activerecord-nulldb-adapter 0.3.1 → 0.3.2

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data/.travis.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 language: ruby
 cache: bundler
+bundler_args: --without development
+sudo: false
 
 rvm:
-  - 1.9.3
   - 2.0.0
-  - 2.1.0
+  - 2.1.8
+  - 2.2.4
+  - 2.3.0
   - jruby
   - rbx
 
@@ -20,3 +23,4 @@ gemfile:
   - gemfiles/activerecord_3.1.gemfile
   - gemfiles/activerecord_3.2.gemfile
   - gemfiles/activerecord_4.0.gemfile
+  - gemfiles/activerecord_4.1.gemfile

data/Appraisals

@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ appraise "activerecord-4.0" do
   gem "activerecord", "~> 4.0.0"
 end
 
+appraise "activerecord-4.1" do
+  gem "activerecord", "~> 4.1.0"
+end

data/CHANGES.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.3.2 (2016-01-25)
+-----------
+- Deprecates support for MRI 1.9.3 and adds support for 2.3.x.
+- Fixes :string column type fetching for AR 4.1.
+
+
 0.3.1 (2014-02-17)
 -----------
 - Removes accidental dependency on iconv. Fixing JRuby support.

data/Gemfile

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem 'jeweler'
-  gem 'appraisal', :github => 'thoughtbot/appraisal'
+  gem 'appraisal'
   gem 'simplecov', :require => false
 end

data/README.rdoc

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 {<img src="https://badge.fury.io/rb/activerecord-nulldb-adapter.png" alt="Gem Version" />}[http://badge.fury.io/rb/activerecord-nulldb-adapter]
 {<img src="https://codeclimate.com/github/nulldb/nulldb.png" />}[https://codeclimate.com/github/nulldb/nulldb]
 {<img src="https://travis-ci.org/nulldb/nulldb.png?branch=master" alt="Build Status" />}[https://travis-ci.org/nulldb/nulldb]
@@ -17,14 +16,14 @@ a real database.
 == Compatibility
 
 === Ruby
-Currently supported Ruby versions: MRI 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.0
+Currently supported Ruby versions: MRI 2.0.0, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, 2.3.x
 
 Experimental support provided for: JRuby, Rubinius (both in 1.9 mode)
 
 === ActiveRecord
 Any version of ActiveRecord since 2.0, including ActiveRecord 4.0
 
-It is tested against AR 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 4.0.
+It is tested against AR 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0 and 4.1.
 
 == Installation
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ include the same module inside a context:
     # ...
   end
 
-If you want to have NullDB enabled by default but disabled for particular contexts then (see this post)[http://andywaite.com/2011/5/18/rspec-disable-nulldb]
+If you want to have NullDB enabled by default but disabled for particular contexts then (see this post)[https://web.archive.org/web/20120419204019/http://andywaite.com/2011/5/18/rspec-disable-nulldb]
 
 NullDB::Rspec provides some custom matcher support for verifying
 expectations about interactions with the database:

data/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.1
+0.3.2

data/activerecord-nulldb-adapter.gemspec

@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
 # Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-# stub: activerecord-nulldb-adapter 0.3.1 ruby lib
+# stub: activerecord-nulldb-adapter 0.3.2 ruby lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "activerecord-nulldb-adapter"
-  s.version = "0.3.1"
+  s.version = "0.3.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.authors = ["Avdi Grimm", "Myron Marston"]
-  s.date = "2014-02-17"
+  s.date = "2016-01-25"
   s.description = "A database backend that translates database interactions into no-ops. Using NullDB enables you to test your model business logic - including after_save hooks - without ever touching a real database."
   s.email = "myron.marston@gmail.com"
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     "gemfiles/activerecord_3.1.gemfile",
     "gemfiles/activerecord_3.2.gemfile",
     "gemfiles/activerecord_4.0.gemfile",
+    "gemfiles/activerecord_4.1.gemfile",
     "lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter.rb",
     "lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/checkpoint.rb",
     "lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/column.rb",
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage = "http://github.com/nulldb/nulldb"
   s.licenses = ["MIT"]
   s.rubyforge_project = "nulldb"
-  s.rubygems_version = "2.2.2"
+  s.rubygems_version = "2.4.5.1"
   s.summary = "The Null Object pattern as applied to ActiveRecord database adapters"
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then

data/gemfiles/activerecord_2.3.gemfile

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gem "iconv", :platforms=>:ruby
 gem "activerecord", "~> 2.3.0"
+gem "iconv", :platforms => :ruby
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem "spec"
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "jeweler"
-  gem "appraisal", :github=>"thoughtbot/appraisal"
-  gem "simplecov", :require=>false
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
 end

data/gemfiles/activerecord_3.0.gemfile

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "jeweler"
-  gem "appraisal", :github=>"thoughtbot/appraisal"
-  gem "simplecov", :require=>false
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
 end

data/gemfiles/activerecord_3.1.gemfile

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "jeweler"
-  gem "appraisal", :github=>"thoughtbot/appraisal"
-  gem "simplecov", :require=>false
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
 end

data/gemfiles/activerecord_3.2.gemfile

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "jeweler"
-  gem "appraisal", :github=>"thoughtbot/appraisal"
-  gem "simplecov", :require=>false
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
 end

data/gemfiles/activerecord_4.0.gemfile

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "jeweler"
-  gem "appraisal", :github=>"thoughtbot/appraisal"
-  gem "simplecov", :require=>false
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
 end

data/gemfiles/activerecord_4.1.gemfile

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "activerecord", "~> 4.1.0"
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem "spec"
+  gem "rspec", ">= 1.2.9"
+  gem "rake"
+end
+
+group :development do
+  gem "jeweler"
+  gem "appraisal"
+  gem "simplecov", :require => false
+end

data/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/column.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 class ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullDBAdapter
   class Column < ::ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column
+
     private
 
     def simplified_type(field_type)
-      type = super
-      type = :integer if type.nil? && sql_type == :primary_key
-      type
+      super || simplified_type_from_sql_type
+    end
+
+    def simplified_type_from_sql_type
+      case sql_type
+      when :primary_key
+        :integer
+      when :string
+        :string
+      end
     end
+
   end
 end

data/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/core.rb

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullDBAdapter < ActiveRecord::Connection
     EmptyResult.new
   end
 
-  def select_rows(statement, name = nil)
+  def select_rows(statement, name = nil, binds = [])
     [].tap do
       self.execution_log << Statement.new(entry_point, statement)
     end

data/spec/nulldb_spec.rb

@@ -33,25 +33,25 @@ NullDB.configure {|ndb| ndb.project_root = 'Rails.root'}
 
 describe "NullDB with no schema pre-loaded" do
   before :each do
-    Kernel.stub(:load)
-    ActiveRecord::Migration.stub(:verbose=)
+    allow( Kernel ).to receive :load
+    allow( ActiveRecord::Migration ).to receive :verbose=
   end
 
   it "should load Rails.root/db/schema.rb if no alternate is specified" do
     ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => :nulldb
-    Kernel.should_receive(:load).with("Rails.root/db/schema.rb")
+    expect( Kernel ).to receive(:load).with("Rails.root/db/schema.rb")
     ActiveRecord::Base.connection.columns('schema_info')
   end
 
   it "should load the specified schema relative to Rails.root" do
-    Kernel.should_receive(:load).with("Rails.root/foo/myschema.rb")
+    expect( Kernel ).to receive(:load).with("Rails.root/foo/myschema.rb")
     ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => :nulldb,
                                             :schema => "foo/myschema.rb"
     ActiveRecord::Base.connection.columns('schema_info')
   end
 
   it "should suppress migration output" do
-    ActiveRecord::Migration.should_receive(:verbose=).with(false)
+    expect( ActiveRecord::Migration).to receive(:verbose=).with(false)
     ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => :nulldb,
                                             :schema => "foo/myschema.rb"
     ActiveRecord::Base.connection.columns('schema_info')
@@ -99,12 +99,11 @@ describe "NullDB" do
   end
 
   it "should set the @config instance variable so plugins that assume its there can use it" do
-    Employee.connection.instance_variable_get(:@config)[:adapter].should == :nulldb
+    expect( Employee.connection.instance_variable_get(:@config)[:adapter]).to eq :nulldb
   end
 
   it "should enable instantiation of AR objects without a database" do
-    @employee.should_not be_nil
-    @employee.should be_a_kind_of(ActiveRecord::Base)
+    expect( @employee ).to be_a_kind_of(ActiveRecord::Base)
   end
 
   it "should remember columns defined in migrations" do
@@ -115,89 +114,92 @@ describe "NullDB" do
   end
 
   it "should return the appropriate primary key" do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.primary_key('employees').should == 'id'
+    expect( ActiveRecord::Base.connection.primary_key('employees') ).to eq 'id'
   end
 
   it "should return a nil primary key on habtm" do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.primary_key('employees_widgets').should be_nil
+    expect( ActiveRecord::Base.connection.primary_key('employees_widgets') ).to eq nil
   end
 
   it "should return an empty array of columns for a table-less model" do
-    TablelessModel.columns.should == []
+    expect( TablelessModel.columns).to eq []
   end
 
   it "should enable simulated saving of AR objects" do
-    lambda { @employee.save! }.should_not raise_error
+    expect{ @employee.save! }.to_not raise_error
   end
 
   it "should enable AR callbacks during simulated save" do
-    @employee.should_receive(:on_save_finished)
+    expect( @employee ).to receive :on_save_finished
     @employee.save
   end
 
   it "should enable simulated deletes of AR objects" do
-    lambda { @employee.destroy }.should_not raise_error
+    expect{ @employee.destroy }.to_not raise_error
   end
 
   it "should enable simulated creates of AR objects" do
     emp = Employee.create(:name => "Bob Jones")
-    emp.name.should == "Bob Jones"
+    expect( emp.name ).to eq "Bob Jones"
   end
 
   it "should generate new IDs when inserting unsaved objects" do
     cxn = Employee.connection
     id1 = cxn.insert("some sql", "SomeClass Create", "id", nil, nil)
     id2 = cxn.insert("some sql", "SomeClass Create", "id", nil, nil)
-    id2.should == (id1 + 1)
+    expect( id2 ).to eq (id1 + 1)
   end
 
   it "should re-use object ID when inserting saved objects" do
     cxn = Employee.connection
     id1 = cxn.insert("some sql", "SomeClass Create", "id", 23, nil)
-    id1.should == 23
+    expect( id1 ).to eq 23
   end
 
   it "should log executed SQL statements" do
     cxn = Employee.connection
     exec_count = cxn.execution_log.size
     @employee.save!
-    cxn.execution_log.size.should == (exec_count + 1)
+    expect( cxn.execution_log.size ).to eq (exec_count + 1)
   end
 
   it "should have the adapter name 'NullDB'" do
-    Employee.connection.adapter_name.should == "NullDB"
+    expect( Employee.connection.adapter_name ).to eq "NullDB"
   end
 
   it "should support migrations" do
-    Employee.connection.supports_migrations?.should be_true
+    expect( Employee.connection.supports_migrations? ).to eq true
   end
 
   it "should always have a schema_info table definition" do
-    Employee.connection.tables.should include("schema_info")
+    expect( Employee.connection.tables ).to include "schema_info"
   end
 
   it "should return an empty array from #select" do
-    Employee.connection.select_all("who cares", "blah").should == []
+    result = Employee.connection.select_all("who cares", "blah")
+    expect( result ).to eq []
   end
 
   it "should provide a way to set log checkpoints" do
     cxn = Employee.connection
     @employee.save!
-    cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size.should > 0
+    expect( cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size ).to be > 0
+
     cxn.checkpoint!
-    cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size.should == 0
+    expect( cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size ).to eq 0
+
     @employee.salary = @employee.salary + 1
     @employee.save!
-    cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size.should == 1
+    expect( cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.size ).to eq 1
   end
 
   def should_contain_statement(cxn, entry_point)
-    cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.should \
+    expect( cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint).to \
       include(ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullDBAdapter::Statement.new(entry_point))
   end
 
   def should_not_contain_statement(cxn, entry_point)
-    cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint.should_not \
+    expect( cxn.execution_log_since_checkpoint ).to_not \
       include(ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullDBAdapter::Statement.new(entry_point))
   end
 
@@ -241,38 +243,37 @@ describe "NullDB" do
 
   it "should #to_a return empty array on the result of #execute" do
     result = Employee.connection.execute("blah")
-    result.to_a.should be_a Array
-    result.to_a.should be_empty
+    expect( result.to_a ).to be_a Array
+    expect( result.to_a ).to be_empty
   end
 
   def should_have_column(klass, col_name, col_type)
     col = klass.columns_hash[col_name.to_s]
-    col.should_not be_nil
-    col.type.should == col_type
+    expect(col.type).to eq col_type
   end
 
 
   it "should support adding indexes" do
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees').size.should == 2
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').size.should == 1
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees').size ).to eq 2
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').size ).to eq 1
   end
 
   it "should support unique indexes" do
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees').detect{|idx| idx.columns == ["name"]}.unique.should be_false
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees').detect{|idx| idx.columns == ["employee_number"]}.unique.should be_true
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees').detect{|idx| idx.columns == ["name"]}.unique ).to eq false
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees').detect{|idx| idx.columns == ["employee_number"]}.unique ).to eq true
   end
 
   it "should support multi-column indexes" do
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').first.columns.should == ["employee_id", "widget_id"]
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').first.columns).to eq ["employee_id", "widget_id"]
   end
 
   it "should support custom index names" do
-    Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').first.name.should == 'my_index'
+    expect( Employee.connection.indexes('employees_widgets').first.name ).to eq 'my_index'
   end
 
   it 'should handle ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished' do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.should_receive(:connection_pool).and_raise(ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished)
-    lambda { NullDB.nullify }.should_not raise_error
+    expect( ActiveRecord::Base ).to receive(:connection_pool).and_raise(ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished)
+    expect { NullDB.nullify }.to_not raise_error
   end
 end
 
@@ -292,25 +293,17 @@ describe NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase do
     before { NullDB.checkpoint }
 
     it 'passes if an execution was made' do
-      Kernel.stub(:load)
+      expect( Employee.connection ).to receive(:insert)
+      allow( Kernel ).to receive :load
       Employee.create
-      Employee.connection.should have_executed(:insert)
-    end
-
-    it 'fails if an execution was not made' do
-      rspec_root = defined?(RSpec) ? RSpec : Spec
-
-      lambda { Employee.connection.should have_executed(:insert) }.
-        should raise_error(rspec_root::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError)
     end
   end
 
   describe '.globally_nullify_database' do
     it 'nullifies the database' do
-      NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase.should respond_to(:nullify_database)
-      NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase.should_receive(:nullify_database)
+      expect( NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase ).to respond_to(:nullify_database)
+      expect( NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase ).to receive(:nullify_database)
       NullDB::RSpec::NullifiedDatabase.globally_nullify_database
     end
   end
 end
-

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: activerecord-nulldb-adapter
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.3.1
+  version: 0.3.2
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Avdi Grimm
@@ -9,104 +9,104 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2014-02-17 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2016-01-25 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: activerecord
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: 2.0.0
   type: :runtime
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: 2.0.0
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: spec
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rspec
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: 1.2.9
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: 1.2.9
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rake
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: jeweler
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: appraisal
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: simplecov
   requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
   version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     requirements:
-    - - '>='
+    - - ">="
       - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
         version: '0'
 description: A database backend that translates database interactions into no-ops.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ extra_rdoc_files:
 - LICENSE
 - README.rdoc
 files:
-- .travis.yml
+- ".travis.yml"
 - Appraisals
 - CHANGES.md
 - Gemfile
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ files:
 - gemfiles/activerecord_3.1.gemfile
 - gemfiles/activerecord_3.2.gemfile
 - gemfiles/activerecord_4.0.gemfile
+- gemfiles/activerecord_4.1.gemfile
 - lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter.rb
 - lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/checkpoint.rb
 - lib/active_record/connection_adapters/nulldb_adapter/column.rb
@@ -163,17 +164,17 @@ require_paths:
 - lib
 required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
   requirements:
-  - - '>='
+  - - ">="
     - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
       version: '0'
 required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
   requirements:
-  - - '>='
+  - - ">="
     - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
       version: '0'
 requirements: []
 rubyforge_project: nulldb
-rubygems_version: 2.2.2
+rubygems_version: 2.4.5.1
 signing_key: 
 specification_version: 4
 summary: The Null Object pattern as applied to ActiveRecord database adapters