How to test with RSpec a Rails plugin using “link_to” and “current_page?”

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I'm writing a Rails plugin that builds up a menu in a view. I'm using *link`_`to* to build the link and *current_page?* to set class="active" on the current page.

I've *include*d *ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper* so I can use *link`_`to*.

To get *current`_`page?* working in the view, I've had to inherit the current class (apparently ActionView::Base) and it works perfectly well. Unfortunately, this totally breaks the tests with RSpec.

I'm calling *link`_`to* and *current`_`page?* like this:

    def menu(options = {}, &block)       carte = my_menu.new(self)       yield carte       carte.to_s unless carte.empty?     end

    class my_menu       include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper       include ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper

      def initialize(base)         @base = base       end

      def link         @base.link_to(name, url_options, html_options)         @base.current_page?(url_options)       end     end

And I get this error with RSpec:     Undefined method `link_to' for #< Spec::Rails::Example::RailsExampleGroup::Subclass_1:0x24afa90>

Any clue?