This should work. In rails 2 the boilerplate setup method is gone from
functional tests (since every one had the same 3 lines in them). There
was an issue where if you defined your own setup method you had to
call super, but I can't remember if that was fixed in 2.0.2/2.0.1 or
if the fix is still only on edge
Fred
>
> >
I think this is because of the ActiveRecord::Fixtures class defining
method_added. If you look at the fixtures.rb file in activerecord
you'll find that it does this:
def self.method_added(method)
return if @__disable_method_added__
@__disable_method_added__ = true
case method.to_s
when 'setup'
unless method_defined?(:setup_without_fixtures)
alias_method :setup_without_fixtures, :setup
define_method(:full_setup) do
setup_with_fixtures
setup_without_fixtures
end
end
alias_method :setup, :full_setup
when 'teardown'
unless method_defined?(:teardown_without_fixtures)
alias_method :teardown_without_fixtures, :teardown
define_method(:full_teardown) do
teardown_without_fixtures
teardown_with_fixtures
end
end
alias_method :teardown, :full_teardown
end
@__disable_method_added__ = false
end
I personally think that those calls to 'alias_method :setup,
:full_setup' and 'alias_method :teardown, :full_teardown' should be
inside the unless statements because, as it stands, whenever you get a
definition of 'setup' or 'teardown' it will simply overwrite them.
The code should, IMO, read:
def self.method_added(method)
return if @__disable_method_added__
@__disable_method_added__ = true
case method.to_s
when 'setup'
unless method_defined?(:setup_without_fixtures)
alias_method :setup_without_fixtures, :setup
define_method(:full_setup) do
setup_with_fixtures
setup_without_fixtures
end
alias_method :setup, :full_setup
end
when 'teardown'
unless method_defined?(:teardown_without_fixtures)
alias_method :teardown_without_fixtures, :teardown
define_method(:full_teardown) do
teardown_without_fixtures
teardown_with_fixtures
end
alias_method :teardown, :full_teardown
end
end
@__disable_method_added__ = false
end
Matt
I wanted to share that I was experience the same situation; the 'setup'
method in my Functional tests were not getting called when my Functional
test derived from ActionController::TestCase and I was confused because
I was referring to pre-Rails 2.0.2 examples that derived from
Test::Unit::TestCase.
I imagine other folks who are just adding testing goodness to their apps
may experience the same.
I followed Matt's suggestion below and made the changes to the
fixtures.rb file in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record
(as installed in OS/X 10.5.4)
I also added a call to "super" in my functional test setup method and
got my setup method back in my fixture test.
For the benefit of anyone else who is struggling with this; calling
super in your setup method sets up the @controller, @request and
@response so you don't need to. Therefore, you can use the setup to
prepare variables that will be used throughout your other functional
tests.
- Peter DP
Matthew Denner wrote:
> I think this is because of the ActiveRecord::Fixtures class defining
> method_added.
[snip]
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