Feature: expect a message Use should_receive() to set an expectation that a receiver should receive a message before the example is completed. Scenario: expect a message Given a file named "spec/account_spec.rb" with: """ruby require "account" describe Account do context "when closed" do it "logs an account closed message" do logger = double("logger") account = Account.new account.logger = logger logger.should_receive(:account_closed) account.close end end end """ And a file named "lib/account.rb" with: """ruby class Account attr_accessor :logger def close logger.account_closed end end """ When I run `rspec spec/account_spec.rb` Then the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures" Scenario: expect a message with an argument Given a file named "spec/account_spec.rb" with: """ruby require "account" describe Account do context "when closed" do it "logs an account closed message" do logger = double("logger") account = Account.new account.logger = logger logger.should_receive(:account_closed).with(account) account.close end end end """ And a file named "lib/account.rb" with: """ruby class Account attr_accessor :logger def close logger.account_closed(self) end end """ When I run `rspec spec/account_spec.rb` Then the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures" Scenario: provide a return value Given a file named "message_expectation_spec.rb" with: """ruby describe "a message expectation" do context "with a return value" do context "specified in a block" do it "returns the specified value" do receiver = double("receiver") receiver.should_receive(:message) { :return_value } receiver.message.should eq(:return_value) end end context "specified with and_return" do it "returns the specified value" do receiver = double("receiver") receiver.should_receive(:message).and_return(:return_value) receiver.message.should eq(:return_value) end end end end """ When I run `rspec message_expectation_spec.rb` Then the output should contain "2 examples, 0 failures"