attributes_spec.rb in langalex-couch_potato-0.2.11

- old
+ new

@@ -21,20 +21,27 @@
       plant.attributes.should == {:leaf_count => 1, :created_at => nil, :updated_at => nil}
     end
   end
   
   # useful when loading models from custom views
-  describe "accessing non-property attributes" do
-    it "should allow me to access attributes that are in the couchdb document " do
+  describe "accessing ghost attributes" do
+    it "should allow me to access attributes that are in the couchdb document but not defined as a property" do
       plant = Plant.json_create({"ruby_class" => "Plant", "color" => "red", "leaf_count" => 1})
       plant.color.should == 'red'
     end
     
     it "should raise a no method error when trying to read attributes that are not in the document" do
       plant = Plant.json_create({"ruby_class" => "Plant", "leaf_count" => 1})
       lambda do
         plant.length
       end.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+    end
+    
+    it "should raise a no method error if the document hasn't been loaded from the database" do
+      plant = Plant.new
+      lambda do
+        plant.length
+      end.should raise_error(NoMethodError, /undefined method `length'/)
     end
   end
 
 end
 