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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/testing.textile b/railties/guides/source/testing.textile index e0386b95b4..1e6b92f45c 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/testing.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/testing.textile @@ -114,25 +114,18 @@ Rails by default automatically loads all fixtures from the +test/fixtures+ folde * Load the fixture data into the table * Dump the fixture data into a variable in case you want to access it directly -h5. Hashes with Special Powers +h5. Fixtures are ActiveRecord objects -Fixtures are basically Hash objects. As mentioned in point #3 above, you can access the hash object directly because it is automatically setup as a local variable of the test case. For example: +Fixtures are instances of ActiveRecord. As mentioned in point #3 above, you can access the object directly because it is automatically setup as a local variable of the test case. For example: <ruby> -# this will return the Hash for the fixture named david +# this will return the User object for the fixture named david users(:david) # this will return the property for david called id users(:david).id -</ruby> - -Fixtures can also transform themselves into the form of the original class. Thus, you can get at the methods only available to that class. - -<ruby> -# using the find method, we grab the "real" david as a User -david = users(:david).find -# and now we have access to methods only available to a User class +# one can also access methods available on the User class email(david.girlfriend.email, david.location_tonight) </ruby> |