Rails - Oct 2008 - rspec fails when assigning to an ActiveRecord field

HI,
I have a controller action that assigns a user_id to an event record.
The app works fine from the browser.  However, rspec fails and I
cannot figure out why.  I have several tests failing but I''ll give an
example created by script/generate rspec_controller.
Any help will be appreciated.




RSPEC test
102     describe "with invalid params" do
103
104       it "should expose a newly created but unsaved event as
@event" do
105         Event.stub!(:new).with({''these'' =>
''params''}).and_return(mock_event(:save => false))
106         post :create, :event => {:these => ''params''}
107         assigns(:event).should equal(mock_event)
108       end


RSPEC Test result

     should expose a newly created but unsaved event as @event

    Mock ''Event_1039'' received unexpected message :user_id=
with (nil)

    /home/leo/railsprojects/trunk/memorymap/app/controllers/
events_controller.rb:44:in `create''
    ./spec/controllers/events_controller_spec.rb:106:

    42  def create
    43    @event = Event.new(params[:event])
    44    @event.user_id = session[:user_id]
    45
    46    respond_to do |format|


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On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48 PM, leo
<leogodin217-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> HI,
> I have a controller action that assigns a user_id to an event record.
> The app works fine from the browser.  However, rspec fails and I
> cannot figure out why.  I have several tests failing but I''ll give
an
> example created by script/generate rspec_controller.
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> RSPEC test
> 102     describe "with invalid params" do
> 103
> 104       it "should expose a newly created but unsaved event as
> @event" do
> 105         Event.stub!(:new).with({''these'' =>
> ''params''}).and_return(mock_event(:save => false))
> 106         post :create, :event => {:these =>
''params''}
> 107         assigns(:event).should equal(mock_event)
> 108       end
>
>
> RSPEC Test result
>
>     should expose a newly created but unsaved event as @event
>
>    Mock ''Event_1039'' received unexpected message
:user_id= with (nil)
This error message is telling you exactly what you need. In the
controller code (below), the #create action sends the #user_idmessage to @event,
which is the mock_event defined in the code example
(above).

The mock_event method returns a mock object, which is designed to
complain when it receives messages you don''t tell it to expect, and so
it complains when it receives #user_id=.

To eliminate that complaint, you can either set an explicit
expectation (if you think that is meaningful in your code example), or
you can tell it to ignore all unexpected messages by sending it
#as_null_object:

mock_event(:save => false).as_null_object

Cheers,
David
>
>    /home/leo/railsprojects/trunk/memorymap/app/controllers/
> events_controller.rb:44:in `create''
>    ./spec/controllers/events_controller_spec.rb:106:
>
>    42  def create
>    43    @event = Event.new(params[:event])
>    44    @event.user_id = session[:user_id]
>    45
>    46    respond_to do |format|
>
>
> >
>
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Thanks, I think I understand what you are saying.  When running the
tests, the @event in line 43 of the controller code is replaced with
the mock object.  Since it is a mock object, I need to tell the test
that the mock object can handle a :user_id message.  Can you tell me
how to do that?  I tried several ways but none of them seemed to work
and I couldn''t find it in the documentation.  If anyone has a link to
info that would be awesome as I''d rather learn for myself if possible.

On Oct 19, 6:15 pm, "David Chelimsky"
<dchelim...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48 PM, leo
<leogodin...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > HI,
> > I have a controller action that assigns a user_id to an event record.
> > The app works fine from the browser.  However, rspec fails and I
> > cannot figure out why.  I have several tests failing but I''ll
give an
> > example created by script/generate rspec_controller.
> > Any help will be appreciated.
>
> > RSPEC test
> > 102     describe "with invalid params" do
> > 103
> > 104       it "should expose a newly created but unsaved event as
> > @event" do
> > 105         Event.stub!(:new).with({''these'' =>
> > ''params''}).and_return(mock_event(:save => false))
> > 106         post :create, :event => {:these =>
''params''}
> > 107         assigns(:event).should equal(mock_event)
> > 108       end
>
> > RSPEC Test result
>
> >     should expose a newly created but unsaved event as @event
>
> >    Mock ''Event_1039'' received unexpected message
:user_id= with (nil)
>
> This error message is telling you exactly what you need. In the
> controller code (below), the #create action sends the #user_id> message
to @event, which is the mock_event defined in the code example
> (above).
>
> The mock_event method returns a mock object, which is designed to
> complain when it receives messages you don''t tell it to expect,
and so
> it complains when it receives #user_id=.
>
> To eliminate that complaint, you can either set an explicit
> expectation (if you think that is meaningful in your code example), or
> you can tell it to ignore all unexpected messages by sending it
> #as_null_object:
>
> mock_event(:save => false).as_null_object
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
> >    /home/leo/railsprojects/trunk/memorymap/app/controllers/
> > events_controller.rb:44:in `create''
> >    ./spec/controllers/events_controller_spec.rb:106:
>
> >    42  def create
> >    43    @event = Event.new(params[:event])
> >    44    -w/rWfWkrCjmpuJRAN1am9g@public.gmane.org_id =
session[:user_id]
> >    45
> >    46    respond_to do |format|
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:13 AM, leo
<leogodin217-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Thanks, I think I understand what you are saying.  When running the
> tests, the @event in line 43 of the controller code is replaced with
> the mock object.  Since it is a mock object, I need to tell the test
> that the mock object can handle a :user_id message.  Can you tell me
> how to do that?  I tried several ways but none of them seemed to work
> and I couldn''t find it in the documentation.  If anyone has a link
to
> info that would be awesome as I''d rather learn for myself if
possible.
http://rspec.info/documentation/mocks/

Cheers,
David

>
> On Oct 19, 6:15 pm, "David Chelimsky"
<dchelim...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48 PM, leo
<leogodin...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> > HI,
>> > I have a controller action that assigns a user_id to an event
record.
>> > The app works fine from the browser.  However, rspec fails and I
>> > cannot figure out why.  I have several tests failing but
I''ll give an
>> > example created by script/generate rspec_controller.
>> > Any help will be appreciated.
>>
>> > RSPEC test
>> > 102     describe "with invalid params" do
>> > 103
>> > 104       it "should expose a newly created but unsaved event
as
>> > @event" do
>> > 105         Event.stub!(:new).with({''these''
=>
>> > ''params''}).and_return(mock_event(:save =>
false))
>> > 106         post :create, :event => {:these =>
''params''}
>> > 107         assigns(:event).should equal(mock_event)
>> > 108       end
>>
>> > RSPEC Test result
>>
>> >     should expose a newly created but unsaved event as @event
>>
>> >    Mock ''Event_1039'' received unexpected message
:user_id= with (nil)
>>
>> This error message is telling you exactly what you need. In the
>> controller code (below), the #create action sends the #user_id>>
message to @event, which is the mock_event defined in the code example
>> (above).
>>
>> The mock_event method returns a mock object, which is designed to
>> complain when it receives messages you don''t tell it to
expect, and so
>> it complains when it receives #user_id=.
>>
>> To eliminate that complaint, you can either set an explicit
>> expectation (if you think that is meaningful in your code example), or
>> you can tell it to ignore all unexpected messages by sending it
>> #as_null_object:
>>
>> mock_event(:save => false).as_null_object
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> >    /home/leo/railsprojects/trunk/memorymap/app/controllers/
>> > events_controller.rb:44:in `create''
>> >    ./spec/controllers/events_controller_spec.rb:106:
>>
>> >    42  def create
>> >    43    @event = Event.new(params[:event])
>> >    44    @event.user_id = session[:user_id]
>> >    45
>> >    46    respond_to do |format|
> >
>
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