Class Spec::Rails::Example::ViewExampleGroup
In: lib/spec/rails/example/view_example_group.rb
Parent: Spec::Rails::Example::FunctionalExampleGroup

View Examples live in $RAILS_ROOT/spec/views/.

View Specs use Spec::Rails::Example::ViewExampleGroup, which provides access to views without invoking any of your controllers. See Spec::Rails::Expectations::Matchers for information about specific expectations that you can set on views.

Example

  describe "login/login" do
    before do
      render 'login/login'
    end

    it "should display login form" do
      response.should have_tag("form[action=/login]") do
        with_tag("input[type=text][name=email]")
        with_tag("input[type=password][name=password]")
        with_tag("input[type=submit][value=Login]")
      end
    end
  end

Methods

_assigns_hash_proxy   render   template  

Public Instance methods

render(*args)

Renders a template for a View Spec, which then provides access to the result through the response. Also supports render with :inline, which you can use to spec custom form builders, helpers, etc, in the context of a view.

Examples

  render('/people/list')
  render('/people/list', :helper => MyHelper)
  render('/people/list', :helpers => [MyHelper, MyOtherHelper])
  render(:partial => '/people/_address')
  render(:inline => "<% custom_helper 'argument', 'another argument' %>")

See Spec::Rails::Example::ViewExampleGroup for more information.

template()

This provides the template. Use this to set mock expectations for dealing with partials

Example

  describe "/person/new" do
    it "should use the form partial" do
      template.should_receive(:render).with(:partial => 'form')
      render "/person/new"
    end
  end

Protected Instance methods

[Validate]