Render expectation in Controller spec

Testing RSpec
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Hello All,

I am a rspec beginner and I am trying to find a way out to write render
expectation in controller spec.All methods that I used seem to give me a
No Method error.

My controller code is as follows
http://pastie.org/2211944

and my controller test is as follows
http://pastie.org/2211951

I also used
render ‘/channels/createchannel.html.erb’
ChannelsController.expect_render(:action => “createchannel”)
ChannelsController.render_template(:action => “createchannel”)
controller.expect_render(:action => “createchannel”)
controller.render_template(:action => “createchannel”)

I am using jRuby on Rails1.5.0 and following are the
details of gems:-
rails-2.3.5
rspec-1.3.0
rspec-rails-1.3.2

It would be great if someone could help me out with this

Thanks & Regards
Chandrika

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On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:34 AM, Chandrika Shenoy wrote:

http://pastie.org/2211951
I don’t understand what the example is supposed to specify. I see a
createchannelpage action in the controller, which might render
createchannel, but I don’t see a createchannel action. Then the spec is
posting to createchannel. What is the intent here?

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Hi David,
Sorry about not pasting the createchannel method earlier,here is the
revised controller method.

http://pastie.org/2217223

I am trying to test the createchannelpage method which is in the
Channels Controller.The createchannelpage renders the createchannel
action when the checkChannel? returns a true value.

Regards
Chandrika

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I moved your post to the bottom - please post either at the bottom or
inline so we can follow the conversation more easily.

On Jul 15, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Chandu80 wrote:

http://pastie.org/2211944

and my controller test is as follows
http://pastie.org/2211951

I don’t understand what the example is supposed to specify. I see a
createchannelpage action in the controller, which might render createchannel, but
I don’t see a createchannel action. Then the spec is posting to createchannel.
What is the intent here?

Hi David,
Sorry about not pasting the createchannel method earlier,here is the
revised controller method.

http://pastie.org/2217223

I am trying to test the createchannelpage method which is in the
Channels Controller.The createchannelpage renders the createchannel
action when the checkChannel? returns a true value.

But the spec is still invoking createchannel directly. I think you want
it to invoke createchannelpage, which should then render the
createchannel template, right? If so, the spec should read:

post :createchannelpage
response.should render_template(“createchannel”)

Does that work?