require 'spec_helper' describe "create multiple instances" do before do define_model('Post', title: :string) FactoryGirl.define do factory(:post) do |post| post.title "Through the Looking Glass" end end end context "without default attributes" do subject { FactoryGirl.create_list(:post, 20) } its(:length) { should == 20 } it "creates all the posts" do subject.each do |record| record.should_not be_new_record end end it "uses the default factory values" do subject.each do |record| record.title.should == "Through the Looking Glass" end end end context "with default attributes" do subject { FactoryGirl.create_list(:post, 20, title: "The Hunting of the Snark") } it "overrides the default values" do subject.each do |record| record.title.should == "The Hunting of the Snark" end end end end describe "multiple creates and ignored attributes to dynamically build attribute lists" do before do define_model('User', name: :string) do has_many :posts end define_model('Post', title: :string, user_id: :integer) do belongs_to :user end FactoryGirl.define do factory :post do title "Through the Looking Glass" user end factory :user do name "John Doe" factory :user_with_posts do ignore do posts_count 5 end after_create do |user, evaluator| FactoryGirl.create_list(:post, evaluator.posts_count, user: user) end end end end end it "generates the correct number of posts" do FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_posts).posts.length.should == 5 end it "allows the number of posts to be modified" do FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_posts, posts_count: 2).posts.length.should == 2 end end