a controller or this is supposed to be tested in
the view?





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Try to write a customized matcher, here is an example

# custom matchers

#---------------------

class UseLayout

  def initialize(expected)

    @expected = ''layouts/'' + expected +
''_layout''

  end

  def matches?(controller)

    @actual = controller.layout

    #@actual.equal?(@expected)

    @actual == @expected

  end

  def failure_message

    return "use_layout expected #{@expected.inspect}, got
#{@actual.inspect}", @expected, @actual

  end

  def negative_failure_message

    return "use_layout expected #{@expected.inspect} not to equal
#{@actual.inspect}", @expected, @actual

  end

end


def use_layout(expected)

  UseLayout.new(expected)

end


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Dave Gamphani Phiri <
davegamphaniphiri at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am new to rSpec and I am writing a test for a controller which has
> already been developed
>
> This is the example in my reports_controller_spec.rb:
>
> it "should render the layouts/menu template" do
>   get :select_missing_persons
>   response.should render_template("layouts/menu")
>  end
>
> and this is the method in the reports_controller.rb
>
> def select_missing_identifiers
>   render(:layout => "layouts/menu")
>  end
>
> I am getting the following output when running autotest:
>
> ''ReportsController should render the layouts/menu
template'' FAILED
> expected "layouts/menu", got
"reports/select_missing_persons"
> ./spec/controllers/reports_controller_spec.rb:39:
> script/spec:4:
>
> Here, I was trying to test if the out put displays with a layouts/menu
> template.
> Can somebody help on how you test the render(:layout => "layouts/
> menu") statement in a controller or this is supposed to be tested in
> the view?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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On 16-okt-2008, at 8:50, Dave Gamphani Phiri wrote:
> Here, I was trying to test if the out put displays with a layouts/menu
> template.
> Can somebody help on how you test the render(:layout => "layouts/
> menu") statement in a controller or this is supposed to be tested in
> the view?
Try this:

render(:layout => "layouts/menu") and return

cheers,
bartz

Bart Zonneveld wrote:
> On 16-okt-2008, at 8:50, Dave Gamphani Phiri wrote:
> 
>> Here, I was trying to test if the out put displays with a layouts/menu
>> template.
>> Can somebody help on how you test the render(:layout =>
"layouts/
>> menu") statement in a controller or this is supposed to be tested
in
>> the view?
> 
> Try this:
> 
> render(:layout => "layouts/menu") and return
> 
> cheers,
> bartz
Thanks Bartz, I used your input to try a controller line of
    format.html { render :action => "show" }
and rspec of
    response.should render_template( :(controller name) => "/show")

I tried it with and without the "and return" and both worked.

Harry


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