Module: RSpec::Rails::Matchers

Included in:

RailsExampleGroup

Defined in:

lib/rspec/rails/matchers.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/be_a_new.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/redirect_to.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/be_new_record.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/have_extension.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/render_template.rb,
lib/rspec/rails/matchers/routing_matchers.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: HaveExtensions, RedirectTo, RenderTemplate, RoutingMatchers Classes: BeANew, BeANewRecord

Instance Method Summary

• #be_a_new(model_class) ⇒ Object

  Passes if actual is an instance of ‘model_class` and returns `false` for `persisted?`.

• #be_new_record ⇒ Object

  Passes if actual returns ‘false` for `persisted?`.

Instance Method Details

#be_a_new(model_class) ⇒ Object

Passes if actual is an instance of ‘model_class` and returns `false` for `persisted?`. Typically used to specify instance variables assigned to views by controller actions

Examples:

get :new
assigns(:thing).should be_a_new(Thing)

post :create, :thing => { :name => "Illegal Value" }
assigns(:thing).should be_a_new(Thing).with(:name => nil)

# File 'lib/rspec/rails/matchers/be_a_new.rb', line 70

def be_a_new(model_class)
  BeANew.new(model_class)
end

#be_new_record ⇒ Object

Passes if actual returns ‘false` for `persisted?`.

Examples:

get :new
assigns(:thing).should be_new_record

# File 'lib/rspec/rails/matchers/be_new_record.rb', line 17

def be_new_record
  BeANewRecord.new
end