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-rw-r--r--activemodel/lib/active_model/observing.rb5
-rw-r--r--activemodel/test/cases/observing_test.rb15
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/observing.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/observing.rb
index 5aa27f00da..cc60c9ac72 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/observing.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/observing.rb
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ module ActiveModel
def instantiate_observer(observer) #:nodoc:
# string/symbol
if observer.respond_to?(:to_sym)
- observer.to_s.camelize.constantize.instance
- elsif observer.respond_to?(:instance)
+ observer = observer.to_s.camelize.constantize
+ end
+ if observer.respond_to?(:instance)
observer.instance
else
raise ArgumentError,
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/observing_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/observing_test.rb
index df070d2d8e..1a80b5d854 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/observing_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/observing_test.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ class ObservingTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
ObservedModel.instantiate_observers
end
+ test "raises an appropriate error when a developer accidentally adds the wrong class (i.e. Widget instead of WidgetObserver)" do
+ assert_raise ArgumentError do
+ ObservedModel.observers = ['string']
+ ObservedModel.instantiate_observers
+ end
+ assert_raise ArgumentError do
+ ObservedModel.observers = [:string]
+ ObservedModel.instantiate_observers
+ end
+ assert_raise ArgumentError do
+ ObservedModel.observers = [String]
+ ObservedModel.instantiate_observers
+ end
+ end
+
test "passes observers to subclasses" do
FooObserver.instance
bar = Class.new(Foo)