Test for warnings using RSpec

Question

Is it somehow possible to test warnings i Ruby using RSpec?

Like this:

class MyClass
  def initialize
    warn \"Something is wrong\"
  end
end

it \         


        

Answer 1

This is my solution, I define a custom matcher has_warn

require 'rspec'
require 'stringio'

module CustomMatchers
  class HasWarn
    def initialize(expected)
      @expected = expected
    end

    def matches?(given_proc)
      original_stderr = $stderr
      $stderr = StringIO.new
      given_proc.call
      @buffer = $stderr.string.strip
      @expected.include? @buffer.strip
    ensure
      $stderr = original_stderr
    end

    def supports_block_expectations?
      true
    end

    def failure_message_generator(to)
      %Q[expected #{to} get message:\n#{@expected.inspect}\nbut got:\n#{@buffer.inspect}]
    end

    def failure_message
      failure_message_generator 'to'
    end

    def failure_message_when_negated
      failure_message_generator 'not to'
    end

  end

  def has_warn(msg)
    HasWarn.new(msg)
  end
end

now you can use this function as follow after include the CustomMatchers:

expect{ MyClass.new }.to has_warn("warning messages")