#rspec test code
@room = FactoryGirl.build(:room)
#factory definition
factory :room do
length {10}
width {20}
end
#code implementation
class Room
attr_accessor :length, :width
def initialize(length,width)
@length = length
@width = width
end
end
Running rspec results in this error when trying to build the @room
ArgumentError:
wrong number of arguments (0 for 2)
FactoryGirl
does not currently support initializers with arguments. So it fails when it's trying to do Room.new
when you run build
.
One simple workaround for this might be to monkey-patch your classes in your test setup to get around this issue. It's not the ideal solution, but you'll be able to run your tests.
So you'd need to do either one of these (just in your test setup code):
class Room
def initialize(length = nil, width = nil)
...
end
end
or
class Room
def initialize
...
end
end
The issue is discussed here:
https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/issues/42
...and here:
https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/issues/19
Now it does. Tested on version 4.1:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :room do
length 10
width 20
initialize_with { new(length, width) }
end
end
Reference: documentation