RUBY-260 methods using DB#collection_names should account for symbols.

lib/mongo/collection.rb

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module Mongo
     # Return a sub-collection of this collection by name. If 'users' is a collection, then
     # 'users.comments' is a sub-collection of users.
     #
-    # @param [String] name
+    # @param [String, Symbol] name
     #   the collection to return
     #
     # @raise [Mongo::InvalidNSName]
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ module Mongo
     #   the specified sub-collection
     def [](name)
       name = "#{self.name}.#{name}"
-      return Collection.new(name, db) if !db.strict? || db.collection_names.include?(name)
+      return Collection.new(name, db) if !db.strict? ||
+        db.collection_names.include?(name.to_s)
       raise "Collection #{name} doesn't exist. Currently in strict mode."
     end
 

lib/mongo/db.rb

@@ -251,26 +251,28 @@ module Mongo
     # new collection. If +strict+ is true, will raise an error if
     # collection +name+ already exists.
     #
-    # @param [String] name the name of the new collection.
+    # @param [String, Symbol] name the name of the new collection.
     #
     # @option opts [Boolean] :capped (False) created a capped collection.
     #
-    # @option opts [Integer] :size (Nil) If +capped+ is +true+, specifies the maximum number of
+    # @option opts [Integer] :size (Nil) If +capped+ is +true+,
-    #   bytes for the capped collection. If +false+, specifies the number of bytes allocated
+    #   specifies the maximum number of bytes for the capped collection.
+    #   If +false+, specifies the number of bytes allocated
     #   for the initial extent of the collection.
     #
-    # @option opts [Integer] :max (Nil) If +capped+ is +true+, indicates the maximum number of records
+    # @option opts [Integer] :max (Nil) If +capped+ is +true+, indicates
-    #   in a capped collection.
+    #   the maximum number of records in a capped collection.
     #
-    # @raise [MongoDBError] raised under two conditions: either we're in +strict+ mode and the collection
+    # @raise [MongoDBError] raised under two conditions:
+    #   either we're in +strict+ mode and the collection
     #   already exists or collection creation fails on the server.
     #
     # @return [Mongo::Collection]
     def create_collection(name, opts={})
-      # Does the collection already exist?
+      if collection_names.include?(name.to_s)
-      if collection_names.include?(name)
         if strict?
-          raise MongoDBError, "Collection #{name} already exists. Currently in strict mode."
+          raise MongoDBError, "Collection #{name} already exists. " +
+            "Currently in strict mode."
         else
           return Collection.new(name, self, opts)
         end
@@ -286,15 +288,17 @@ module Mongo
 
     # Get a collection by name.
     #
-    # @param [String] name the collection name.
+    # @param [String, Symbol] name the collection name.
     # @param [Hash] opts any valid options that can be passed to Collection#new.
     #
-    # @raise [MongoDBError] if collection does not already exist and we're in +strict+ mode.
+    # @raise [MongoDBError] if collection does not already exist and we're in
+    #   +strict+ mode.
     #
     # @return [Mongo::Collection]
     def collection(name, opts={})
-      if strict? && !collection_names.include?(name)
+      if strict? && !collection_names.include?(name.to_s)
-        raise Mongo::MongoDBError, "Collection #{name} doesn't exist. Currently in strict mode."
+        raise Mongo::MongoDBError, "Collection #{name} doesn't exist. " +
+          "Currently in strict mode."
       else
         opts = opts.dup
         opts[:safe] = opts.fetch(:safe, @safe)
@@ -306,11 +310,11 @@ module Mongo
 
     # Drop a collection by +name+.
     #
-    # @param [String] name
+    # @param [String, Symbol] name
     #
     # @return [Boolean] +true+ on success or +false+ if the collection name doesn't exist.
     def drop_collection(name)
-      return true unless collection_names.include?(name)
+      return true unless collection_names.include?(name.to_s)
 
       ok?(command(:drop => name))
     end

test/db_test.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@ class DBTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_create_collection
+    col = @@db.create_collection('foo')
+    assert_equal @@db['foo'].name, col.name
+
+    col = @@db.create_collection(:foo)
+    assert_equal @@db['foo'].name, col.name
+
+    @@db.drop_collection('foo')
+  end
+
+  def test_get_and_drop_collection
+    db = @@conn.db(MONGO_TEST_DB, :strict => true)
+    db.create_collection('foo')
+    assert db.collection('foo')
+    assert db.drop_collection('foo')
+
+    db.create_collection(:foo)
+    assert db.collection(:foo)
+    assert db.drop_collection(:foo)
+  end
+
   def test_logger
     output = StringIO.new
     logger = Logger.new(output)