require 'spec_helper' describe "a created instance" do include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods before do define_model('User') define_model('Post', user_id: :integer) do belongs_to :user end FactoryGirl.define do factory :user factory :post do user end end end subject { create('post') } it "saves" do should_not be_new_record end it "assigns and saves associations" do subject.user.should be_kind_of(User) subject.user.should_not be_new_record end end describe "a created instance, specifying strategy: :build" do include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods before do define_model('User') define_model('Post', user_id: :integer) do belongs_to :user end FactoryGirl.define do factory :user factory :post do association(:user, strategy: :build) end end end subject { create(:post) } it "saves associations (strategy: :build only affects build, not create)" do subject.user.should be_kind_of(User) subject.user.should_not be_new_record end end describe "a custom create" do include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods before do define_class('User') do def initialize @persisted = false end def persist @persisted = true end def persisted? @persisted end end FactoryGirl.define do factory :user do to_create do |user| user.persist end end end end it "uses the custom create block instead of save" do FactoryGirl.create(:user).should be_persisted end end describe "calling `create` with a block" do include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods before do define_model('Company', name: :string) FactoryGirl.define do factory :company end end it "passes the created instance" do create(:company, name: 'thoughtbot') do |company| company.name.should eq('thoughtbot') end end it "returns the created instance" do expected = nil create(:company) do |company| expected = company "hello!" end.should == expected end end