===== /spec/controllers/sessions_controller_spec.rb =======

require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper')

describe SessionsController do
#Delete this example and add some real ones
#  it "should use SessionsController" do
#    controller.should be_an_instance_of(SessionsController)
#  end
	def mock_user(stubs={})
		@mock_user ||= mock_model(User, stubs)
	end
  describe "create" do
#		before do
#			@params = {:username => 'username', :password => 'password'}
#		end
#		it "should authenticate user" do
#			User.stub!(:authenticate).with(params[:username],params[:password]).and_return(mock_user)
#			post :create
#			assigns[:user].should eql(mock_user)
#		end

	describe "with authenticated user" do
		before do
			@params = {:username => 'username', :password => 'password'}
			@usertype = mock("User")
			User.stub!(:new).and_return(@usertype)
		end
		it "session should contain athenticate user id,usertype,username and status" do
			user = mock_model(User,{:id=>'1', :usertype=>'usertype', :login=>params[:username], :status => 'status'})
			User.stub!(:authenticate).with(params[:username],params[:password]).and_return(user)
			User.should_receive(:authenticate).and_return(user)
			post :create
			session[:id].should eql(user.id)
			session[:usertype].should eql(user.usertype)
			session[:login].should eql(params[:username])
			session[:paypalstatus].should eql(user.status)
		end

		it "should create new usertpye object for User" do
			User.should_receive(:new).with(no_args()).and_return(@usertype)
			post :create
		end
	end
  end
end

=============== sessions_controller.rb ==========

# This controller handles the login/logout function of the site.
class SessionsController < ApplicationController
  layout 'home'
  before_filter :profilestatus
 # before_filter :contestdetails  #need to write spec for the filters
  # render new.rhtml
  def new
  end

  def create
	user = User.authenticate(params[:username], params[:password])
	if user
		session[:id] = user.id
		session[:usertype] = user.usertype
		session[:paypalstatus]  = user.status
		session[:login] = params[:username]
		@usertype = User.new
	        @usertype = User.find(:all, :select => :usertype, :conditions => "id='#{user.id}'")  # original statement
#		@usertype = User.find(:all, :select => :usertype, :conditions => "id='1'")  # original statement
	end
  end

  def destroy
  end
end