gistfile1.rb

    describe "#list" do
        it "list attribute as ruby object" do
            attrs = @controller.list_attributes
            attrs.each do |a|
                a.should be_an_instance_of Attribute
            end
        end

        it "list attribute in xml format" do   
            xml = @controller.list_attributes(:xml)
            puts xml
            attrs =  Nokogiri::XML(xml)
            attrs.root.search('attribute').should have(2).attributes
            
            #for attribute field we test the values from
            #the previous two attributes tested
            test_attrs_values = {
                'name' => ['email', 'num_of_bugs'],
                'label' => ['Email', 'Num. of Bugs'],
                'type' => ['numerical', 'alphanumerical']
            }

            test_attrs_values.each do |field, values| 
               attrs.xpath("//#{field}").each do |f|
                 values.should include(f.content)
               end     
            end
        end
    
        it "list attributes in json format" do
             json_data = @controller.list_attributes(:json)
             #puts json_data
        end