WARNING: This is just a big hack right now. If you are interested in using this project but I haven't removed this warning yet, please bug me to lessen the hackiness and make it more usable.
RSpec Process Mocks
rspec-process-mocks is an addon to rspec-mocks that provides support for method stubs, fakes, and message expectations within child processes.
Documentation
Setup
Gemfile
gem 'rspec-process-mocks', :git => 'git://github.com/thoughtless/rspec-process-mocks.git'
bundle install
spec/spec_helper.rb
require 'rspec/process_mocks' # This line must be after 'config.mock_with :rspec'
Message Expectations
describe "some action" do
context "when bad stuff happens" do
it "logs the error" do
logger = double('logger')
doer = Doer.new(logger)
logger.should_receive_in_child_process(:log)
doer.do_something_with(:bad_data)
sleep 0.1 # Leave time for the child process to run.
end
end
end
class Doer
attr_accessor :logger
def do_something_with(data)
Process.fork { logger.log(data) }
end
end
Contribute
See http://github.com/thoughtless/rspec-process-mocks