Shoulda::Macros

Public Instance Methods

should_change(description, options = {}, &block) click to toggle source

Deprecated.

Macro that creates a test asserting a change between the return value of a block that is run before and after the current setup block is run. This is similar to Active Support’s assert_difference assertion, but supports more than just numeric values. See also should_not_change.

The passed description will be used when generating the test name and failure messages.

Example:

context "Creating a post" do
  setup { Post.create }
  should_change("the number of posts", :by => 1) { Post.count }
end

As shown in this example, the :by option expects a numeric difference between the before and after values of the expression. You may also specify :from and :to options:

should_change("the number of posts", :from => 0, :to => 1) { Post.count }
should_change("the post title", :from => "old", :to => "new") { @post.title }

Combinations of :by, :from, and :to are allowed:

# Assert the value changed in some way:
should_change("the post title") { @post.title }

# Assert the value changed to anything other than "old:"
should_change("the post title", :from => "old") { @post.title }

# Assert the value changed to "new:"
should_change("the post title", :to => "new") { @post.title }
# File lib/shoulda/macros.rb, line 39
def should_change(description, options = {}, &block)
  ::ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn
  by, from, to = get_options!([options], :by, :from, :to)
  stmt = "change #{description}"
  stmt << " from #{from.inspect}" if from
  stmt << " to #{to.inspect}" if to
  stmt << " by #{by.inspect}" if by

  before = lambda { @_before_should_change = block.bind(self).call }
  should stmt, :before => before do
    old_value = @_before_should_change
    new_value = block.bind(self).call
    assert_operator from, :===, old_value, "#{description} did not originally match #{from.inspect}" if from
    assert_not_equal old_value, new_value, "#{description} did not change" unless by == 0
    assert_operator to, :===, new_value, "#{description} was not changed to match #{to.inspect}" if to
    assert_equal old_value + by, new_value if by
  end
end
should_create(class_name) click to toggle source

Deprecated.

Macro that creates a test asserting that a record of the given class was created.

Example:

context "creating a post" do
  setup { Post.create(post_attributes) }
  should_create :post
end
# File lib/shoulda/macros.rb, line 92
def should_create(class_name)
  ::ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn
  should_change_record_count_of(class_name, 1, 'create')
end
should_destroy(class_name) click to toggle source

Deprecated.

Macro that creates a test asserting that a record of the given class was destroyed.

Example:

context "destroying a post" do
  setup { Post.first.destroy }
  should_destroy :post
end
# File lib/shoulda/macros.rb, line 108
def should_destroy(class_name)
  ::ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn
  should_change_record_count_of(class_name, -1, 'destroy')
end
should_not_change(description, &block) click to toggle source

Deprecated.

Macro that creates a test asserting no change between the return value of a block that is run before and after the current setup block is run. This is the logical opposite of should_change.

The passed description will be used when generating the test name and failure message.

Example:

context "Updating a post" do
  setup { @post.update_attributes(:title => "new") }
  should_not_change("the number of posts") { Post.count }
end
# File lib/shoulda/macros.rb, line 72
def should_not_change(description, &block)
  ::ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn
  before = lambda { @_before_should_not_change = block.bind(self).call }
  should "not change #{description}", :before => before do
    new_value = block.bind(self).call
    assert_equal @_before_should_not_change, new_value, "#{description} changed"
  end
end

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