ruby--ruby/spec/ruby/core/struct/initialize_spec.rb

require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)

describe "Struct#initialize" do

  it "is private" do
    StructClasses::Car.should have_private_instance_method(:initialize)
  end

  it 'allows valid Ruby method names for members' do
    valid_method_names = [
      :method1,
      :method_1,
      :method_1?,
      :method_1!,
      :a_method
    ]
    valid_method_names.each do |method_name|
      klass = Struct.new(method_name)
      instance = klass.new(:value)
      instance.send(method_name).should == :value
      writer_method = "#{method_name}=".to_sym
      result = instance.send(writer_method, :new_value)
      result.should == :new_value
      instance.send(method_name).should == :new_value
    end
  end

  it "does nothing when passed a set of fields equal to self" do
    car = same_car = StructClasses::Car.new("Honda", "Accord", "1998")
    car.instance_eval { initialize("Honda", "Accord", "1998") }
    car.should == same_car
  end

  it "explicitly sets instance variables to nil when args not provided to initialize" do
    car = StructClasses::Honda.new
    car.make.should == nil # still nil despite override in Honda#initialize b/c of super order
  end

  it "can be overridden" do
    StructClasses::SubclassX.new(:y).new.key.should == :value
  end
end