mocking propertys

[gary]

is it possible to mock methods with the @property annotation or
propertys and propertys calculated by functions


regards
gary

[Serhiy Oplakanets]

In short: NO.
You can mock setters and deleters, but not getters, as current
implementation doesn't allow that.
However I'm not sure this is feasible to do with mockito. Did you
consider creating a mock class by hands?

[gary]

On Jul 27, 8:20 am, Serhiy Oplakanets <ser...@oplakanets.com> wrote:
> In short: NO.
> You can mock setters and deleters, but not getters, as current
> implementation doesn't allow that.

ok thats an interesting comment what is the shortcoming that doesn't
allow mocking of getters...

> However I'm not sure this is feasible to do with mockito. Did you
> consider creating a mock class by hands?

Ah I have just started to use mockito to avoid that ;-)


regards and manyt hanks for the comments
gary

[Serhiy Oplakanets]

> ok thats an interesting comment what is the shortcoming that doesn't
> allow mocking of getters...

Getters are not really executed as functions, and mockito can answer
only to call (parentheses)
This is both due to properties implementation and mockito
implementation. Check out the code.

> Ah I have just started to use mockito to avoid that ;-)

Wrong way to go if you ask me. One should always prefer using hand-
rolled mocks. They're always closer to domain model and easier to read/
understand.
Your mocking tool should only help you in cases when hand-rolled mocks
become complex and hard to implement.

Maybe those will inspire you:
http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2010/01/23/mocking-mocking-and-testing-outcomes
http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/10/28/manual-mocking-resisting-the-invasion-of-dots-and-parentheses
http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2010/01/15/tdd-hand-written-stubs-vs-framework-generated-stubs/

[Christoph Neuroth]

> Ah I have just started to use mockito to avoid that ;-)

Me too. How did you dend up testing your properties?
Chris