Failing to populate column 'method' in a factory

Question

I need to define a factory for a database table which contains column named 'method'.

I've tried something like this:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :notification_baby_offset, class:'NotificationTemplate' do
    ...
    method {{ 'email' => false, 'notification' => true }}
    ...
  end
end

But, when I tried to build it, I got an error saying:

`method': wrong number of arguments (0 for 1) (ArgumentError) 

It appears to identify 'method' as a function rather than a database column. I tried to emphasize this by :method or "method", but that didn't work.

So, I have to build this factory like this for it to work:

FactoryGirl.create(:notification_baby_offset, method: { 'email' => false, 'notification' => true })

Is where a way to avoid this hack and define this column properly in a factory?

Answer 1

Try this:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :notification_baby_offset, class:'NotificationTemplate' do
    ...
    after(:build) do |notification|
      notification.method = { 'email' => false, 'notification' => true }
    end
    ...
  end
end

Or even (if your new supports passing attributes):

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :notification_baby_offset, class:'NotificationTemplate' do
    ...
    initialize_with { new(method: { 'email' => false, 'notification' => true }) }
    ...
  end
end