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NAME

Test::MockModule - Override subroutines in a module for unit testing

SYNOPSIS

        use Module::Name;
        use Test::MockModule;

        {
                my $module = Test::MockModule->new('Module::Name');
                $module->mock('subroutine', sub { ... });
                Module::Name::subroutine(@args); # mocked

                #Same effect, but this will die() if other_subroutine()
                #doesn't already exist, which is often desirable.
                $module->redefine('other_subroutine', sub { ... });
        }

        Module::Name::subroutine(@args); # original subroutine

        # Working with objects
        use Foo;
        use Test::MockModule;
        {
                my $mock = Test::MockModule->new('Foo');
                $mock->mock(foo => sub { print "Foo!\n"; });

                my $foo = Foo->new();
                $foo->foo(); # prints "Foo!\n"
        }

DESCRIPTION

Test::MockModule lets you temporarily redefine subroutines in other packages for the purposes of unit testing.

A Test::MockModule object is set up to mock subroutines for a given module. The object remembers the original subroutine so it can be easily restored. This happens automatically when all MockModule objects for the given module go out of scope, or when you unmock() the subroutine.

METHODS

new($package[, %options])

Returns an object that will mock subroutines in the specified $package.

If there is no $VERSION defined in $package, the module will be automatically loaded. You can override this behaviour by setting the no_auto option:

        my $mock = Test::MockModule->new('Module::Name', no_auto => 1);

get_package()

Returns the target package name for the mocked subroutines

is_mocked($subroutine)

Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the subroutine is currently mocked

mock($subroutine => \&coderef)

Temporarily replaces one or more subroutines in the mocked module. A subroutine can be mocked with a code reference or a scalar. A scalar will be recast as a subroutine that returns the scalar.

The following statements are equivalent:

        $module->mock(purge => 'purged');
        $module->mock(purge => sub { return 'purged'});

When dealing with references, things behave slightly differently. The following statements are NOT equivalent:

        # Returns the same arrayref each time, with the localtime() at time of mocking
        $module->mock(updated => [localtime()]);
        # Returns a new arrayref each time, with up-to-date localtime() value
        $module->mock(updated => sub { return [localtime()]});

The following statements are in fact equivalent:

        my $array_ref = [localtime()]
        $module->mock(updated => $array_ref)
        $module->mock(updated => sub { return $array_ref });

However, undef is a special case. If you mock a subroutine with undef it will install an empty subroutine

        $module->mock(purge => undef);
        $module->mock(purge => sub { });

rather than a subroutine that returns undef:

        $module->mock(purge => sub { undef });

You can call mock() for the same subroutine many times, but when you call unmock(), the original subroutine is restored (not the last mocked instance).

MOCKING + EXPORT

If you are trying to mock a subroutine exported from another module, this may not behave as you initially would expect, since Test::MockModule is only mocking at the target module, not anything importing that module. If you mock the local package, or use a fully qualified function name, you will get the behavior you desire:

        use Test::MockModule;
        use Test::More;
        use POSIX qw/strftime/;

        my $posix = Test::MockModule->new("POSIX");

        $posix->mock("strftime", "Yesterday");
        is strftime("%D", localtime(time)), "Yesterday", "`strftime` was mocked successfully"; # Fails
        is POSIX::strftime("%D", localtime(time)), "Yesterday", "`strftime` was mocked successfully"; # Succeeds

        my $main = Test::MockModule->new("main", no_auto => 1);
        $main->mock("strftime", "today");
        is strftime("%D", localtime(time)), "today", "`strftime` was mocked successfully"; # Succeeds

If you are trying to mock a subroutine that was exported into a module that you're trying to test, rather than mocking the subroutine in its originating module, you can instead mock it in the module you are testing:

        package MyModule;
        use POSIX qw/strftime/;

        sub minus_twentyfour
        {
                return strftime("%a, %b %d, %Y", localtime(time - 86400));
        }

        package main;
        use Test::More;
        use Test::MockModule;

        my $posix = Test::MockModule->new("POSIX");
        $posix->mock("strftime", "Yesterday");

        is MyModule::minus_twentyfour(), "Yesterday", "`minus-twentyfour` got mocked"; # fails

        my $mymodule = Test::MockModule->new("MyModule", no_auto => 1);
        $mymodule->mock("strftime", "Yesterday");
        is MyModule::minus_twentyfour(), "Yesterday", "`minus-twentyfour` got mocked"; # succeeds

redefine($subroutine)

The same behavior as mock(), but this will preemptively check to be sure that all passed subroutines actually exist. This is useful to ensure that if a mocked module's interface changes the test doesn't just keep on testing a code path that no longer behaves consistently with the mocked behavior.

Note that redefine is also now checking if one of the parent provides the sub and will not die if it's available in the chain.

original($subroutine)

Returns the original (unmocked) subroutine

Here is a sample how to wrap a function with custom arguments using the original subroutine. This is useful when you cannot (do not) want to alter the original code to abstract one hardcoded argument pass to a function.

        package MyModule;

        sub sample {
                return get_path_for("/a/b/c/d");
        }

        sub get_path_for {
                ... # anything goes there...
        }

        package main;
        use Test::MockModule;

        my $mock = Test::MockModule->new("MyModule");
        # replace all calls to get_path_for using a different argument
        $mock->redefine("get_path_for", sub {
                return $mock->original("get_path_for")->("/my/custom/path");
        });

        # or

        $mock->redefine("get_path_for", sub {
                my $path = shift;
                if ( $path && $path eq "/a/b/c/d" ) {
                        # only alter calls with path set to "/a/b/c/d"
                        return $mock->original("get_path_for")->("/my/custom/path");
                } else { # preserve the original arguments
                        return $mock->original("get_path_for")->(@_);
                }
        });

unmock($subroutine [, ...])

Restores the original $subroutine. You can specify a list of subroutines to unmock() in one go.

unmock_all()

Restores all the subroutines in the package that were mocked. This is automatically called when all Test::MockObject objects for the given package go out of scope.

noop($subroutine [, ...])

Given a list of subroutine names, mocks each of them with a no-op subroutine. Handy for mocking methods you want to ignore!

    # Neuter a list of methods in one go
    $module->noop('purge', 'updated');

TRACE

A stub for Log::Trace

DUMP

A stub for Log::Trace

SEE ALSO

the Test::MockObject::Extends manpage

the Sub::Override manpage

AUTHORS

Current Maintainer: Geoff Franks <gfranks@cpan.org>

Original Author: Simon Flack <simonflk _AT_ cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2004 Simon Flack <simonflk _AT_ cpan.org>. All rights reserved

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.