Mocking side effects for file functions

[Bob McConnell]

I am trying to mock several file functions from an embedded system. But I can't see any way to write back a binary structure from the read() function. The call has three parameters, a file handle, a pointer to the empty structure and the size of the structure. What do I use to write return data into that structure? (cmockery 0.1.2)

[Stewart Miles]

Assuming you're talking about:

ssize_t read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);

You can mock this function with something like this, depending upon how strict you want to be:

ssize_t read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) {

  void *return_buffer = mock();

  ssize_t return_buffer_size = mock();

  check_expected(fd);

  check_expected(count);

  if (return_buffer_size) {

    memcpy(buf, return_buffer, return_buffer_size);

  }

  return return_buffer_size;
}

your test case could look something like this:

void a_test(void **unused_data)

{

  static char output_buffer[8] = { 't', 'e', 's', 't', '1', '2', '3', '4' };

  expect_not_value(read, buf, -1);

  expect_value(count, 8);

  will_return(read, buffer);

  will_return(read, sizeof(buffer));

  a_function_that_ends_up_calling_read();

}

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> wrote:

I am trying to mock several file functions from an embedded system. But I can't see any way to write back a binary structure from the read() function. The call has three parameters, a file handle, a pointer to the empty structure and the size of the structure. What do I use to write return data into that structure? (cmockery 0.1.2)

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[Bob McConnell]

Yes, that's the call I need to mock. I'll have to play with that a bit. Can I really just initialize an arbitrary structure and use will_return() to stuff it into the queue? That was not apparent from what I could read. Because the function being tested knows and uses elements of that structure, it has to be populated with appropriate values prior to putting it into the queue. Then rinse and repeat for several boundary values and error conditions.

Thank you,

[Stewart Miles]

You can add a value / pointer to anything in using will_return(). If you want to get fancy you could implement a fake filesystem if you want.

On Nov 12, 2012 10:45 AM, "Bob McConnell" <r...@cbord.com> wrote:

Yes, that's the call I need to mock. I'll have to play with that a bit. Can I really just initialize an arbitrary structure and use will_return() to stuff it into the queue? That was not apparent from what I could read. Because the function being tested knows and uses elements of that structure, it has to be populated with appropriate values prior to putting it into the queue. Then rinse and repeat for several boundary values and error conditions.

Thank you,

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