require "cases/helper"
require 'models/contact'
class SerializationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
FORMATS = [ :xml, :json ]
def setup
@contact_attributes = {
:name => 'aaron stack',
:age => 25,
:avatar => 'binarydata',
:created_at => Time.utc(2006, 8, 1),
:awesome => false,
:preferences => { :gem => '<strong>ruby</strong>' }
}
@contact = Contact.new(@contact_attributes)
end
def test_serialize_should_be_reversible
for format in FORMATS
@serialized = Contact.new.send("to_#{format}")
contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
assert_equal @contact_attributes.keys.collect(&:to_s).sort, contact.attributes.keys.collect(&:to_s).sort, "For #{format}"
end
end
def test_serialize_should_allow_attribute_only_filtering
for format in FORMATS
@serialized = Contact.new(@contact_attributes).send("to_#{format}", :only => [ :age, :name ])
contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
assert_equal @contact_attributes[:name], contact.name, "For #{format}"
assert_nil contact.avatar, "For #{format}"
end
end
def test_serialize_should_allow_attribute_except_filtering
for format in FORMATS
@serialized = Contact.new(@contact_attributes).send("to_#{format}", :except => [ :age, :name ])
contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
assert_nil contact.name, "For #{format}"
assert_nil contact.age, "For #{format}"
assert_equal @contact_attributes[:awesome], contact.awesome, "For #{format}"
end
end
def test_serialize_should_xml_skip_instruct_for_included_records
@contact.alternative = Contact.new(:name => 'Copa Cabana')
@serialized = @contact.to_xml(:include => [ :alternative ])
assert_equal @serialized.index('<?xml '), 0
assert_nil @serialized.index('<?xml ', 1)
end
end
