require 'spec_helper' module MyModule extend YmlReader def self.default_directory 'default_directory' end end describe YmlReader do context "when configuring the yml directory" do before(:each) do MyModule.yml_directory = nil end it "should store a yml directory" do MyModule.yml_directory = 'some_directory' MyModule.yml_directory.should == 'some_directory' end it "should default to a directory specified by the containing class" do MyModule.yml_directory.should == 'default_directory' end end context "when reading yml files" do it "should read files from the yml_directory" do MyModule.yml_directory = 'conf' YAML.should_receive(:load_file).with('conf/test').and_return({}) MyModule.load('test') end end end