Correct way of testing "associations" with Rspec?
associations, rspec, ruby-on-rails
Solution
I usually use this approach:
describe User do
it "should have many teams" do
t = User.reflect_on_association(:teams)
expect(t.macro).to eq(:has_many)
end
end
A better solution would be to use the gem shoulda which will allow you to simply:
describe Team do
it { should belong_to(:user) }
end
Problem
I am trying to test the following scenario: -> I have a model called Team which it just makes sense when it has been created by a User. Therefore, each Team instance has to be related to a User. In order to test that, I have done the following: ``` describe Team do ... it "should be associated with a user" do no_user_team = Team.new(:user => nil) no_user_team.should_not be_valid end ... end ``` Which forces me to change the Team model as: ``` class Team < ActiveRecord::Base # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model attr_accessible :name, :user validates_presence_of :name validates_presence_of :user belongs_to :user end ``` Does this seem correct to you? I am just worried of make the :user attribute as accessible (mass assignment).