require 'spec_helper' describe 'overriding virtus behavior' do before do module Examples class Article include Virtus attribute :title, String def title super || '' end def title=(name) super unless self.title == "can't be changed" end end end end describe 'overriding an attribute getter' do specify 'calls the defined getter' do expect(Examples::Article.new.title).to eq('') end specify 'super can be used to access the getter defined by virtus' do expect(Examples::Article.new(:title => 'example article').title).to eq('example article') end end describe 'overriding an attribute setter' do specify 'calls the defined setter' do article = Examples::Article.new(:title => "can't be changed") article.title = 'this will never be assigned' expect(article.title).to eq("can't be changed") end specify 'super can be used to access the setter defined by virtus' do article = Examples::Article.new(:title => 'example article') article.title = 'my new title' expect(article.title).to eq('my new title') end end end