= FlexMock Examples require 'flexmock/test_unit' class TestSimple < Test::Unit::TestCase # Simple stubbing of some methods def test_simple_mock m = flexmock(:pi => 3.1416, :e => 2.71) assert_equal 3.1416, m.pi assert_equal 2.71, m.e end end class TestUndefined < Test::Unit::TestCase # Create a mock object that returns an undefined object for method calls def test_undefined_values m = flexmock("mock") m.should_receive(:divide_by).with(0). and_return_undefined assert_equal FlexMock.undefined, m.divide_by(0) end end class TestDb < Test::Unit::TestCase # Expect multiple queries and a single update # Multiple calls to the query method will be allows, and calls may # have any argument list. Each call to query will return the three # element array [1, 2, 3]. The call to update must have a specific # argument of 5. def test_db db = flexmock('db') db.should_receive(:query).and_return([1,2,3]) db.should_receive(:update).with(5).and_return(nil).once # Test Code db.query db.update(5) end end class TestOrdered < Test::Unit::TestCase # Expect all queries before any updates # All the query message must occur before any of the update # messages. def test_query_and_update db = flexmock('db') db.should_receive(:query).and_return([1,2,3]).ordered db.should_receive(:update).and_return(nil).ordered # test code here db.query db.update end end class MoreOrdered < Test::Unit::TestCase # Expect several queries with different parameters # The queries should happen after startup but before finish. The # queries themselves may happen in any order (because they are in # the same order group). The first two queries should happen exactly # once, but the third query (which matches any query call with a # four character parameter) may be called multiple times (but at # least once). Startup and finish must also happen exactly once. # Also note that we use the with method to match # different argument values to figure out what value to return. def test_ordered_queries db = flexmock('db') db.should_receive(:startup).once.ordered db.should_receive(:query).with("CPWR").and_return(12.3). once.ordered(:queries) db.should_receive(:query).with("MSFT").and_return(10.0). once.ordered(:queries) db.should_receive(:query).with(/^....$/).and_return(3.3). at_least.once.ordered(:queries) db.should_receive(:finish).once.ordered # Test Code db.startup db.query("MSFT") db.query("XYZY") db.query("CPWR") db.finish end end class EvenMoreOrderedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase # Same as above, but using the Record Mode interface # The record mode interface offers much the same features as the # should_receive interface introduced so far, but it # allows the messages to be sent directly to a recording object # rather than be specified indirectly using a symbol. def test_ordered_queries_in_record_mode db = flexmock('db') db.should_expect do |rec| rec.startup.once.ordered rec.query("CPWR") { 12.3 }.once.ordered(:queries) rec.query("MSFT") { 10.0 }.once.ordered(:queries) rec.query(/^....$/) { 3.3 }.at_least.once.ordered(:queries) rec.finish.once.ordered end # Test Code db.startup db.query("MSFT") db.query("XYZY") db.query("CPWR") db.finish end end class RecordedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase # Using Record Mode to record a known, good algorithm for testing # Record mode is nice when you have a known, good algorithm that can # use a recording mock object to record the steps. Then you compare # the execution of a new algorithm to behavior of the old using the # recorded expectations in the mock. For this you probably want to # put the recorder in _strict_ mode so that the recorded # expectations use exact matching on argument lists, and strict # ordering of the method calls. # Note: This is most useful when there are no queries on the # mock objects, because the query responses cannot be programmed # into the recorder object. def test_build_xml builder = flexmock('builder') builder.should_expect do |rec| rec.should_be_strict known_good_way_to_build_xml(rec) # record the messages end new_way_to_build_xml(builder) # compare to new way end def known_good_way_to_build_xml(builder) builder.person end def new_way_to_build_xml(builder) builder.person end end class MultipleReturnValueTest < Test::Unit::TestCase # Expect multiple calls, returning a different value each time # Sometimes you need to return different values for each call to a # mocked method. This example shifts values out of a list for this # effect. def test_multiple_gets file = flexmock('file') file.should_receive(:gets).with_no_args. and_return("line 1\n", "line 2\n") # test code here file.gets # returns "line 1" file.gets # returns "line 2" end end class IgnoreUnimportantMessages < Test::Unit::TestCase # Ignore uninteresting messages # Generally you need to mock only those methods that return an # interesting value or wish to assert were sent in a particular # manner. Use the should_ignore_missing method to turn # on missing method ignoring. def test_an_important_message m = flexmock('m') m.should_receive(:an_important_message).and_return(1).once m.should_ignore_missing # Test Code m.an_important_message m.an_unimportant_message end # When should_ignore_missing is enabled, ignored # missing methods will return an undefined object. Any operation on # the undefined object will return the undefined object. end class PartialMockTest < Test::Unit::TestCase # Mock just one method on an existing object # The Portfolio class calculate the value of a set of stocks by # talking to a quote service via a web service. Since we don't want # to use a real web service in our unit tests, we will mock the # quote service. def test_portfolio_value flexmock(QuoteService).new_instances do |m| m.should_receive(:quote).and_return(100) end port = Portfolio.new value = port.value # Portfolio calls QuoteService.quote assert_equal 100, value end class QuoteService end class Portfolio def value qs = QuoteService.new qs.quote end end end