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0 pointshota_mazi4y ago0 comments

    User mock = mock(User.java)
    when(mock.say_current_time()).thenReturn(someDate)

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joelbluminator4y ago

OK. first I could be ignorant about Java since I haven't touched it in more than a decade. Which library is doing that? And also what is mock(User.java) returning - is it an actual User instance or a stub? I want a real User instance (nothing mocked in it) with just the one method mocked.

And again if this is possible I will admit ignorance and tip my hat at the Java guys.

hota_maziOP4y ago

It's Mockito [1], which has been a standard for a while. There are other libraries and they use different strategies to provide this kind of functionalities (dynamic proxies, bytecode weaving, annotation processing, etc...).

[1] https://site.mockito.org/

joelbluminator4y ago

And ... is the whole user being mocked or just the method?

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throwaway_fjmr4y ago

I think what you want is a "spy" (partial mock), not a full "mock", but yes, both are possible. You can partially mock classes, i.e., specific methods only. Syntax is almost the same, instead of mock(User.class) you write spy(User.class).

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0 pointshota_mazi4y ago0 comments

    User mock = mock(User.java)
    when(mock.say_current_time()).thenReturn(someDate)

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joelbluminator4y ago

And again if this is possible I will admit ignorance and tip my hat at the Java guys.

hota_maziOP4y ago

[1] https://site.mockito.org/

joelbluminator4y ago

And ... is the whole user being mocked or just the method?

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throwaway_fjmr4y ago

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