Module: ActiveSupport::Testing::Assertions

Included in:
ActiveSupport::TestCase
Defined in:
lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#assert_difference(expression, difference = 1, message = nil, &block) ⇒ Object

Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.

assert_difference 'Article.count' do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
end

An arbitrary expression is passed in and evaluated.

assert_difference 'Article.last.comments(:reload).size' do
  post :create, params: { comment: {...} }
end

An arbitrary positive or negative difference can be specified. The default is 1.

assert_difference 'Article.count', -1 do
  post :delete, params: { id: ... }
end

An array of expressions can also be passed in and evaluated.

assert_difference [ 'Article.count', 'Post.count' ], 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
end

A lambda or a list of lambdas can be passed in and evaluated:

assert_difference ->{ Article.count }, 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
end

assert_difference [->{ Article.count }, ->{ Post.count }], 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
end

An error message can be specified.

assert_difference 'Article.count', -1, 'An Article should be destroyed' do
  post :delete, params: { id: ... }
end



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# File 'lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 63

def assert_difference(expression, difference = 1, message = nil, &block)
  expressions = Array(expression)

  exps = expressions.map { |e|
    e.respond_to?(:call) ? e : lambda { eval(e, block.binding) }
  }
  before = exps.map(&:call)

  retval = yield

  expressions.zip(exps).each_with_index do |(code, e), i|
    error  = "#{code.inspect} didn't change by #{difference}"
    error  = "#{message}.\n#{error}" if message
    assert_equal(before[i] + difference, e.call, error)
  end

  retval
end

#assert_no_difference(expression, message = nil, &block) ⇒ Object

Assertion that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.

assert_no_difference 'Article.count' do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
end

An error message can be specified.

assert_no_difference 'Article.count', 'An Article should not be created' do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
end



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# File 'lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 94

def assert_no_difference(expression, message = nil, &block)
  assert_difference expression, 0, message, &block
end

#assert_not(object, message = nil) ⇒ Object

Asserts that an expression is not truthy. Passes if object is nil or false. “Truthy” means “considered true in a conditional” like if foo.

assert_not nil    # => true
assert_not false  # => true
assert_not 'foo'  # => Expected "foo" to be nil or false

An error message can be specified.

assert_not foo, 'foo should be false'



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# File 'lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 17

def assert_not(object, message = nil)
  message ||= "Expected #{mu_pp(object)} to be nil or false"
  assert !object, message
end