rspec users - Feb 2011 - TypeError: can't convert RSpec::Mocks::Mock to Hash

In MoneyOrdersController controller:

def create
  @money_order = current_user.money_orders.build(params[:money_order])
  if @money_order.save
    flash.now[:msg_ok] = "Added money order for:
#{number_to_currency(@money_order.amount)}"
  end
  respond_with(@money_order)
end

In MoneyOrdersController spec:

describe "POST create" do
  describe "with valid params" do
    it "assigns a newly created money_order as @money_order" do
      MoneyOrder.stub(:new).with({''these'' =>
''params''})
{ mock_money_order(:save => true) }
      post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
      assigns(:money_order).should be(mock_money_order)
    end
end

It always throws this error:

Failure/Error: post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
TypeError:
   can''t convert RSpec::Mocks::Mock to Hash
(RSpec::Mocks::Mock#to_hash gives RSpec::Mocks::Mock)

I''m sure the reason is simple, why I am getting this TypeError?

# controller
def create
  @money_order = current_user.money_orders.build(params[:money_order])
  if @money_order.save
    @money_orders = current_user.money_orders.staged
    flash.now[:msg_ok] = "Added money order for:
#{number_to_currency(@money_order.amount)}"
  end
  respond_with(@money_order)
end


#controller spec
describe "POST create" do
  describe "with valid params" do
    it "assigns a newly created money_order as @money_order" do
      MoneyOrder.stub(:new).with({''these'' =>
''params''}) { mock_money_order(:save => true) }
      post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
      assigns(:money_order).should be(mock_money_order)
    end
  end
end


#returns this error
Failure/Error: post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
TypeError: can''t convert RSpec::Mocks::Mock to Hash
(RSpec::Mocks::Mock#to_hash gives RSpec::Mocks::Mock)

#gems
rails (3.0.4)
rspec (2.5.0)
rspec-core (2.5.1)
rspec-expectations (2.5.0)
rspec-mocks (2.5.0)
rspec-rails (2.5.0)
... and a few others

Must be missing something simple, but I just don''t see it. What is
causing the error?

On Feb 15, 10:25?am, Karl <threadh... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> In MoneyOrdersController controller:
>
> def create
> ? @money_order = current_user.money_orders.build(params[:money_order])
> ? if @money_order.save
> ? ? flash.now[:msg_ok] = "Added money order for:
> #{number_to_currency(@money_order.amount)}"
> ? end
> ? respond_with(@money_order)
> end
>
> In MoneyOrdersController spec:
>
> describe "POST create" do
> ? describe "with valid params" do
> ? ? it "assigns a newly created money_order as @money_order" do
> ? ? ? MoneyOrder.stub(:new).with({''these'' =>
''params''})
> { mock_money_order(:save => true) }
> ? ? ? post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
> ? ? ? assigns(:money_order).should be(mock_money_order)
> ? ? end
> end
>
> It always throws this error:
>
> Failure/Error: post :create, :money_order => {''these''
=> ''params''}
> TypeError:
> ? ?can''t convert RSpec::Mocks::Mock to Hash
> (RSpec::Mocks::Mock#to_hash gives RSpec::Mocks::Mock)
>
> I''m sure the reason is simple, why I am getting this TypeError?
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Hmmm....what is the "mock_money_order" method doing? Care to paste it?

What''s orm you are using? activerecord?

On 15 fev, 14:25, Karl <threadh... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> In MoneyOrdersController controller:
>
> def create
> ? @money_order = current_user.money_orders.build(params[:money_order])
> ? if @money_order.save
> ? ? flash.now[:msg_ok] = "Added money order for:
> #{number_to_currency(@money_order.amount)}"
> ? end
> ? respond_with(@money_order)
> end
>
> In MoneyOrdersController spec:
>
> describe "POST create" do
> ? describe "with valid params" do
> ? ? it "assigns a newly created money_order as @money_order" do
> ? ? ? MoneyOrder.stub(:new).with({''these'' =>
''params''})
> { mock_money_order(:save => true) }
> ? ? ? post :create, :money_order => {''these'' =>
''params''}
> ? ? ? assigns(:money_order).should be(mock_money_order)
> ? ? end
> end
>
> It always throws this error:
>
> Failure/Error: post :create, :money_order => {''these''
=> ''params''}
> TypeError:
> ? ?can''t convert RSpec::Mocks::Mock to Hash
> (RSpec::Mocks::Mock#to_hashgives RSpec::Mocks::Mock)
>
> I''m sure the reason is simple, why I am getting this TypeError?
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