How do I mock an "unless" method for rails using minitest?

Question

I have some code that I am trying to mock 'myerror' scenario:

class Hello < ApplicationRecord


def first_method
    [{:myid=>1}, {:myid=>2}]
  end

  def second_method
    puts self.first_method
    return nil unless self.first_method
    self.first_method.first
  end

  def third_method
    puts self.second_method.nil? # true
    raise "myerror" unless self.second_method
    puts self.second_method.nil? # true
    self.second_method[:myid]
  end
end

In order to ensure the error happens I need to set "first_method" to nil and in my test (using minitest) I have:

require 'test_helper'

class HelloTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  test '#hello_is_normal' do
    h = hellos(:one)
    h.first_method
    h.second_method
    h.third_method
  end



test '#hello_example_should_fail' do
    mock = Minitest::Mock.new
    mock.expect :first_method, nil
    mock.expect :second_method, nil
    mock.expect :nil?, true
    mock.expect :nil?, true

    h = hellos(:one)
    h.stub :second_method, mock do
      puts h.third_method
  end

end end

But It doesn't seem to be working as third_method doesn't result in 'myerror' getting raised.

It should be `mock.expect :something, nil` right? Why don't you put a breakpoint in the `mymethod` and see what's going on? — max pleaner, Oct 27 '19 at 19:54
@lacostenycoder: You mean the second to last line? No, that is definitely a `SyntaxError`. — Jörg W Mittag, Oct 27 '19 at 19:54
oooh. sorry for the bad example. I've updated it to make it (hopefully) clearer. — user_78361084, Oct 27 '19 at 20:40
`unless` is a keyword - not a method. Which means that an "unless method" is just gibberish. Just create a less abstracted example that demonstrates the problem that you are actually trying to solve. — max, Oct 28 '19 at 18:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '19 at 20:03

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It appears that your function call of mc.mymethod within the block is returning the mock object which was not given the functionality of the actual mymethod function. That is what this example here would indicate.

I'm not sure if you actually want to stub this method at all. Perhaps just use a let statement to set something to nil then run mc.mymethod on the actual mc.mymethod outside of any stub code block and test that.

That should yield the exception you expect.

answered Oct 27 '19 at 20:03

Randall Coding

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This line `puts h.third_method # #` shows you are asking h.third_method to return the mock object. That is what `h.stub :third_method, mock do` does. – Randall Coding Oct 27 '19 at 20:59
If I don't call it then the third_method never gets called. See edits – user_78361084 Oct 27 '19 at 22:01

How do I mock an "unless" method for rails using minitest?

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