rspec users - Sep 2011 - Warning (but not failing) if a method wasn't called?

Is there a way to warn but not fail if a particular method wasn''t
called? That is, I''m looking for something that''s halfway
between
obj.stub(...) and obj.should_receive(...). I''m trying to do something
like this:

shared_context "with a stubbed geocoder" do
  before(:each) do
    @geocoding_client = Geocoding::FakeGeoClient.new

    # generate warning if the spec doesn''t cause a hit to
Geocoding.client
    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
  end
end

~ jf
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John Feminella
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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:08 AM, John Feminella <johnf at
bitsbuilder.com>wrote:
> Is there a way to warn but not fail if a particular method wasn''t
> called? That is, I''m looking for something that''s halfway
between
> obj.stub(...) and obj.should_receive(...). I''m trying to do
something
> like this:
>
> shared_context "with a stubbed geocoder" do
>  before(:each) do
>    @geocoding_client = Geocoding::FakeGeoClient.new
>
>    # generate warning if the spec doesn''t cause a hit to
Geocoding.client
>    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
>  end
> end
>
> ~ jf
> --
> John Feminella
> Principal Consultant, BitsBuilder
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Why would you want a warn? I can''t get my head around this.
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On Sep 7, 2011, at 7:08 AM, John Feminella wrote:
> Is there a way to warn but not fail if a particular method wasn''t
> called? That is, I''m looking for something that''s halfway
between
> obj.stub(...) and obj.should_receive(...). I''m trying to do
something
> like this:
> 
> shared_context "with a stubbed geocoder" do
>  before(:each) do
>    @geocoding_client = Geocoding::FakeGeoClient.new
> 
>    # generate warning if the spec doesn''t cause a hit to
Geocoding.client
>    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
>  end
> end
There''s no support for this in rspec-mocks. You can do the following,
but I would not recommend it:

before do
  @geocoding_received_client = false
  Geocoding.stub(:client) do
    @geocoding_received_client = true
    @geocoding_client
  end
end

after do
  warn "Geocoding did not receive :client" unless
@@geocoding_received_client
end

Cheers,
David