Rails - Feb 2006 - Testing components

I''m using template components to modularize an application I''m
working
on and am really happy with the way it''s going.  Unfortunately, all my 
attempts at writing functional tests for them fail.  Trying to duplicate 
my normal controller tests I have:

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../test_helper''
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''news_controller''

# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
class NewsController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end; end

class NewsControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def setup
    @controller = NewsController.new
    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
  end

  # Replace this with your real tests.
  def test_content
    get :content
    assert_response :success
    assert_rendered_file "content"
   
  end
end

But running that gives me:

  1) Error:
test_content(NewsControllerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method `controller_path'' for
NewsController:Class
    
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:295:in
`process''
    
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:307:in
`get''
    news_controller_test.rb:16:in `test_content''

So, I''m guessing I can''t use get() with components?  Any
advice?

Thanks,
Mike

Mike Evans wrote:
> I''m using template components to modularize an application
I''m working
> on and am really happy with the way it''s going.  Unfortunately,
all my
> attempts at writing functional tests for them fail.  Trying to 
> duplicate my normal controller tests I have:
>
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../test_helper''
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''news_controller''
Errr... that second line should be:
require ''news_controller''

Hi Mike

I''ve been trying the same thing - testing my Component, but receiving 
errors all over - finally got it working, so here''s my finding(s):

* The testfile goes in /components/<componentname>/test

* The testfile is modified (basically prepending the componentname in 
various places:

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../../test/test_helper''
require
''<componentname>/<controllername>_controller''

# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
class <componentname>::<controllername>Controller; def
rescue_action(e)
raise e end; end

class <componentname>::<controllername>ControllerTest < 
Test::Unit::TestCase

...

@controller = <componentname>::<controllername>Controller.new


Hope that helps,

/CS

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Whoops:
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) +
''/../../test/test_helper''
> require
''<componentname>/<controllername>_controller''
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../../../test/test_helper''

- need an extra up-level there to actually *work* :-)

/CS

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