scinote-web/spec/support/permission_helpers.rb

module PermissionHelpers
  def create_user_assignment(object, role, user, assigned_by = nil)
    user_assignment = UserAssignment.where(assignable: object, user: user, user_role: role).take

    if user_assignment.blank?
      user_assignment = create :user_assignment,
                               assignable: object,
                               user: user,
                               user_role: role,
                               assigned_by: assigned_by || user
    end

    case object
    when MyModule
      create_user_assignment(object.experiment, role, user, assigned_by)
    when Experiment
      create_user_assignment(object.project, role, user, assigned_by)
    end

    user_assignment
  end
end