Netinlet » ruby testing http://netinlet.com doug's mostly ignored place on the web Wed, 20 May 2009 21:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Testing private and protected methods with ruby http://netinlet.com/article/2007/04/18/testing-private-and-protected-methods-with-ruby/ http://netinlet.com/article/2007/04/18/testing-private-and-protected-methods-with-ruby/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:48:00 +0000 doug http://netinlet.com/?p=124 When I have to test my protected and private methods in ruby, I make the methods public for the scope of the test.


MyClass.send(:public, *MyClass.protected_instance_methods)
MyClass.send(:public, *MyClass.private_instance_methods)

Just place this code in your testing class substituting your class name. Include the namespace if applicable.

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