On 3/18/06, Matt Torok <magicmat@gmail.com> wrote:> I''m wondering what the accepted method for doing unit tests on STI
models is.
>
> I tried to create a fixture for the class but Rails tries to load that
> data into the non-existent child table. I could create a fixture named
> for the real, parent table, but then it would be very difficult to
> test for the individual functionality and integrity of each sub-class.
>
> I saw this page
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/FlexibleFixtures , but the
> comment at the top leads me to believe that solution won''t work,
and I
> would like to avoid using the linked patch to fork my Rails install
> since that sounds like more trouble than it''s worth.
>
> Unit testing an STI model seems like a fairly com men event, so there
> must be some easy way to do it. What am I missing?
> --
> -Matt Torok
>
OK, I applied Duane''s patch linked to from the above-mentioned wiki
page, but it too doesn''t appear to play well with STI, even when I
manually specificy the correct table name. I e-mailed Duane about it
to see if it was a known bug, or something I did wrong. In the
meantime, does anybody have any pointers on how they unit test STI
classes?
Like I said above, this task would seem to be a common one. STI
classes especially would need a good unit testing system. I can''t be
the first guy to run into this, so what does everybody else do in this
situation? What obvious thing am I missing?
--
-Matt Torok