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author | rick <technoweenie@gmail.com> | 2008-08-26 11:53:33 -0700 |
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committer | rick <technoweenie@gmail.com> | 2008-08-26 11:53:33 -0700 |
commit | 0aef9d1a2651fa0acd2adcd2de308eeb0ec8cdd2 (patch) | |
tree | 1a782151632dd80c8a18c3960536bdf8643debe3 /actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb | |
parent | 0a6d75dedd79407376aae1f01302164dfd3e44b6 (diff) | |
parent | 229eedfda87a7706dbb5e3e51af8707b3adae375 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git@github.com:rails/rails
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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb index 77c6f26eac..3e66947d5f 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb @@ -15,6 +15,65 @@ module ActionController end end + # Superclass for ActionController functional tests. Functional tests allow you to + # test a single controller action per test method. This should not be confused with + # integration tests (see ActionController::IntegrationTest), which are more like + # "stories" that can involve multiple controllers and mutliple actions (i.e. multiple + # different HTTP requests). + # + # == Basic example + # + # Functional tests are written as follows: + # 1. First, one uses the +get+, +post+, +put+, +delete+ or +head+ method to simulate + # an HTTP request. + # 2. Then, one asserts whether the current state is as expected. "State" can be anything: + # the controller's HTTP response, the database contents, etc. + # + # For example: + # + # class BooksControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase + # def test_create + # # Simulate a POST response with the given HTTP parameters. + # post(:create, :book => { :title => "Love Hina" }) + # + # # Assert that the controller tried to redirect us to + # # the created book's URI. + # assert_response :found + # + # # Assert that the controller really put the book in the database. + # assert_not_nil Book.find_by_title("Love Hina") + # end + # end + # + # == Special instance variables + # + # ActionController::TestCase will also automatically provide the following instance + # variables for use in the tests: + # + # <b>@controller</b>:: + # The controller instance that will be tested. + # <b>@request</b>:: + # An ActionController::TestRequest, representing the current HTTP + # request. You can modify this object before sending the HTTP request. For example, + # you might want to set some session properties before sending a GET request. + # <b>@response</b>:: + # An ActionController::TestResponse object, representing the response + # of the last HTTP response. In the above example, <tt>@response</tt> becomes valid + # after calling +post+. If the various assert methods are not sufficient, then you + # may use this object to inspect the HTTP response in detail. + # + # (Earlier versions of Rails required each functional test to subclass + # Test::Unit::TestCase and define @controller, @request, @response in +setup+.) + # + # == Controller is automatically inferred + # + # ActionController::TestCase will automatically infer the controller under test + # from the test class name. If the controller cannot be inferred from the test + # class name, you can explicity set it with +tests+. + # + # class SpecialEdgeCaseWidgetsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase + # tests WidgetController + # end class TestCase < ActiveSupport::TestCase # When the request.remote_addr remains the default for testing, which is 0.0.0.0, the exception is simply raised inline # (bystepping the regular exception handling from rescue_action). If the request.remote_addr is anything else, the regular @@ -41,6 +100,8 @@ module ActionController @@controller_class = nil class << self + # Sets the controller class name. Useful if the name can't be inferred from test class. + # Expects +controller_class+ as a constant. Example: <tt>tests WidgetController</tt>. def tests(controller_class) self.controller_class = controller_class end @@ -80,4 +141,4 @@ module ActionController @request.remote_addr = '208.77.188.166' # example.com end end -end
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