rspec users - Nov 2009 - Using Mock / Datamapper / Associations

I''m using datamapper and have two associated classes:
- Org - has n, :users
- User - belongs_to :org

When I test the User object, I have been able to mock/stub methods of
the Org object.  Great!

But - I still need to require ''org.rb'' to setup my user tests
-
otherwise Datamapper will complain: "Cannot find the parent_model Org
for User in org (NameError)"

Sure I can require the associated object in my test setup, but would
love to avoid having to do this, as it increases complexity as the
number of associated classes grows.

Is there a way to mock the Org object, without having to require it in
my test setup ??

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Arco <akleak at gmail.com> wrote:
> I''m using datamapper and have two associated classes:
> - Org - has n, :users
> - User - belongs_to :org
>
> When I test the User object, I have been able to mock/stub methods of
> the Org object.  Great!
>
> But - I still need to require ''org.rb'' to setup my user
tests -
> otherwise Datamapper will complain: "Cannot find the parent_model Org
> for User in org (NameError)"
>
> Sure I can require the associated object in my test setup, but would
> love to avoid having to do this, as it increases complexity as the
> number of associated classes grows.
>
> Is there a way to mock the Org object, without having to require it in
> my test setup ??
>
I don''t know much about Datamapper, but if you''re referencing
an Org object
then it seems reasonable to me that you''d have to require that file.
Why
it''s not autoloaded I have no idea - have you tried a Datamapper list
or IRC
channel?
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On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:04 pm, Arco wrote:
> Is there a way to mock the Org object, without having to require it in
> my test setup ??
Hi Arco

Are you running the spec through something that loads a code loader (eg: for my
specs, spec_helper.rb starts Merb in the test environment), or just running that
one file on its own?  That''s the simplest way I can think this would be
failing.

Ashley

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