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Damien Cassou-2

Mocking ZnClient

Hi,

I need to write unit tests for code that fetches data on the web through
ZnClient. Is there a way to temporarily replace all creations of
ZnClient instances by instances of another class that will reply with
fixed results without fetching on the web?

I already wrote something like that for the Pharo launcher. I'm now
looking for something that already exists outside so I don't have to
extract this into a new library by myself.

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Sven Van Caekenberghe-2

Re: Mocking ZnClient

Damien,

As far as I know this does not (yet) exist.

I know that Norbert did some work mocking actual connections, so that a client can directly connect to a server's handler without doing any networking, if I remember correctly, but I don't think that is what you are looking for.

Sven

> On 14 Sep 2015, at 15:31, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to write unit tests for code that fetches data on the web through
> ZnClient. Is there a way to temporarily replace all creations of
> ZnClient instances by instances of another class that will reply with
> fixed results without fetching on the web?
>
> I already wrote something like that for the Pharo launcher. I'm now
> looking for something that already exists outside so I don't have to
> extract this into a new library by myself.
>
> --
> Damien Cassou
> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st
>
> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
> losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
>

demarey

Re: Mocking ZnClient

In reply to this post by Damien Cassou-2

It is very easy to do by using BabyMock2 for example

Le 14 sept. 2015 à 15:31, Damien Cassou a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I need to write unit tests for code that fetches data on the web through
> ZnClient. Is there a way to temporarily replace all creations of
> ZnClient instances by instances of another class that will reply with
> fixed results without fetching on the web?
>
> I already wrote something like that for the Pharo launcher. I'm now
> looking for something that already exists outside so I don't have to
> extract this into a new library by myself.
>
> --
> Damien Cassou
> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st
>
> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
> losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
>

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