Can module spec "behave like" controller spec?

[Shaker]

Hello everyone:
    Right now I am writing spec on modules, which are provided by my colleagues. Some of the modules actually contain action methods. I tried very hard to spec those action methods in modules. But it seems that  the rspec does not allow module spec to 'get' action like controller does. After I saw the documentation, I then used :behaviour_type=>:controller. However, it failed again. It reported an error for me. For illustration, I'd like a simple example.
module MyModule
    def copy #an action method
        render :partial=>"/index", :layout=>false
    end
end

describe MyModule, :behaviour_type=>:controller do
    it "should render partial index" do
        get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
    end
end
The error reported was: undefined method 'new' for MyModule:Module. Do you guys have any idea of the error? And how should I test the action methods in modules?
Cheers!

[David Chelimsky-2]

On 8/31/07, Shaker <flyeminent@...> wrote:

>
> Hello everyone:
>     Right now I am writing spec on modules, which are provided by my
> colleagues. Some of the modules actually contain action methods. I tried
> very hard to spec those action methods in modules. But it seems that  the
> rspec does not allow module spec to 'get' action like controller does. After
> I saw the documentation, I then used :behaviour_type=>:controller. However,
> it failed again. It reported an error for me. For illustration, I'd like a
> simple example.
> module MyModule
>     def copy #an action method
>         render :partial=>"/index", :layout=>false
>     end
> end
>
> describe MyModule, :behaviour_type=>:controller do
>     it "should render partial index" do
>         get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
>     end
> end
> The error reported was: undefined method 'new' for MyModule:Module. Do you
> guys have any idea of the error? And how should I test the action methods in
> modules?

The ControllerBehaviour is trying to instantiate MyModule. What you'd
need to do is something like this:

class ControllerThatUsesMyModule
  include MyModule
end

describe ControllerThatUsesMyModule, :behaviour_type=>:controller do
   it "should render partial index" do
       get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
   end
end

I haven't tried it, but it seems like it should work. Give it a whirl
and report back please.

Cheers,
David

> Cheers!
>
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[David Chelimsky-2]

On 8/31/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@...> wrote:

> On 8/31/07, Shaker <flyeminent@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone:
> >     Right now I am writing spec on modules, which are provided by my
> > colleagues. Some of the modules actually contain action methods. I tried
> > very hard to spec those action methods in modules. But it seems that  the
> > rspec does not allow module spec to 'get' action like controller does. After
> > I saw the documentation, I then used :behaviour_type=>:controller. However,
> > it failed again. It reported an error for me. For illustration, I'd like a
> > simple example.
> > module MyModule
> >     def copy #an action method
> >         render :partial=>"/index", :layout=>false
> >     end
> > end
> >
> > describe MyModule, :behaviour_type=>:controller do
> >     it "should render partial index" do
> >         get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
> >     end
> > end
> > The error reported was: undefined method 'new' for MyModule:Module. Do you
> > guys have any idea of the error? And how should I test the action methods in
> > modules?
>
> The ControllerBehaviour is trying to instantiate MyModule. What you'd
> need to do is something like this:
>
> class ControllerThatUsesMyModule
>   include MyModule
> end
>
> describe ControllerThatUsesMyModule, :behaviour_type=>:controller do
>    it "should render partial index" do
>        get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
>    end
> end
>
> I haven't tried it, but it seems like it should work. Give it a whirl
> and report back please.

Of course, the subject of this thread should smack us all in the face
and point in a different direction:

describe "any controller", :shared => true do
   it "should render partial index" do
       get 'copy' #test code not provided yet, just want to get the action
   end
end

# an actual controller - not just for specs
class FooController
  include AnyController
end

# in spec/controllers/foo_controller_spec.rb
describe FooController do
  it_should_behave_like "any controller"
  ... #more stuff specific to FooController
end

>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> > Cheers!
> >
> >
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