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Project: RSpec Mocks 2.10

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General matchers

The anything, any_args, and no_args matchers can be used to require the method
to have arguments (or not) without constraining the details of the argument, such as its
type, pattern or value. The anything matcher only reflects a single argument, while
the any_args matcher matches any arity.

Scenarios
  1. anything argument matcher
  2. any_args argument matcher
  3. no_args argument matcher
  4. no_args argument matcher for expectations
anything argument matcher
Given
a file named "stub_anything_args_spec.rb" with: 
describe "stubbed anything() args spec" do
  it "works" do
    object = Object.new
    object.stub(:foo).with(anything) do
      "anything"
    end

    object.foo(1).should eq("anything")
    object.foo(:that).should eq("anything")
  end
end
When
I run rspec stub_anything_args_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"
any_args argument matcher
Given
a file named "stub_any_args_spec.rb" with: 
describe "stubbed any_args() args spec" do
  it "works" do
    object = Object.new
    object.stub(:foo).with(any_args) do
      "anything"
    end

    object.foo(1).should eq("anything")
    object.foo(:that).should eq("anything")
    object.foo.should eq("anything")
  end
end
When
I run rspec stub_any_args_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"
no_args argument matcher
Given
a file named "stub_no_args_spec.rb" with: 
describe "stubbed no_args() args spec" do
  it "works for no args" do
    object = Object.new
    object.stub(:foo).with(no_args) do
      "nothing"
    end
    object.stub(:foo).with(anything) do
      "something"
    end

    object.foo(:that).should eq("something")
    object.foo.should eq("nothing")
  end
end
When
I run rspec stub_no_args_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"
no_args argument matcher for expectations
Given
a file named "stub_no_args_expectations_spec.rb" with: 
describe "stubbed no_args() args spec for expectations" do
  it "works for no args" do
    object = Object.new
    object.should_receive(:foo).with(no_args)

    object.foo
  end
  it "fails for args" do
    object = Object.new
    object.should_receive(:foo).with(no_args)

    object.foo(:bar)
  end
end
When
I run rspec stub_no_args_expectations_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "2 examples, 1 failure"

Last published over 4 years ago by dchelimsky.