Controller Test

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<?php

namespace app\tests\cases\controllers;

use app\controllers\ArticlesController;
use app\tests\mocks\controllers\MockArticlesController;

use lithium\action\Request;

class ArticlesControllerTest extends \lithium\test\Unit {

	protected $_controller;

	public function setUp() {}

	public function tearDown() {}

	public function testIndexList() {
		
		$request = new Request();
		$articlesController = new MockArticlesController(compact('request'));
		$articlesController->index();
		
		// Following comments is thanks to @mehlah with $this->_controller a MockArticlesController pre set up in $this->setUp()
		// or $this->_controller(null, array('action' => 'index', 'args' => array()));
		// that make use of PHP's callable syntax and yield to call `Controller::__invoke()` for dispatching requests to action methods.
		// $this->_controller->__invoke(null, array('action' => 'index', 'args' => array()));
		
		$render = $articlesController->access('_render');
		$viewVars = $render['data'];
		$this->assertTrue(isset($viewVars['test']),"The index 'test' isn't set");
		$this->assertEqual("test",$viewVars['test'],"The string should be 'test'");
	}
}