added socket renderer spec and slight refactor

config/initializers/socket.rb

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ module WebSocket
     EM.add_timer(0.1) do
       @channel = EM::Channel.new
       puts @channel.inspect
-      
       include SocketRenderer
       
+      SocketRenderer.instantiate_view 
     end
     
     EventMachine::WebSocket.start(:host => "0.0.0.0", :port => 8080, :debug =>true) do |ws|

lib/socket_render.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module SocketRenderer
+ require 'app/helpers/application_helper' 
+  def self.instantiate_view
+    @view = ActionView::Base.new(ActionController::Base.view_paths, {})  
+    class << @view  
+      include ApplicationHelper 
+      include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+      include ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection::ClassMethods
+      def protect_against_forgery?
+        false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.view_hash(object)
+    begin
+      puts "I be working hard"
+      v = view_for(object)
+      puts v.inspect
+
+    rescue Exception => e
+      puts "in failzord " + v.inspect
+      puts object.inspect
+      puts e.message
+      raise e 
+    end
+    puts "i made it here"
+    {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => v}
+  end
+
+  def self.view_for(object)
+    @view.render @view.type_partial(object), :post  => object
+  end
+
+end

spec/lib/socket_renderer_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+describe SocketRenderer do
+  before do
+    SocketRenderer.instantiate_view
+    @user = Factory.create(:user, :email => "bob@jones.com")
+    @user.profile = Factory.build(:profile, :person => @user)
+  end
+
+  it 'should render a partial for a status message' do
+    message = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @user)
+    html = SocketRenderer.view_for message
+    html.include? message.message
+  end
+
+  it 'should prepare a class/view hash' do
+      message = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @user)
+  
+      hash = SocketRenderer.view_hash(message)
+      hash[:class].should == "status_messages"
+      
+  end
+end