How to test ActiveRecord callacks with RSpec?

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Published on 2010-04-20T08:01:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 8:03 UTC
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How to test the following example?

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :discussion  

  def after_save   # or after_create
    discussion.touch
  end
end

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