From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@...>
Date: 2008-01-18T13:16:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Using RSpec to Describe Included Module Behavior

On Jan 17, 2008 12:19 PM, Judson Lester <nyarly@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 10:23 AM, Starr Trader <startrader@inbox.com> wrote:
> > Greeting all,
> >
> > I'm having difficulties with RSpec.  I have a module that adds some
> > interface functions to a class (a la Rails) and I want to test their
> > functionality. (BDD and all you know)
> >
> > I'm not sure how to describe a module like this.  It is not a class
> > where I can create an instance directly for testing, I somehow need to
> > create a Class that can have this module included in it.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Try something like
>
> before do
>   @test_me = Object.new
>   @test_me.extend MyCoolModule
> end

I would prefer to make a class, because if you intend to use include
rather than extend in production, you ought to spec it that way.  Also
lets you take advantage of the included hook, test inheritance cases,
etc.

klass = Class.new do
  include MyCoolModule
end

o = klass.new

Pat