ChefSpec - Stub method inside resource

Question

Is there a way to stub a method call with a test value? For example, I want get_folder_name to return 'test' during my ChefSpec test

directory 'Log_Folder' do
    def get_folder_name
      'c:\temp\folder'
    end

    action :create
    path get_folder_name
end

Tried this but it doesn't replace the value.

before do
  allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Resource).to receive(:get_folder_name).and_return('test')
end

Answer 1

So the issue is probably that because the method is declared in-line like that, it keeps overwriting the stub. You could try allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Resource::Directory) or similar, but I would probably move this logic to a custom resource where it can be stubbed slightly more naturally.