Project: RSpec Mocks 2.11

Publisher: RSpec

as_null_object

Use the as_null_object method to ignore any messages that aren't explicitly
set as stubs or message expectations.

EXCEPTION: to_ary will raise a NoMethodError unless explicitly stubbed in
order to support flatten on an Array containing a double.

Scenarios

double acting as_null_object

Given

a file named "as_null_object_spec.rb" with:

describe "a double with as_null_object called" do
  let(:null_object) { double('null object').as_null_object }

  it "responds to any method that is not defined" do
    null_object.should respond_to(:an_undefined_method)
  end

  it "allows explicit stubs" do
    null_object.stub(:foo) { "bar" }
    null_object.foo.should eq("bar")
  end

  it "allows explicit expectations" do
    null_object.should_receive(:something)
    null_object.something
  end

  it "supports Array#flatten" do
    [null_object].flatten.should eq([null_object])
  end
end

When

I run rspec as_null_object_spec.rb

Then

the examples should all pass

Last published almost 7 years ago by dchelimsky.

as_null_object

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