rubyrspec

Ruby Rspec Mock Same instance to behave different in the first and second call

I have a code that looks like this:

def call(some_id:)

          verify_before = @verify.call(some_id)
          return verify_before if verify_before.sucess?
          did_something = @processor.call(some_id)
          return did_something unless did_something.sucess?
          @verify.call(some_id)
end

I would like to mock @verify so in the first time it will return sucess? = false and on the second call it will return true

What is the best approach?

Solution

  • Yes, you can tell RSpec mocks to return different values on each call.

    The following example would return false on the first call and true on all later calls:

    allow(@verify).to receive(:sucess?).and_return(false, true)

    How to integrate this into your tests depend on how you set @verify and how your tests look like in general.