Oh no! I have a "Spec" model

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I am trying to use cucumber but my application has a "Spec" model (I followed the RailsSpace book). So now I am getting an error when running cucumber (below). I think because cucumber does not like a model named "Spec." But I have "Spec" and "spec(s)" everywhere in my application now. A universal text change is a huge pain. Some innocent text contains the string "spec", e.g. "aspect". So I have to look at each replacement. What can I do? Please help. Thanks.

Spec is not a class (TypeError) /Volumes/Data/Beo/Documents/RailsSpace/app/models/spec.rb:1 /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `polyglot_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/polyglot-0.2.9/lib/polyglot.rb:70:in `require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:158:in `require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:265:in `require_or_load' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:224:in `depend_on' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:136:in `require_dependency' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 414:in `load_application_classes' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 413:in `each' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 413:in `load_application_classes' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 411:in `each' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 411:in `load_application_classes' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 197:in `process' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 113:in `send' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb: 113:in `run' /Volumes/Data/Beo/Documents/OptiDev/config/environment.rb:9 /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `polyglot_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/polyglot-0.2.9/lib/polyglot.rb:70:in `require' /Volumes/Data/Beo/Documents/OptiDev/features/support/env.rb:8 /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `polyglot_original_require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/polyglot-0.2.9/lib/polyglot.rb:70:in `require' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ rb_support/rb_language.rb:124:in `load_code_file' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ step_mother.rb:84:in `load_code_file' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ step_mother.rb:76:in `load_code_files' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ step_mother.rb:75:in `each' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ step_mother.rb:75:in `load_code_files' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ cli/main.rb:48:in `execute!' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/../lib/cucumber/ cli/main.rb:20:in `execute' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/cucumber-0.6.1/bin/cucumber:8 /opt/local/bin/cucumber:19:in `load' /opt/local/bin/cucumber:19

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I am trying to use cucumber but my application has a "Spec" model (I followed the RailsSpace book).

...which is quite out of date.

So now I am getting an error when running cucumber (below). I think because cucumber does not like a model named "Spec."

Actually, I think that would be more of a proble for RSpec. But I could be wrong.

But I have "Spec" and "spec(s)" everywhere in my application now. A universal text change is a huge pain. Some innocent text contains the string "spec", e.g. "aspect". So I have to look at each replacement.

Well, you should look at each replacement anyway.

What can I do? Please help.

Try a regular expression search and replace, so that you don't hit innocent words.

Thanks.

Best,

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Thanks. So the problem is the "Spec" model name? There is no other way but to change "Spec" to something else?

I started with RailsSpace as a starting point a while back but my application has evolved since.

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Learn by Doing wrote:

Thanks. So the problem is the "Spec" model name?

Most likely.

There is no other way but to change "Spec" to something else?

Probably not. And this should not be difficult.

I started with RailsSpace as a starting point a while back but my application has evolved since.

Best,

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Thanks Marnen. I am trying to use regular expression to replace the text "spec" in TextMate with "mug". I am trying to avoid instances of "spec" where it does not mean the name of the model, e.g. "aspect". So I use the following regular expression: [^a-zA-Z]spec . That would catch "@spec" which is what I want. But if I tell TextMate to replace that with "mug", I lose the character before "spec". TextMate replaces "@spec" with "mug" . How can I make it replace @spec with @mug ?

Thanks.

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Learn by Doing wrote:

Thanks Marnen. I am trying to use regular expression to replace the text "spec" in TextMate with "mug". I am trying to avoid instances of "spec" where it does not mean the name of the model, e.g. "aspect". So I use the following regular expression: [^a-zA-Z]spec . That would catch "@spec" which is what I want. But if I tell TextMate to replace that with "mug", I lose the character before "spec". TextMate replaces "@spec" with "mug" . How can I make it replace @spec with @mug ?

Most regexp syntaxes support backreferences in the replace string, which is what you need. Check TextMate's documentation to see how it implements backreferences.

Thanks.

Best,

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Thanks Marnen!

I will surely look into back references next time. Before I got your answer, I managed to do this manually by replacing “Spec” then “spec” when preceded with each of the special characters: @ : ’ " / - ! space. I downloaded and used “Name Mangler” to replace “spec” in file names. While tedious, you are right that it is not too difficult. Cucumber seems to work now. I am ready to dive into BDD.

Thank you so much for your help.

Vincent

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Marnen!

Thank you so much for motivating me to use Cucumber. It makes functional and integration testing so easy!

Vincent.

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Learn by Doing wrote:

Marnen!

Thank you so much for motivating me to use Cucumber. It makes functional and integration testing so easy!

You're most welcome. It's amazing, isn't it?

Vincent.

Best,