Testing a FormBuilder

Testing RSpec
1

Hello all,
In a bit of a conundrum here. I have a custom form builder I am trying
to
test and can’t seem to get it to work. I found this
http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/12/rspec-and-rails/ which helps in that
it
points me to the HelperExampleGroup to get the @template methods I am
going
to need. The problem is that we have our form builders in their own
folder
(app/form_builders) and hence their own spec folder
(spec/form_builders).
How can I get the specs in that folder (spec/form_builders) to behave
like
they were helper tests so that I have access to the @template object?

Thanks

Peer

2

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Peer A.[email protected]
wrote:

Hello all,
In a bit of a conundrum here. I have a custom form builder I am trying to
test and can’t seem to get it to work. I found this
http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/12/rspec-and-rails/

Things have changed a bit since Dec 07. The helper module is no longer
included directly in the example group, but are exposed through a
helper object instead.

which helps in that it
points me to the HelperExampleGroup to get the @template methods I am going
to need. The problem is that we have our form builders in their own folder
(app/form_builders) and hence their own spec folder (spec/form_builders).
How can I get the specs in that folder (spec/form_builders) to behave like
they were helper tests so that I have access to the @template object?
Thanks
Peer

describe “thing”, :type => :helper do
…
end

Cheers,
David

3

Still having trouble, here is my code.

Code:

class MyFormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
def custom_select(field_name, *args)
field_name ||= :salutation
salutations =
Lookup.for_type_and_column(‘Contact’,‘salutation’).map{|lookup|
lookup.description}
select(field_name, salutations, :include_blank => true, :prompt =>
“Please select salutation…”)
end
end

Spec:

before(:each) do
@object = mock_model(Company)
@builder = MyFormBuilder.new(:company, @object, self, {}, nil)
end

it “should return collection of currency codes” do
@builder.custom_select(:salutation, {})
end

No assertion in there, but it doesn’t matter because I get this error:

private method `select’ called for
#ActiveSupport::TestCase::Subclass_1::Subclass_1:0x72b229c

I haven’t had any success getting around this one, without stubbing
beyond
recognition. Any ideas?

peer

4

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Peer A.[email protected]
wrote:

end
No assertion in there, but it doesn’t matter because I get this error:
private method `select’ called for
#ActiveSupport::TestCase::Subclass_1::Subclass_1:0x72b229c
I haven’t had any success getting around this one, without stubbing beyond
recognition. Any ideas?

This is what I was saying before - that you can’t use self anymore
because the helper module is not included in the current context.
Instead, use the helper object:

@builder = MyFormBuilder.new(:company, @object, helper, {}, nil)

HTH,
David

5

Thanks David, I completely missed that in your first response.
Peer

6

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Peer A.[email protected]
wrote:

Thanks David, I completely missed that in your first response.

No problem. Let me know if it helps :slight_smile:

7

Yep, that solved it. Thanks!