aux-code-example.rb

# You might want to do this in your before blocks in RSpec ...

before do
  AuxCode.create_root_code!
  AuxCode.load_from :colors => %w( red blue ), :genders => %w( male female )
  AuxCode.create_classes!
end

# create_root_code! will create an AuxCode with ID=0 (if one doesn't already exist)
# load_from will load up some data
# create_classes! will create the "fake" classes, eg. Color, if they don't already exist

# if you want no actual codes, just the categories ...

AuxCode.create_root_code!
AuxCode.create :name => 'Colors'
>> Color
NameError: uninitialized constant Color
>> AuxCode.create_classes!
=> [#<AuxCode @id=0 @aux_code_id=0 @name="Aux Code Categories" @meta=<not loaded>>, #<AuxCode @id=1 @aux_code_id=0 @name="Colors" @meta=<not loaded>>]
>> Color
=> Color
>> Color.count
=> 0