describe "attribute overrides" do before do define_model("User", admin: :boolean) define_model("Post", title: :string, secure: :boolean, user_id: :integer) do belongs_to :user def secure=(value) return unless user&.admin? write_attribute(:secure, value) end end FactoryBot.define do factory :user do factory :admin do admin { true } end end factory :post do user title { "default title" } end end end let(:admin) { FactoryBot.create(:admin) } let(:post_attributes) do {secure: false} end let(:non_admin_post_attributes) do post_attributes[:user] = FactoryBot.create(:user) post_attributes end let(:admin_post_attributes) do post_attributes[:user] = admin post_attributes end context "with an admin posting" do subject { FactoryBot.create(:post, admin_post_attributes) } its(:secure) { should eq false } end context "with a non-admin posting" do subject { FactoryBot.create(:post, non_admin_post_attributes) } its(:secure) { should be_nil } end context "with no user posting" do subject { FactoryBot.create(:post, post_attributes) } its(:secure) { should be_nil } end end