RSpec.describe "a double receiving to_ary" do shared_examples "to_ary" do it "can be overridden with a stub" do allow(obj).to receive(:to_ary) { :non_nil_value } expect(obj.to_ary).to be(:non_nil_value) end it "responds when overriden" do allow(obj).to receive(:to_ary) { :non_nil_value } expect(obj).to respond_to(:to_ary) end it "supports Array#flatten" do obj = double('foo') expect([obj].flatten).to eq([obj]) end end context "double as_null_object" do let(:obj) { double('obj').as_null_object } include_examples "to_ary" it "does respond to to_ary" do expect(obj).to respond_to(:to_ary) end it "does respond to to_a" do expect(obj).to respond_to(:to_a) end it "returns nil" do expect(obj.to_ary).to eq nil end end context "double without as_null_object" do let(:obj) { double('obj') } include_examples "to_ary" it "doesn't respond to to_ary" do expect(obj).not_to respond_to(:to_ary) end it "doesn't respond to to_a", :if => ( RUBY_VERSION.to_f > 1.8 ) do expect(obj).not_to respond_to(:to_a) end it "raises " do expect { obj.to_ary }.to raise_error(NoMethodError) end end end