require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) require File.expand_path('../../../fixtures/constants', __FILE__) describe "Module#const_get" do it "accepts a String or Symbol name" do Object.const_get(:CS_CONST1).should == :const1 Object.const_get("CS_CONST1").should == :const1 end it "raises a NameError if no constant is defined in the search path" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get :CS_CONSTX }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError with the not found constant symbol" do error_inspection = lambda { |e| e.name.should == :CS_CONSTX } lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get :CS_CONSTX }.should raise_error(NameError, &error_inspection) end it "raises a NameError if the name does not start with a capital letter" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "name" }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if the name starts with a non-alphabetic character" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "__CONSTX__" }.should raise_error(NameError) lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "@CS_CONST1" }.should raise_error(NameError) lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "!CS_CONST1" }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if the name contains non-alphabetic characters except '_'" do Object.const_get("CS_CONST1").should == :const1 lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "CS_CONST1=" }.should raise_error(NameError) lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get "CS_CONST1?" }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "calls #to_str to convert the given name to a String" do name = mock("ClassA") name.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("ClassA") ConstantSpecs.const_get(name).should == ConstantSpecs::ClassA end it "raises a TypeError if conversion to a String by calling #to_str fails" do name = mock('123') lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get(name) }.should raise_error(TypeError) name.should_receive(:to_str).and_return(123) lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get(name) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "calls #const_missing on the receiver if unable to locate the constant" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA.should_receive(:const_missing).with(:CS_CONSTX) ConstantSpecs::ContainerA.const_get(:CS_CONSTX) end it "does not search the singleton class of a Class or Module" do lambda do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST14) end.should raise_error(NameError) lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get(:CS_CONST14) }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "does not search the containing scope" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST20).should == :const20_2 lambda do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST5) end.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if the constant is defined in the receiver's supperclass and the inherit flag is false" do lambda do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST4, false) end.should raise_error(NameError) end it "searches into the receiver superclasses if the inherit flag is true" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST4, true).should == :const4 end it "raises a NameError when the receiver is a Module, the constant is defined at toplevel and the inherit flag is false" do lambda do ConstantSpecs::ModuleA.const_get(:CS_CONST1, false) end.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when the receiver is a Class, the constant is defined at toplevel and the inherit flag is false" do lambda do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST1, false) end.should raise_error(NameError) end it "accepts a toplevel scope qualifier" do ConstantSpecs.const_get("::CS_CONST1").should == :const1 end it "accepts a scoped constant name" do ConstantSpecs.const_get("ClassA::CS_CONST10").should == :const10_10 end it "raises a NameError if only '::' is passed" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get("::") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if a Symbol has a toplevel scope qualifier" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get(:'::CS_CONST1') }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if a Symbol is a scoped constant name" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_get(:'ClassA::CS_CONST10') }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "does read private constants" do ConstantSpecs.const_get(:CS_PRIVATE).should == :cs_private end describe "with statically assigned constants" do it "searches the immediate class or module first" do ConstantSpecs::ClassA.const_get(:CS_CONST10).should == :const10_10 ConstantSpecs::ModuleA.const_get(:CS_CONST10).should == :const10_1 ConstantSpecs::ParentA.const_get(:CS_CONST10).should == :const10_5 ConstantSpecs::ContainerA.const_get(:CS_CONST10).should == :const10_2 ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST10).should == :const10_3 end it "searches a module included in the immediate class before the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST15).should == :const15_1 end it "searches the superclass before a module included in the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST11).should == :const11_1 end it "searches a module included in the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST12).should == :const12_1 end it "searches the superclass chain" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST13).should == :const13 end it "returns a toplevel constant when the receiver is a Class" do ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST1).should == :const1 end it "returns a toplevel constant when the receiver is a Module" do ConstantSpecs.const_get(:CS_CONST1).should == :const1 ConstantSpecs::ModuleA.const_get(:CS_CONST1).should == :const1 end end describe "with dynamically assigned constants" do it "searches the immediate class or module first" do ConstantSpecs::ClassA::CS_CONST301 = :const301_1 ConstantSpecs::ClassA.const_get(:CS_CONST301).should == :const301_1 ConstantSpecs::ModuleA::CS_CONST301 = :const301_2 ConstantSpecs::ModuleA.const_get(:CS_CONST301).should == :const301_2 ConstantSpecs::ParentA::CS_CONST301 = :const301_3 ConstantSpecs::ParentA.const_get(:CS_CONST301).should == :const301_3 ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA::CS_CONST301 = :const301_5 ConstantSpecs::ContainerA::ChildA.const_get(:CS_CONST301).should == :const301_5 end it "searches a module included in the immediate class before the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ParentB::CS_CONST302 = :const302_1 ConstantSpecs::ModuleF::CS_CONST302 = :const302_2 ConstantSpecs::ContainerB::ChildB.const_get(:CS_CONST302).should == :const302_2 end it "searches the superclass before a module included in the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ModuleE::CS_CONST303 = :const303_1 ConstantSpecs::ParentB::CS_CONST303 = :const303_2 ConstantSpecs::ContainerB::ChildB.const_get(:CS_CONST303).should == :const303_2 end it "searches a module included in the superclass" do ConstantSpecs::ModuleA::CS_CONST304 = :const304_1 ConstantSpecs::ModuleE::CS_CONST304 = :const304_2 ConstantSpecs::ContainerB::ChildB.const_get(:CS_CONST304).should == :const304_2 end it "searches the superclass chain" do ConstantSpecs::ModuleA::CS_CONST305 = :const305 ConstantSpecs::ContainerB::ChildB.const_get(:CS_CONST305).should == :const305 end it "returns a toplevel constant when the receiver is a Class" do Object::CS_CONST306 = :const306 ConstantSpecs::ContainerB::ChildB.const_get(:CS_CONST306).should == :const306 end it "returns a toplevel constant when the receiver is a Module" do Object::CS_CONST308 = :const308 ConstantSpecs.const_get(:CS_CONST308).should == :const308 ConstantSpecs::ModuleA.const_get(:CS_CONST308).should == :const308 end it "returns the updated value of a constant" do ConstantSpecs::ClassB::CS_CONST309 = :const309_1 ConstantSpecs::ClassB.const_get(:CS_CONST309).should == :const309_1 lambda { ConstantSpecs::ClassB::CS_CONST309 = :const309_2 }.should complain(/already initialized constant/) ConstantSpecs::ClassB.const_get(:CS_CONST309).should == :const309_2 end end end