require 'spec_helper' describe "attribute aliases" do before do define_model('User', :name => :string, :age => :integer) define_model('Post', :user_id => :integer) do belongs_to :user end FactoryGirl.define do factory :user do factory :user_with_name do name "John Doe" end end factory :post do user end factory :post_with_named_user, :class => Post do user :factory => :user_with_name, :age => 20 end end end context "assigning an association by foreign key" do subject { FactoryGirl.build(:post, :user_id => 1) } it "doesn't assign both an association and its foreign key" do subject.user_id.should == 1 end end context "assigning an association by passing factory" do subject { FactoryGirl.create(:post_with_named_user).user } it "assigns attributes correctly" do subject.name.should == "John Doe" subject.age.should == 20 end end end