Test2::Mock(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2::Mock(3perl)
NAME
Test2::Mock - Module for managing mocked classes and instances.
DESCRIPTION
This module lets you add and override methods for any package
temporarily. When the instance is destroyed it will restore the package
to its original state.
SYNOPSIS
use Test2::Mock;
use MyClass;
my $mock = Test2::Mock->new(
track => $BOOL, # enable call tracking if desired
class => 'MyClass',
override => [
name => sub { 'fred' },
...
],
add => [
is_mocked => sub { 1 }
...
],
...
);
# Unmock the 'name' sub
$mock->restore('name');
...
$mock = undef; # Will remove all the mocking
CONSTRUCTION
METHODS
$mock = Test2::Mock->new(class => $CLASS, ...)
This will create a new instance of Test2::Mock that manages mocking
for the specified $CLASS.
Any "Test2::Mock" method can be used as a constructor argument, each
should be followed by an arrayref of arguments to be used within the
method. For instance the add() method:
my $mock = Test2::Mock->new(
class => 'AClass',
add => [foo => sub { 'foo' }],
);
is identical to this:
my $mock = Test2::Mock->new(
class => 'AClass',
);
$mock->add(foo => sub { 'foo' });
$mock->track($bool)
Turn tracking on or off. Any sub added/overridden/set when tracking
is on will log every call in a hash retrievable via
"$mock->tracking". Changing the tracking toggle will not affect subs
already altered, but will affect any additional alterations.
$hashref = $mock->sub_tracking
The tracking data looks like this:
{
sub_name => [
{sub_name => $sub_name, sub_ref => $mock_subref, args => [... copy of @_ from the call ... ]},
...,
...,
],
}
Unlike call_tracking, this lists all calls by sub, so you can choose
to only look at the sub specific calls.
Please note: The hashref items with the subname and args are shared
with call_tracking, modifying one modifies the other, so copy first!
$arrayref = $mock->call_tracking
The tracking data looks like this:
[
{sub_name => $sub_name, sub_ref => $mock_subref, args => [... copy of @_ from the call ... ]},
...,
...,
]
Unlike sub_tracking this lists all calls to any mocked sub, in the
order they were called. To filter by sub use sub_tracking.
Please note: The hashref items with the subname and args are shared
with sub_tracking, modifying one modifies the other, so copy first!
$mock->clear_sub_tracking()
$mock->clear_sub_tracking(\@subnames)
Clear tracking data. With no arguments ALL tracking data is cleared.
When arguments are provided then only those specific keys will be
cleared.
$mock->clear_call_tracking()
Clear all items from call_tracking.
$mock->add('symbol' => ..., 'symbol2' => ...)
$mock->override('symbol1' => ..., 'symbol2' => ...)
$mock->set('symbol1' => ..., 'symbol2' => ...)
add() and override() are the primary ways to add/modify methods for
a class. Both accept the exact same type of arguments. The
difference is that "override" will fail unless the symbol you are
overriding already exists, "add" on the other hand will fail if the
symbol does already exist.
set() was more recently added for cases where you may not know if
the sub already exists. These cases are rare, and set should be
avoided (think of it like 'no strict'). However there are valid use
cases, so it was added.
Note: Think of override as a push operation. If you call override on
the same symbol multiple times it will track that. You can use
restore() as a pop operation to go back to the previous mock.
"reset" can be used to remove all the mocking for a symbol.
Arguments must be a symbol name, with optional sigil, followed by a
new specification of the symbol. If no sigil is specified then '&'
(sub) is assumed. A simple example of overriding a sub:
$mock->override(foo => sub { 'overridden foo' });
my $val = $class->foo; # Runs our override
# $val is now set to 'overridden foo'
You can also simply provide a value and it will be wrapped in a sub
for you:
$mock->override( foo => 'foo' );
The example above will generate a sub that always returns the string
'foo'.
There are three *special* values that can be used to generate
accessors:
$mock->add(
name => 'rw', # Generates a read/write accessor
age => 'ro', # Generates a read only accessor
size => 'wo', # Generates a write only accessor
);
If you want to have a sub that actually returns one of the three
special strings, or that returns a coderef, you can use a hashref as
the spec:
my $ref = sub { 'my sub' };
$mock->add(
rw_string => { val => 'rw' },
ro_string => { val => 'ro' },
wo_string => { val => 'wo' },
coderef => { val => $ref }, # the coderef method returns $ref each time
);
You can also override/add other symbol types, such as hash:
package Foo;
...
$mock->add('%foo' => {a => 1});
print $Foo::foo{a}; # prints '1'
You can also tell mock to deduce the symbol type for the
add/override from the reference, rules are similar to glob
assignments:
$mock->add(
-foo => sub { 'foo' }, # Adds the &foo sub to the package
-foo => { foo => 1 }, # Adds the %foo hash to the package
-foo => [ 'f', 'o', 'o' ], # Adds the @foo array to the package
-foo => \"foo", # Adds the $foo scalar to the package
);
$mock->restore($SYMBOL)
Restore the symbol to what it was before the last override. If the
symbol was recently added this will remove it. If the symbol has
been overridden multiple times this will ONLY restore it to the
previous state. Think of "override" as a push operation, and
"restore" as the pop operation.
$mock->reset($SYMBOL)
Remove all mocking of the symbol and restore the original symbol. If
the symbol was initially added then it will be completely removed.
$mock->orig($SYMBOL)
This will return the original symbol, before any mocking. For
symbols that were added this will return undef.
$mock->current($SYMBOL)
This will return the current symbol.
$mock->reset_all
Remove all added symbols, and restore all overridden symbols to
their originals.
$mock->add_constructor($NAME => $TYPE)
$mock->override_constructor($NAME => $TYPE)
This can be used to inject constructors. The first argument should
be the name of the constructor. The second argument specifies the
constructor type.
The "hash" type is the most common, all arguments are used to create
a new hash that is blessed.
hash => sub {
my ($class, %params) = @_;
return bless \%params, $class;
};
The "array" type is similar to the hash type, but accepts a list
instead of key/value pairs:
array => sub {
my ($class, @params) = @_;
return bless \@params, $class;
};
The "ref" type takes a reference and blesses it. This will modify
your original input argument.
ref => sub {
my ($class, $params) = @_;
return bless $params, $class;
};
The "ref_copy" type will copy your reference and bless the copy:
ref_copy => sub {
my ($class, $params) = @_;
my $type = reftype($params);
return bless {%$params}, $class
if $type eq 'HASH';
return bless [@$params], $class
if $type eq 'ARRAY';
croak "Not sure how to construct a '$class' from '$params'";
};
$mock->before($NAME, sub { ... })
This will replace the original sub $NAME with a new sub that calls
your custom code just before calling the original method. The return
from your custom sub is ignored. Your sub and the original both get
the unmodified arguments.
$mock->after($NAME, sub { ... })
This is similar to before, except your callback runs after the
original code. The return from your callback is ignored.
$mock->around($NAME, sub { ... })
This gives you the chance to wrap the original sub:
$mock->around(foo => sub {
my $orig = shift;
my $self = shift;
my (@args) = @_;
...
$self->$orig(@args);
...
return ...;
});
The original sub is passed in as the first argument, even before
$self. You are responsible for making sure your wrapper sub returns
the correct thing.
$mock->autoload
This will inject an "AUTOLOAD" sub into the class. This autoload
will automatically generate read-write accessors for any sub called
that does not already exist.
$mock->block_load
This will prevent the real class from loading until the mock is
destroyed. This will fail if the class is already loaded. This will
let you mock a class completely without loading the original module.
$pm_file = $mock->file
This returns the relative path to the file for the module. This
corresponds to the %INC entry.
$bool = $mock->purge_on_destroy($bool)
When true, this will cause the package stash to be completely
obliterated when the mock object falls out of scope or is otherwise
destroyed. You do not normally want this.
$stash = $mock->stash
This returns the stash for the class being mocked. This is the
equivalent of:
my $stash = \%{"${class}\::"};
This saves you from needing to turn off strict.
$class = $mock->class
The class being mocked by this instance.
$p = $mock->parent
If you mock a class twice the first instance is the parent, the
second is the child. This prevents the parent from being destroyed
before the child, which would lead to a very unpleasant situation.
$c = $mock->child
Returns the child mock, if any.
SOURCE
The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at
<https://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/>.
MAINTAINERS
Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
AUTHORS
Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/>
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