Evgeny asked me about my reflect_on_association post to find out if a one liner could be made to check several association values, that is, not just trusting that the association details would be correct.
You can't do it in a one liner, but this is how to make it as simple and DRY as possible for testing on multiple models.
First off, Class.reflect_on_association returns something akin to a hash, but not a hash. It actually returns an object of type ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection
So, to test this, we need to get the data into a usable form.
This is done through a helper method in spec_helper.rb (if you are using RSpec.
I used this:
module ActiveRecord
module Reflection
class AssociationReflection
def to_hash
{
:macro => @macro,
:options => @options,
:class_name => @class_name || @name.to_s.singularize.camelize
}
end
end
end
end
Then, in the spec you are testing, you can do:
it "should test reflection details" do
association_results = {
:macro => :belongs_to,
:options => {:counter_cache => :true},
:class_name => "Location"
}
User.reflect_on_association(:location).to_hash.should == association_results
end
You can then use this method in any spec you want.
So, there you go Evgeny... not quite a one liner, but a lot easier to read!
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Mikel |
¿ 22/7/2007 - Sweeet!!!
But, any way to make this even prettier with the use of
"with_options"? (since we are dealing with hashes anyway)