dm-rspec (RSpec matchers for DataMapper)

by Potapov Sergey (greyblake)

A set of rspec matchers to test DataMapper models like you test ActiveRecord models with rspec-rails.

gem install dm-rspec

Add the next to your spec_helper:

require 'dm-rspec'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include(DataMapper::Matchers)
end

In your spec files you can use the next matchers to test appropriate DataMapper's validations:

• belong_to
• have_one
• have_many
• have_many_and_belong_to
• have_property
• have(n).errors_on(:property)
• have_many(:association).trough(:another_association)
• validate_presence_of(:property)
• validate_uniqueness_of(:property)
• validate_format_of(:property).with(/regexp/)

Assume you have the next data mapper models:

class Book
  include DataMapper::Resource

  property :id  , Serial
  property :name, String

  belongs_to :author
  has n, :genres, :through => Resource

  validates_presence_of :name
end

class Author
  include DataMapper::Resource

  property :id, Serial

  has n, :books
end

class Genre
  include DataMapper::Resource

  property :id  , Serial
  property :name, String

  has n, :books, :through => Resource
end

You specs can contain the next:

describe Book do
  it { should have_property           :name   }
  it { should belong_to               :author }
  it { should have_many_and_belong_to :genres }
  it { should validate_presence_of    :name   }

  it 'should have errors' do
    book = Book.new(:name => 'fails on two validations')
    book.valid?
    book.should have(2).errors_on(:name)
  end
end

describe Author do
  it { should have_many :books }
end

describe Genre do
  it { should have_many_and_belong_to :books }
end

Implement the next rspec matchers:

• have timestamps
• matchers to verify validations

• Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet
• Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it
• Fork the project
• Start a feature/bugfix branch
• Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
• Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.

• Sergey Potapov - creator and maintainer
• Victor Deryagin
• George Hindle
• Adam Meghji
• Gavin Joyce - validate_length_of matcher

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt