rspec users - Jul 2010 - spec for a rails helper that renders a partial template

So the stock answer to this is "don''t do it".  But
I''m in a situation
where it''s really what I want to do to test what I want to test.

a helper method:

def some_helper
   render(:partial => "some/partial", :locals => {:some =>
some}
end

or even:

def some_helper
    content = ""
    some_loop.each do |something|
        content << render(:partial => "some/partial", :locals
=>
{:something => something}
    end
end

Is there any way to write a spec where I can test this kind of helper,
and it really will render it''s partial(s), and I can really write specs
against the return strings?

Any way at all? I''ve been trying for a while with no success. Thanks
for
any advice.

Jonathan
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On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> So the stock answer to this is "don''t do it".  But
I''m in a situation
> where it''s really what I want to do to test what I want to test.
> 
> a helper method:
> 
> def some_helper
>   render(:partial => "some/partial", :locals => {:some
=> some}
> end
> 
> or even:
> 
> def some_helper
>    content = ""
>    some_loop.each do |something|
>        content << render(:partial => "some/partial",
:locals =>
> {:something => something}
>    end
> end
> 
> Is there any way to write a spec where I can test this kind of helper,
> and it really will render it''s partial(s), and I can really write
specs
> against the return strings?
> 
> Any way at all? I''ve been trying for a while with no success.
Thanks for
> any advice.
RSpec version?

David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 
>> 
>> against the return strings?
>> 
>> Any way at all? I''ve been trying for a while with no success.
Thanks for
>> any advice.
> 
> RSpec version?
Good point. Rails2, rspec 1.3.0. Thanks.

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On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> David Chelimsky wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> against the return strings?
>>> 
>>> Any way at all? I''ve been trying for a while with no
success. Thanks for
>>> any advice.
>> 
>> RSpec version?
> 
> Good point. Rails2, rspec 1.3.0. Thanks.
Do you know about integrate_views?

http://rspec.info/rails/writing/controllers.html

David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 
> Do you know about integrate_views?
> 
> http://rspec.info/rails/writing/controllers.html
I read about it in my quest through the documentation for a solution.

This isn''t actually a controller spec I''m trying to write,
it''s a helper
spec. If I actually set it up as a helper spec... I don''t seem to get 
"integrate_views", if I try to call it I get a method missing
exception.

Can I set it up as a controller spec, but then somehow still spec a 
helper method, rather than a controller?  I thought of that, and tried 
to do it, but couldn''t quite figure out how to do that. Any advice?

Jonathan
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On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> David Chelimsky wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
>> 
>> Do you know about integrate_views?
>> 
>> http://rspec.info/rails/writing/controllers.html
> 
> I read about it in my quest through the documentation for a solution.
> 
> This isn''t actually a controller spec I''m trying to
write, it''s a helper
> spec. If I actually set it up as a helper spec... I don''t seem to
get
> "integrate_views", if I try to call it I get a method missing
exception.
> 
> Can I set it up as a controller spec, but then somehow still spec a 
> helper method, rather than a controller?  I thought of that, and tried 
> to do it, but couldn''t quite figure out how to do that. Any
advice?
I don''t think there''s a good way to do that in RSpec-1. In
RSpec-2, however, you should be able to do this in a regular helper spec.

HTH,
David
> Jonathan

David Chelimsky wrote:
> 
> I don''t think there''s a good way to do that in RSpec-1.
In RSpec-2,
> however, you should be able to do this in a regular helper spec.
Okay, thanks. Can''t wait until I get my app migrated to Rails3, glad 
that Rspec has improved in flexibility in a great many ways, it appears, 
in Rspec2/Rails3.
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