rspec users - Feb 2009 - How do you mock a local variable ?

Hi,

I need some help to spec'' a function I am developping. Note that the
function is still not complete, cause I am trying to spec'' it while
working on it, as it should be ! Basically, this is what my function
should look like :

private
def obtain_criterias(hash_params)
  crits = {}
  hash_params.each {
   |key, val|
    crits[key.to_sym] = StringUtils.sanitize(val).upcase if not (key
== "controller" || key == "action")
  }
  return crits
end

 - hash_params is a hash table of some parameters received by a
controller
 - StringUtils.sanitize removes all kind of accents from the string
passed in parameters
 - it is encapsulated in a controller

The problem is with the local variable "crits" on which I can not seem
to have any kind of control in my rspec. Now, I am wandering, is this
(still) a good way to code from a spec point of view ?! Can you give
me ideas on ways to spec this ?

Many thanks in advance !
Mathieu

Sorry all - this was sitting waiting for moderation, but it''s already
been addressed.

Cheers,
David

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM, MathLef <mlefrancois19 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need some help to spec'' a function I am developping. Note that
the
> function is still not complete, cause I am trying to spec'' it
while
> working on it, as it should be ! Basically, this is what my function
> should look like :
>
> private
> def obtain_criterias(hash_params)
> ?crits = {}
> ?hash_params.each {
> ? |key, val|
> ? ?crits[key.to_sym] = StringUtils.sanitize(val).upcase if not (key
> == "controller" || key == "action")
> ?}
> ?return crits
> end
>
> ?- hash_params is a hash table of some parameters received by a
> controller
> ?- StringUtils.sanitize removes all kind of accents from the string
> passed in parameters
> ?- it is encapsulated in a controller
>
> The problem is with the local variable "crits" on which I can not
seem
> to have any kind of control in my rspec. Now, I am wandering, is this
> (still) a good way to code from a spec point of view ?! Can you give
> me ideas on ways to spec this ?
>
> Many thanks in advance !
> Mathieu
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