require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' describe StatusMessage do before do @user = Factory.create(:user, :email => "bob@aol.com") end it "should have a message" do n = Factory.build(:status_message, :message => nil) n.valid?.should be false n.message = "wales" n.valid?.should be true end describe "XML" do it 'should serialize to XML' do message = Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "I hate WALRUSES!") message.to_xml.to_s.should include "I hate WALRUSES!" end it 'should marshal serialized XML to object' do xml = "I hate WALRUSES!" parsed = StatusMessage.from_xml(xml) parsed.message.should == "I hate WALRUSES!" parsed.valid?.should be_true end end end