Module: Shoulda::ActiveRecord::Matchers

Included in:
ActiveSupport::TestCase, RSpec::Matchers, Macros, Test::Unit::TestCase
Defined in:
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validation_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/allow_value_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/association_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_db_index_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_db_column_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/ensure_length_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_format_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/ensure_inclusion_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_presence_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_acceptance_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_uniqueness_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_readonly_attribute_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/allow_mass_assignment_of_matcher.rb,
lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_numericality_of_matcher.rb

Overview

Matchers for your active record models

These matchers will test most of the validations and associations for your ActiveRecord models.

describe User do
  it { should validate_presence_of(:name) }
  it { should validate_presence_of(:phone_number) }
  %w(abcd 1234).each do |value|
    it { should_not allow_value(value).for(:phone_number) }
  end
  it { should allow_value("(123) 456-7890").for(:phone_number) }
  it { should_not allow_mass_assignment_of(:password) }
  it { should have_one(:profile) }
  it { should have_many(:dogs) }
  it { should have_many(:messes).through(:dogs) }
  it { should belong_to(:lover) }
end

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: AllowMassAssignmentOfMatcher, AllowValueMatcher, AssociationMatcher, EnsureInclusionOfMatcher, EnsureLengthOfMatcher, HaveDbColumnMatcher, HaveDbIndexMatcher, HaveReadonlyAttributeMatcher, ValidateAcceptanceOfMatcher, ValidateFormatOfMatcher, ValidateNumericalityOfMatcher, ValidatePresenceOfMatcher, ValidateUniquenessOfMatcher, ValidationMatcher

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#allow_mass_assignment_of(value) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the attribute can be set on mass update.

it { should_not allow_mass_assignment_of(:password) }
it { should allow_mass_assignment_of(:first_name) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/allow_mass_assignment_of_matcher.rb', line 10

def allow_mass_assignment_of(value)
  AllowMassAssignmentOfMatcher.new(value)
end

#allow_value(value) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the attribute can be set to the given value.

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. If omitted, the test looks for any errors in errors.on(:attribute).

Example:

it { should_not allow_value('bad').for(:isbn) }
it { should allow_value("isbn 1 2345 6789 0").for(:isbn) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/allow_value_matcher.rb', line 16

def allow_value(value)
  AllowValueMatcher.new(value)
end

#belong_to(name) ⇒ Object

Ensure that the belongs_to relationship exists.

it { should belong_to(:parent) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/association_matcher.rb', line 9

def belong_to(name)
  AssociationMatcher.new(:belongs_to, name)
end

#ensure_inclusion_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensure that the attribute’s value is in the range specified

Options:

  • in_range - the range of allowed values for this attribute

  • with_low_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :inclusion.

  • with_high_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :inclusion.

Example:

it { should ensure_inclusion_of(:age).in_range(0..100) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/ensure_inclusion_of_matcher.rb', line 19

def ensure_inclusion_of(attr)
  EnsureInclusionOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#ensure_length_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the length of the attribute is validated.

Options:

  • is_at_least - minimum length of this attribute

  • is_at_most - maximum length of this attribute

  • is_equal_to - exact requred length of this attribute

  • with_short_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :too_short.

  • with_long_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :too_long.

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :wrong_length. Used in conjunction with is_equal_to.

Examples:

it { should ensure_length_of(:password).
              is_at_least(6).
              is_at_most(20) }
it { should ensure_length_of(:name).
              is_at_least(3).
              with_short_message(/not long enough/) }
it { should ensure_length_of(:ssn).
              is_equal_to(9).
              with_message(/is invalid/) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/ensure_length_of_matcher.rb', line 32

def ensure_length_of(attr)
  EnsureLengthOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#have_and_belong_to_many(name) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the has_and_belongs_to_many relationship exists, and that the join table is in place.

it { should have_and_belong_to_many(:posts) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/association_matcher.rb', line 51

def have_and_belong_to_many(name)
  AssociationMatcher.new(:has_and_belongs_to_many, name)
end

#have_db_column(column) ⇒ Object

Ensures the database column exists.

Options:

  • of_type - db column type (:integer, :string, etc.)

  • with_options - same options available in migrations (:default, :null, :limit, :precision, :scale)

Examples:

it { should_not have_db_column(:admin).of_type(:boolean) }
it { should have_db_column(:salary).
              of_type(:decimal).
              with_options(:precision => 10, :scale => 2) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_db_column_matcher.rb', line 18

def have_db_column(column)
  HaveDbColumnMatcher.new(:have_db_column, column)
end

#have_db_index(columns) ⇒ Object

Ensures that there are DB indices on the given columns or tuples of columns.

Options:

  • unique - whether or not the index has a unique constraint. Use true to explicitly test for a unique constraint. Use false to explicitly test for a non-unique constraint. Use nil if you don’t care whether the index is unique or not. Default = nil

Examples:

it { should have_db_index(:age) }
it { should have_db_index([:commentable_type, :commentable_id]) }
it { should have_db_index(:ssn).unique(true) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_db_index_matcher.rb', line 21

def have_db_index(columns)
  HaveDbIndexMatcher.new(:have_index, columns)
end

#have_many(name) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the has_many relationship exists. Will also test that the associated table has the required columns. Works with polymorphic associations.

Options:

  • through - association name for has_many :through

  • dependent - tests that the association makes use of the dependent option.

Example:

it { should have_many(:friends) }
it { should have_many(:enemies).through(:friends) }
it { should have_many(:enemies).dependent(:destroy) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/association_matcher.rb', line 27

def have_many(name)
  AssociationMatcher.new(:has_many, name)
end

#have_one(name) ⇒ Object

Ensure that the has_one relationship exists. Will also test that the associated table has the required columns. Works with polymorphic associations.

Options:

  • :dependent - tests that the association makes use of the dependent option.

Example:

it { should have_one(:god) } # unless hindu



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/association_matcher.rb', line 42

def have_one(name)
  AssociationMatcher.new(:has_one, name)
end

#have_readonly_attribute(value) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the attribute cannot be changed once the record has been created.

it { should have_readonly_attributes(:password) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/have_readonly_attribute_matcher.rb', line 10

def have_readonly_attribute(value)
  HaveReadonlyAttributeMatcher.new(value)
end

#validate_acceptance_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the model cannot be saved the given attribute is not accepted.

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :accepted.

Example:

it { should validate_acceptance_of(:eula) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_acceptance_of_matcher.rb', line 16

def validate_acceptance_of(attr)
  ValidateAcceptanceOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#validate_format_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the model is not valid if the given attribute is not formatted correctly.

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or String. Defaults to the translation for :blank.

  • with(string to test against)

  • not_with(string to test against)

Examples:

it { should validate_format_of(:name).
              with('12345').
              with_message(/is not optional/) }
it { should validate_format_of(:name).
              not_with('12D45').
              with_message(/is not optional/) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_format_of_matcher.rb', line 23

def validate_format_of(attr)
  ValidateFormatOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#validate_numericality_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensure that the attribute is numeric

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or string. Defaults to the translation for :not_a_number.

Example:

it { should validate_numericality_of(:age) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_numericality_of_matcher.rb', line 15

def validate_numericality_of(attr)
  ValidateNumericalityOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#validate_presence_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the model is not valid if the given attribute is not present.

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or String. Defaults to the translation for :blank.

Examples:

it { should validate_presence_of(:name) }
it { should validate_presence_of(:name).
              with_message(/is not optional/) }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_presence_of_matcher.rb', line 18

def validate_presence_of(attr)
  ValidatePresenceOfMatcher.new(attr)
end

#validate_uniqueness_of(attr) ⇒ Object

Ensures that the model is invalid if the given attribute is not unique.

Internally, this uses values from existing records to test validations, so this will always fail if you have not saved at least one record for the model being tested, like so:

describe User do
  before(:each) { User.create!(:email => '[email protected]') }
  it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:email) }
end

Options:

  • with_message - value the test expects to find in errors.on(:attribute). Regexp or String. Defaults to the translation for :taken.

  • scoped_to - field(s) to scope the uniqueness to.

  • case_insensitive - ensures that the validation does not check case. Off by default. Ignored by non-text attributes.

Examples:

it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:keyword) }
it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:keyword).with_message(/dup/) }
it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:email).scoped_to(:name) }
it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:email).
              scoped_to(:first_name, :last_name) }
it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:keyword).case_insensitive }



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# File 'lib/shoulda/active_record/matchers/validate_uniqueness_of_matcher.rb', line 33

def validate_uniqueness_of(attr)
  ValidateUniquenessOfMatcher.new(attr)
end