require_relative '../../spec_helper' require_relative 'fixtures/classes' describe "Kernel#instance_variable_get" do before :each do @obj = Object.new @obj.instance_variable_set("@test", :test) end it "tries to convert the passed argument to a String using #to_str" do obj = mock("to_str") obj.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("@test") @obj.instance_variable_get(obj) end it "returns the value of the passed instance variable that is referred to by the conversion result" do obj = mock("to_str") obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return("@test") @obj.instance_variable_get(obj).should == :test end it "returns nil when the referred instance variable does not exist" do @obj.instance_variable_get(:@does_not_exist).should be_nil end it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument does not respond to #to_str" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(Object.new) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be converted to a String" do obj = mock("to_str") obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return(123) -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "raises a NameError when the conversion result does not start with an '@'" do obj = mock("to_str") obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return("test") -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(obj) }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when passed just '@'" do obj = mock("to_str") obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return('@') -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(obj) }.should raise_error(NameError) end end describe "Kernel#instance_variable_get when passed Symbol" do before :each do @obj = Object.new @obj.instance_variable_set("@test", :test) end it "returns the value of the instance variable that is referred to by the passed Symbol" do @obj.instance_variable_get(:@test).should == :test end it "raises a NameError when passed :@ as an instance variable name" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(:"@") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when the passed Symbol does not start with an '@'" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(:test) }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when the passed Symbol is an invalid instance variable name" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(:"@0") }.should raise_error(NameError) end end describe "Kernel#instance_variable_get when passed String" do before :each do @obj = Object.new @obj.instance_variable_set("@test", :test) end it "returns the value of the instance variable that is referred to by the passed String" do @obj.instance_variable_get("@test").should == :test end it "raises a NameError when the passed String does not start with an '@'" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get("test") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when the passed String is an invalid instance variable name" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get("@0") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when passed '@' as an instance variable name" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get("@") }.should raise_error(NameError) end end describe "Kernel#instance_variable_get when passed Fixnum" do before :each do @obj = Object.new @obj.instance_variable_set("@test", :test) end it "raises a TypeError" do -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(10) }.should raise_error(TypeError) -> { @obj.instance_variable_get(-10) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end end