Can I add custom side-effects to a stub in Rails Mocha?

Question

My team uses the Mocha gem for stubbing in Rails. I understand how to stub a method with stubs such that it does nothing, or returns a specific value, but is there a way to stub it such that it runs a certain line of code when called?

I'm looking for something like this:

object.stubs(:method).runs(p 'Hello world!')

Does this exist? I'm open to using additional gems, or implementing whatever methodology people come up with.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '18 at 00:14

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It appears that .with() takes a block, so you can use logic to validate the arguments to a method. Here's its source with comment:

#   object = mock()
#   object.expects(:expected_method).with() { |value| value % 4 == 0 }
#   object.expected_method(17)
#   # => verify fails
def with(*expected_parameters, &matching_block)
  @parameters_matcher = ParametersMatcher.new(expected_parameters, &matching_block)
  self
end

Mocha probably won't mind if you call side_effect(); true in there instead of validate a parameter.

answered Mar 01 '18 at 00:14

Phlip

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Awesome. `object.expects(:method).with { p 'Hello world!' }` totally worked. Thanks! – mrmicrowaveoven Mar 01 '18 at 20:12
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@mrmicrowaveoven make sure to accept the answer if it solved your issue (look for a checkmark belove the answer's score). – Andrey Deineko Sep 05 '18 at 05:26

Can I add custom side-effects to a stub in Rails Mocha?

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