require 'spec_helper' describe "a generated attributes hash where order matters" do include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods before do define_model('ParentModel', :static => :integer, :evaluates_first => :integer, :evaluates_second => :integer, :evaluates_third => :integer) FactoryGirl.define do factory :parent_model do evaluates_first { static } evaluates_second { evaluates_first } evaluates_third { evaluates_second } factory :child_model do static 1 end end factory :without_parent, :class => ParentModel do evaluates_first { static } evaluates_second { evaluates_first } evaluates_third { evaluates_second } static 1 end end end context "factory with a parent" do subject { FactoryGirl.build(:child_model) } it "assigns attributes in the order they're defined with preference to static attributes" do subject[:evaluates_first].should == 1 subject[:evaluates_second].should == 1 subject[:evaluates_third].should == 1 end end context "factory without a parent" do subject { FactoryGirl.build(:without_parent) } it "assigns attributes in the order they're defined with preference to static attributes without a parent class" do subject[:evaluates_first].should == 1 subject[:evaluates_second].should == 1 subject[:evaluates_third].should == 1 end end end