rspec users - Sep 2009 - Issue with the "class" method of a mocked model

Hi everybody,

I run into an issue with the "class" method of a mocked model. The
following
expectation fails:

@user = mock_model(Author)
is_author(user).should == true

def is_author(user)
  case user
    when Author
      return true
  else
    return false
  end
end

However, it works well when running the app. I guess that the problem comes
from the mock as it compares the mocked-model.class with the
real-model.class. Do you have any idea to fix that?

For now, I use "Author.class.to_s" but I don''t like to make
my code ugly for
the mock to work. :)

Cheers,

?
http://pcreux.com
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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Philippe Creux<pcreux at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I run into an issue with the "class" method of a mocked model.
The following
> expectation fails:
>
> @user = mock_model(Author)
> is_author(user).should == true
>
> def is_author(user)
> ? case user
> ??? when Author
> ????? return true
> ? else
> ??? return false
> ? end
> end
>
> However, it works well when running the app. I guess that the problem comes
> from the mock as it compares the mocked-model.class with the
> real-model.class. Do you have any idea to fix that?
First, don''t use mock_model. It is an RSpec mock object, not an Author.

You can either use a real Author, or stub_model(Author), which is
actually an Author, but decorated with some additional stub-friendly
behaviour.

HTH,
David
>
> For now, I use "Author.class.to_s" but I don''t like to
make my code ugly for
> the mock to work. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> ?
> http://pcreux.com
>
>
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