Class | FactoryGirl::DefinitionProxy |
In: |
lib/factory_girl/definition_proxy.rb
|
Parent: | Object |
UNPROXIED_METHODS | = | %w(__send__ __id__ nil? send object_id extend instance_eval initialize block_given? raise) |
child_factories | [R] |
Adds an attribute that should be assigned on generated instances for this factory.
This method should be called with either a value or block, but not both. If called with a block, the attribute will be generated "lazily," whenever an instance is generated. Lazy attribute blocks will not be called if that attribute is overridden for a specific instance.
When defining lazy attributes, an instance of FactoryGirl::Proxy will be yielded, allowing associations to be built using the correct build strategy.
Arguments:
Adds an attribute that builds an association. The associated instance will be built using the same build strategy as the parent instance.
Example:
factory :user do name 'Joey' end factory :post do association :author, :factory => :user end
Arguments:
Options:
The name of the factory to use when building the associated instance. If no name is given, the name of the attribute is assumed to be the name of the factory. For example, a "user" association will by default use the "user" factory.
Calls add_attribute using the missing method name as the name of the attribute, so that:
factory :user do name 'Billy Idol' end
and:
factory :user do add_attribute :name, 'Billy Idol' end
are equivalent.
If no argument or block is given, factory_girl will look for a sequence or association with the same name. This means that:
factory :user do email { create(:email) } association :account end
and:
factory :user do email account end
are equivalent.
Adds an attribute that will have unique values generated by a sequence with a specified format.
The result of:
factory :user do sequence(:email) { |n| "person#{n}@example.com" } end
Is equal to:
sequence(:email) { |n| "person#{n}@example.com" } factory :user do email { FactoryGirl.create(:email) } end
Except that no globally available sequence will be defined.