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 => 'ruby' } } @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 end