Hi, there,
I believe I have some problem with scoping.
I have a controller spec file which tests a brands resource.
At the start of the file, I test the resource’s access for different
users in a context block
a) not signed in
b) non-admin user signed in- I call my own helper method, login_user
c) admin user signed in - I call my own helper method,
login_admin_user
Specs there do pass successfully.
I then create another context block to just test the resource for an
admin user that’s signed in.
I tried calling login_admin_user in a before hook as per the previous
specs .
It fails and I suspect that the current scope within the before hook
does not see my custom helper method, login_admin_user.
Here is the error message:
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/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in load': /Users/anexiole/ projects/ try_rails/spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb:164: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end (SyntaxError) from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/ activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:235:inblock in load’
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/
activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:227:in load_dependency' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/ activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:235:inload’
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/
lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in block in load_spec_files' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:inmap’
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/
lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in load_spec_files' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:inrun’
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/
lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in run_in_process' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/runner.rb:69:inrun’
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/
lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:11:in `block in autorun’
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My specs is as follows:
--------- spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb (start)
require ‘spec_helper’
describe BrandsController do
This should return the minimal set of attributes required to
create a valid
Brand. As you add validations to Brand, be sure to
update the return value of this method accordingly.
def valid_attributes
{
‘name’ => ‘J Speed’,
‘description’ => ‘From gunsai province’
}
end
context ‘checking access for varying users’ do
describe ‘brands access is not available to users who have not
signed in’ do
it ‘users that are not logged in will be sent to the sign
in page’ do
get :index
response.should redirect_to(new_user_session_path)
end
end
describe 'brands access is not available to regular users' do
login_user
it 'regular users that are logged in will be sent to home
page’ do
get :index
response.should redirect_to(root_path)
end
end
describe 'brands access is available only to admin users' do
login_admin_user
it 'admin users that are logged in can access the index
page’ do
get :index
response.should render_template(‘index’)
end
end
end
context ‘with an admin user signed in’ do # <----- starts
failing in this context
before(:each) do
login_admin_user
end
describe "creates a new brand entry" do
it "assigns a new brand as @brand" do
get :new
assigns(:brand).should be_a_new(Brand)
end
end
end
end
--------- spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb (end)
my apologies.