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require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/values')
describe 'values' do
  it 'stores a single field' do
    Cell = Value.new(:alive)
    c = Cell.new(true)
    c.alive.should == true
  end

  Point = Value.new(:x, :y)
  it 'stores multiple values' do
    p = Point.new(0,1)
    p.x.should == 0
    p.y.should == 1
  end

  it 'raises argument errors if not given the right number of arguments' do
    lambda { Point.new }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, 'wrong number of arguments, 0 for 2')
  end

  it 'can be inherited from to add methods' do
    class GraphPoint < Value.new(:x, :y)
      def inspect
        "GraphPoint at #{@x},#{@y}"
      end
    end

    c = GraphPoint.new(0,0)
    c.inspect.should == 'GraphPoint at 0,0'
  end

  it 'cannot be mutated' do
    p = Point.new(0,1)
    lambda { p.x = 1}.should raise_error
  end

  it 'cannot even be mutated inside a sublass with methods' do
    class Cow < Value.new(:color)
      def change_color(new_color)
        @color = new_color
      end
    end

    c = Cow.new("red")
    lambda {c.change_color("blue")}.should raise_error
  end

  it 'cannot be mutated using #instance_variable_set' do
    Money = Value.new(:amount, :denomination)
    m = Money.new(1, 'USD')
    lambda {m.instance_variable_set('@amount',2)}.should raise_error
  end
end

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2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
values-1.0.1	spec/values_spec.rb
values-1.0.0	spec/values_spec.rb