has_many while respecting build strategy in factory_girl

Question

Situation

# Models
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :items 
end 

class Items < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user 
  validates_presence         


        

Answer 1

I usually like to separate building and creating so i can still build the object without going to the database.

Factory.define(:user_with_items, :parent => :user) do |u|
  u.after_build do |u|
    u.items = (1..2).map {Factory.build(:item, :user => u)}
  end
  u.after_create do |u|
    u.items.each {|i| i.save!}
  end
end