Clem Rock wrote:
Hello,
I have a controller that defines a module and I'm wondering how I can write a functional test for methods w/in the module.
Here's the basic structure of the controller module blog_controller:
[code] require 'hmac/hmac-sha2'
module BlogController PAGEXI_HMAC_SHA256_KEY = "sdfqaasdfwfa3rq32aq" PAGEXI_HMAC_SHA256_AUTHOR_KEY = "sooloo"
def combined render :partial => "/blog/page_object_combined" end
#etc... end
[/code]
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I usually set up a test for that module, and in the test file define a Dummy Controller that includes the module and has only the most basic functionality (e.g. an action with render :text "hello world"). Have a look at some of the tests in Rails itself, e.g. the redirect tests in rails/action_pack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
You can also do some unit testing of the Dummy Controller instance (that's available via the @controller instance variable -- e.g. @controller.respond_to?(:combined). If you do a bit of googling for something like "testing application controller" there's some info somewhere on how to test methods defined in the AC, and that should steer you in the right direction also.
Hope this helps
Chris