Rails - Dec 2005 - Using mocks

Hi,

What's the purpose of test/mocks? I couldn't quite complete the Wiki
entry on this because all the information I _could_ find was in the
readme.

  - Rowan

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As an example, let''s say you have a model called Order. Order has a  
method called authorize which when you run in production mode  
actually calls PayPal or some other credit agencies. But in  
development mode you want to mock this process. What you should do is  
to place order.rb file into your test/mocks/development directory and  
provide a mock implementation of the authorize method. For example:

require_dependency ''models/order''
class Order
   def authorize
     set_success(@total > 500.dollars)
   end
end


Kent.

On Dec 27, 2005, at 2:17 PM, BigSmoke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What''s the purpose of test/mocks? I couldn''t quite
complete the Wiki
> entry on this because all the information I _could_ find was in the
> readme.
>
>   - Rowan
>
> --
> Morality is usually taught by the immoral.
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Thank you for clearing this up for me.

Which mock library is mostly used for developing with Rails? I'm
assuming http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/test-unit-mock, since that
seems to be used by LoginGenerator, but since there are others, ...

  - Rowan

On 12/27/05, Kent Sibilev <ksruby@gmail.com>
wrote:
> As an example, let's say you have a model called Order. Order has a
> method called authorize which when you run in production mode
> actually calls PayPal or some other credit agencies. But in
> development mode you want to mock this process. What you should do is
> to place order.rb file into your test/mocks/development directory and
> provide a mock implementation of the authorize method. For example:
>
> require_dependency 'models/order'
> class Order
>    def authorize
>      set_success(@total > 500.dollars)
>    end
> end
>
>
> Kent.
>
> On Dec 27, 2005, at 2:17 PM, BigSmoke wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's the purpose of test/mocks? I couldn't quite complete
the Wiki
> > entry on this because all the information I _could_ find was in the
> > readme.
> >
> >   - Rowan
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Rails doesn''t use a mock library as such - it just arranges for
source under test/mocks/ to be at the top of require()s search path.

If you look at the code below, first the main Order class is loaded, then
you just redefine the method you want to change (that''s the nice thing
about
Rubys open classes).

On 27/12/05, BigSmoke <bigsmoke-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Which mock library is mostly used for developing with Rails? I''m
> assuming http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/test-unit-mock, since that
> seems to be used by LoginGenerator, but since there are others, ...
> On 12/27/05, Kent Sibilev
<ksruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > require_dependency ''models/order''
> > class Order
> >    def authorize
> >      set_success(@total > 500.dollars)
> >    end
> > end


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> Rails doesn''t use a mock library as such - it just arranges for
> source under test/mocks/ to be at the top of require()s search path.
Defining a dummy class in test/mocks/ doesn''t make it a mock.  It
means you''ve defined a stub in a poorly named directory.

FWIW, I enjoy using FlexMock in Rails.  Install the gem, or copy
flexmock.rb to lib/

-Steven.
> If you look at the code below, first the main Order class is loaded, then
> you just redefine the method you want to change (that''s the nice
thing about
> Rubys open classes).
>
> On 27/12/05, BigSmoke
<bigsmoke-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Which mock library is mostly used for developing with Rails?
I''m
> > assuming http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/test-unit-mock, since that
> > seems to be used by LoginGenerator, but since there are others, ...
>
> > On 12/27/05, Kent Sibilev
<ksruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > require_dependency ''models/order''
> > > class Order
> > >    def authorize
> > >      set_success(@total > 500.dollars)
> > >    end
> > > end
>
>
>
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