Returning a boost::shared_ptr from a mocked function

[Thomas]

I have a class member function with following signature:

boost::shared_ptr<Message> ReceiveMessage();

with the following mock declaration:

MOCK_METHOD0(ReceiveMessage, boost::shared_ptr<CciMessage>());

This compiles without problems. I would like to write an EXPECT_CALL
that returns a shared_ptr that points to an object with a particular
value. I've tried things like

Message message;
EXPECT_CALL(mLayer,
ReceiveMessage()).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(Pointee(message)));

but this does not compile. There's no specific Returnx() for a
boost::shared_ptr, like there is for a C++ reference. Is this
possible? Perhaps there is another way to go about this?

[Vlad Losev]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Thomas <thomas....@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a class member function with following signature:

 boost::shared_ptr<Message> ReceiveMessage();

with the following mock declaration:

MOCK_METHOD0(ReceiveMessage, boost::shared_ptr<CciMessage>());

This compiles without problems. I would like to write an EXPECT_CALL
that returns a shared_ptr that points to an object with a particular
value. I've tried things like

Message message;
EXPECT_CALL(mLayer,
ReceiveMessage()).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(Pointee(message)));

but this does not compile.

Pointee() is a matcher, it doesn't really return values and you cannot use it with Return().

 

There's no specific Returnx() for a
boost::shared_ptr, like there is for a C++ reference. Is this
possible? Perhaps there is another way to go about this?

Doesn't

boost::shared_ptr<CciMessage> message(new CciMessage);

EXPECT_CALL(mLayer, ReceiveMessage()).WillOnce(Return(message));

work? I assume you used CciMessage in both your class and mock definitions.