Project: RSpec Mocks 2.14

Publisher: RSpec

double handling to_ary

Ruby implicitly sends to_ary to all of the objects in an Array when the
array receives flatten:

[obj].flatten # => obj.to_ary

If to_ary raises a NoMethodError, Ruby sees that the object can not be coerced
into an array and moves on to the next object.

To support this, an RSpec double will raise a NoMethodError when it receives
to_ary even if it is set `asnull_object_, unlessto_ary` is explicitly
stubbed.

Scenarios

double receiving to_ary

Given

a file named "example.rb" with:

describe "#to_ary" do
  shared_examples "to_ary" do
    it "raises a NoMethodError" do
      expect { obj.to_ary }.to raise_error(NoMethodError)
    end

    it "can be overridden with a stub" do
      obj.stub(:to_ary) { :non_nil_value }
      obj.to_ary.should be(:non_nil_value)
    end

    it "supports Array#flatten" do
      obj = double('foo')
      [obj].flatten.should eq([obj])
    end
  end

  context "sent to a double as_null_object" do
    let(:obj) { double('obj').as_null_object }
    include_examples "to_ary"
  end

  context "sent to a double without as_null_object" do
    let(:obj) { double('obj') }
    include_examples "to_ary"
  end
end

When

I run rspec example.rb

Then

the examples should all pass

Last published over 7 years ago by myronmarston.

double handling to_ary

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