rails--rails/spec/arel/table_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

module Arel
  describe Table do
    before do
      @relation = Table.new(:users)
    end

    describe 'columns' do
      it 'returns a list of columns' do
        columns = @relation.columns
        columns.length.should == 2
        columns.map { |x| x.name }.sort.should == %w{ name id }.sort
      end
    end

    describe '[]' do
      describe 'when given a', Symbol do
        it "manufactures an attribute if the symbol names an attribute within the relation" do
          column = @relation[:id]
          column.name.should == 'id'
          column.should be_kind_of Attributes::Integer
        end
      end

      ### FIXME: this seems like a bad requirement.
      #describe 'when given an', Attribute do
      #  it "returns the attribute if the attribute is within the relation" do
      #    @relation[@relation[:id]].should == @relation[:id]
      #  end

      #  it "returns nil if the attribtue is not within the relation" do
      #    another_relation = Table.new(:photos)
      #    @relation[another_relation[:id]].should be_nil
      #  end
      #end

      #describe 'when given an', Expression do
      #  before do
      #    @expression = @relation[:id].count
      #  end

      #  it "returns the Expression if the Expression is within the relation" do
      #    @relation[@expression].should be_nil
      #  end
      #end
    end
  end
end