require_relative '../../spec_helper' require_relative '../../fixtures/constants' describe "Module#const_missing" do it "is called when an undefined constant is referenced via literal form" do ConstantSpecs::ClassA::CS_CONSTX.should == :CS_CONSTX end it "is called when an undefined constant is referenced via #const_get" do ConstantSpecs::ClassA.const_get(:CS_CONSTX).should == :CS_CONSTX end it "raises NameError and includes the name of the value that wasn't found" do lambda { ConstantSpecs.const_missing("HelloMissing") }.should raise_error(NameError, /ConstantSpecs::HelloMissing/) end it "raises NameError and does not include toplevel Object" do begin Object.const_missing("HelloMissing") rescue NameError => e e.message.should_not =~ / Object::/ end end it "is called regardless of visibility" do klass = Class.new do def self.const_missing(name) "Found:#{name}" end private_class_method :const_missing end klass::Hello.should == 'Found:Hello' end end