Prettier Syntax For Expectations In Rspec (IMHO)

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my_object.should_receive(:my_method).with(my_param).and_return(my_result)

 
looks quite ugly for me. I would prefer syntax, that closer mimics the expected method call and may look like this:

expect_sent(my_object).my_method(my_param) == my_result

Here is example for the functionality:

  it "expect_send should add expectaction" do
    user = Object.new
    expect_sent(User).find(1) == user
    User.find(1).should == user
  end

Here is naive implementation:

module SpecHelper
    def expect_sent receiver
      ExpectSent.new receiver
    end
end

class ExpectSent  
  instance_methods.each { |x|
    case x.to_sym
    when :inspect, :__send__, :__id__, :object_id
    else undef_method x
    end
  }
  def initialize receiver
    @receiver = receiver
  end

  def method_missing name, *args
    AndReturn.new @receiver.should_receive(name).with(*args)
  end
end

class AndReturn
  def initialize from
    @from = from
  end

  def == result
    @from.and_return result
  end
end

Tags:
• rspec
• Ruby