gistfile1.rb

Factory.define(:product) do |product|
  product.association :creator, :factory => :product_admin_user
  product.association :product_template

  product.product_variant do |p|
    Factory(:product_variant, :product_template => p.product_template)
  end

  product.sequence(:name)        {|n| "Product #{n}" }
  product.sequence(:part_number) {|n| "Part Number #{n}" }
  product.formed_price           { "$99.50" }
end

Factory.define(:standard_product, :class => StandardProduct, :parent => :product) do |product|
  product.list_item do |p|
    # this doesn't work because product_variant hasn't been added as an attribute yet
    Factory(:list_item, :product_variant => p.product_variant)
  end
end