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Testing Namespaced Attribute Translations in Ransack

This test suite validates Ransack’s translation functionality, specifically focusing on attribute name translations in a namespaced context. It ensures proper integration with ActiveRecord’s internationalization features and verifies consistent behavior between Ransack and ActiveRecord translations.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite covers essential translation functionality within the Ransack gem, focusing on attribute name handling:

Namespace-aware attribute translation verification
Integration with ActiveRecord’s human_attribute_name
Context-specific translation handling
Proper inheritance of translation behavior

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach utilizes RSpec’s describe and it blocks to structure the translation tests. It implements direct comparison between ActiveRecord’s native translation method and Ransack’s attribute translation, ensuring consistent behavior across the framework.

Context-based translation testing
Explicit namespace handling
Direct method comparison validation

Technical Details

RSpec testing framework
Ransack translation module
ActiveRecord integration
Namespace module implementation
Context object utilization

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test exhibits several testing best practices for Ruby gem development:

Clear test isolation and organization
Explicit context definition
Direct comparison with framework behavior
Proper namespace handling
Clean assertion structure

activerecord-hackery/ransack

spec/ransack/translate_spec.rb

            
require 'spec_helper'

module Ransack
  describe Translate do

    describe '.attribute' do
      it 'translate namespaced attribute like AR does' do
        ar_translation = ::Namespace::Article.human_attribute_name(:title)
        ransack_translation = Ransack::Translate.attribute(
          :title,
          context: ::Namespace::Article.ransack.context
          )
        expect(ransack_translation).to eq ar_translation
      end
    end
  end
end