can? should only go to db if there are mongoid criteria in the conditions.

Easier to just do a simple comparison on the object in memory
than to search the database.  Also this allows method calls
and other attributes that might not be found in the database.

spec/cancan/mongoid_additions_spec.rb

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ describe CanCan::MongoidAdditions do
       collection.name !~ /system/
     end.each(&:drop)    
   end
+  
+  it "should compare properties on mongoid documents with the " do
+    model = @model_class.new
+    @ability.can :read, @model_class, :id => model.id
+    @ability.should be_able_to :read, model
+  end
 
   it "should return [] when no ability is defined so no records are found" do
     @model_class.create :title  => 'Sir'
@@ -88,6 +94,22 @@ describe CanCan::MongoidAdditions do
       @ability.can?(:read, obj2).should == false
     end
     
+    describe "activates only when there are Criteria in the hash" do
+      it "Calls where on the model class when there are criteria" do
+        obj = @model_class.create :title  => 'Bird'
+        @conditions = {:title.nin => ["Fork", "Spoon"]}
+        @model_class.should_receive(:where).with(@conditions) {[obj]}
+        @ability.can :read, @model_class, @conditions
+        @ability.can?(:read, obj)
+      end
+      it "Calls the base version if there are no mongoid criteria" do
+        obj = @model_class.new :title  => 'Bird'
+        @conditions = {:id => obj.id}
+        @ability.can :read, @model_class, @conditions
+        @ability.should be_able_to(:read, obj)
+      end
+    end
+    
     it "should handle :field.nin" do
       obj = @model_class.create :title  => 'Sir'
       @ability.can :read, @model_class, :title.nin => ["Lord", "Madam"]
@@ -141,4 +163,4 @@ describe CanCan::MongoidAdditions do
       @model_class.accessible_by(@ability)
     }.should raise_error(CanCan::Error)
   end
-end
+end

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ require 'supermodel' # shouldn't Bundler do this already?
 require 'active_support/all'
 require 'matchers'
 require 'cancan/matchers'
+require 'mongoid'
+require 'active_support'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.mock_with :rr
+  config.mock_with :rspec
   config.before(:each) do
     Project.delete_all
     Category.delete_all