RESTful Authentication Plug Tests

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Hi all,

Is there a dependency for the RESTful Authentication plugin to make the test cases pass? I get a number of errors on a brand new Rails project with only the RESTful plugin installed. I've moved the bits of code around as instructed after running the generator script for the plugin.

Here's an example:   1) Error: test_should_create_user(UserTest): NoMethodError: undefined method `assert_difference' for #<UserTest: 0x327b73c>     /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/ action_controller/test_process.rb:452:in `method_missing'     ./test/unit/user_test.rb:7:in `test_should_create_user'

Apparently assert_difference/assert_no_difference is not included in the Rails 1.2.3 framework.

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It generates an authenticated test helper file that you can include in your unit tests. It should be included for you in the test cases that restful authentication generates:

http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/restful_authentication/generators/authenticated/templates/model_functional_test.rb

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Thank for you quick reply Rick, however, after further experimentation I still get the same failures when running test. I've also searched and dug through all the code I could find and nothing I see implements the assert_difference and assert_no_difference methods. I have included all the relevant test output here:

... robertwalker$ rake test:units ... /usr/local/bin/ruby -Ilib:test "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/unit/ user_notifier_test.rb" "test/unit/user_test.rb" Loaded suite /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader Started ..E....EEEE... Finished in 0.091025 seconds.

  1) Error: test_should_create_user(UserTest): NoMethodError: undefined method `assert_difference' for #<UserTest: 0x3278424>     /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/ action_controller/test_process.rb:452:in `method_missing'     ./test/unit/user_test.rb:10:in `test_should_create_user'

  2) Error: test_should_require_email(UserTest): NoMethodError: undefined method `assert_no_difference' for #<UserTest: 0x327835c>     /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/ action_controller/test_process.rb:452:in `method_missing'     ./test/unit/user_test.rb:38:in `test_should_require_email'

... ...

14 tests, 16 assertions, 0 failures, 5 errors

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Oh, the plugin was updated for edge just a few days ago. You can just use an old revision if you want.

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I keep forgetting that a lot of development is going on against Edge - this problem has tripped me up as well.

Please could you recommend a revision to use against 1.2.3 ?

Many thanks,

Kee

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Oh, the plugin was updated for edge just a few days ago. You can just use an old revision if you want.

Hello, I've encountered the same problem as Robert. Is reverting back to an old revision a short-term solution? And if so, does that mean these two functions will be replaced with something else in the future? Thanks.

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Hello, I've encountered the same problem as Robert. Is reverting back to an old revision a short-term solution? And if so, does that mean these two functions will be replaced with something else in the future? Thanks.

They're in edge rails.

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I have worked around the problem by picking up the files activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/test.rb and activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/test/difference.rb from edge rails and placing them in the version 1.2.3 rails that I am using for my apps.

Kim

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This workaround worked nicely for me.