How to mock classes in Rails controller with mocha
<p>I'm having a hard time understanding how to use mocha mocking library for certain type of unit tests in Rails.</p>

<p>I have a controller, which initializes an object from a helper library, and then calls a function on it. My code looks similar to</p>

<pre><code>class ObjectsController &lt; ApplicationController
  before_action :set_adapter

  def index
    response = @adapter.get_objects

    render json: response
  end

  private
    def set_adapter
      arg = request.headers["X-ARG"]
      @adapter = Adapter::Adapter.new(arg)
    end
end
</code></pre>

<p>In my tests, I want mock the adapter to make sure that the get_objects() method is called. I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to implement this kind of tests, but I seem to be stuck on getting the idea on how to mock an existing object within a class.</p>

<p>Can anyone help me out?</p>