Accessing ancester method is fine but asking for child template

[clem_c_rock]

Hello,

I have a strange situation where I'm making a dummy class that inherits from a parent class. it calls the parent method fine but is asking for the child class to provide a view template.

I'm creating the dummy class for testing purposes in a functional test.

Heres basically what I'm trying:

and the error:

class ParentController < ApplicationController
   
    def parent_method
        #... code
    end
end

class DummyController < ParentController
     #no child method
end

class ParentControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  fixtures :users
    
  def setup
    @controller = DummyController.new
    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new

  def test_parent_method
    post :parent_method
    assert_response :success
  end
end

ActionController::MissingTemplate: Missing template ../app/views/dummy/song_search.rhtml

I'm sure it's something obvious I'm missing but I'm just not seeing it.

Thanks for any help,
Clem

[ReggieB]

Shouldn't the line:

@controller = DummyController.new

be

@controller = DummyClass.new

[clem_c_rock]

You're right - typo on my part - fixed

[ReggieB]

Sorry, does that mean your problem is solved, or that you have fixed a typo in your original post and the problem still exists?

[clem_c_rock]

No the problem still exist. My code was a simplified version of the code I'm writing.

That was just a typo.

wish that was the fix

[ReggieB]

I also think the line:

class ParentControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

may need to be:

class DummyControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

I think what you are doing will work. However, you will need to create more than just a new controller class. If you create DummyController, you will also need to create an app/views/dummy folder containing the views for each of the methods. Alternatively, you need a way to force actions in the dummy version of the controller to render the parent's views (an ugly way would be to use render in each of the parent controller methods - I'm sure there is probably a neater way to do it). Your error message:

Missing template ../app/views/dummy/song_search.rhtml

suggests to me that this is where your problem lies.

You'll also need to manually create your fixtures and tests, but your post suggests you are already working on that.

If you are using this technique to share some common controller methods with a number of controllers, it would be worth considering using a module or mixin rather than inheritance.