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A group of methods added to Object class to enable simple mocking of instance or class methods. This mocking can be done temporarily within the scope of a block. Alternatively it can be done indefinitely until explicitly undone.

Object#mock¶ ↑

method for mocking or adding methods for a single object (or class methods if the object is a class instance) methods: a comma separated key value pairs where the key is the name of the instance method to be mocked and the value is the new definition in the form of a proc or lambda or simply the required return for the mocked method An optional block can passed so that the mocking is applied only within the scope of the block

example usage:

d = Duck.new; p d.quack; p d.swim; p d.eat("fish")
# => "quack!" "swimming!" "yummy fish!!"
d.mock(:quack => "Haaahaa", :swim => "Tshhhhhhh") do
 p d.quack; p d.swim
end
# => "Haaahaa" "Tshhhhhhh"
d.mock(:eat => lambda {|food| "No #{food}. Not hungry!!}) do
 p d.eat("fish")
end
# => "No fish. Not hungry!!"
d.hi
# => NoMethodError: undefined method `hi'
d.mock(:hi => "Hi boss!!")
d.hi
# => "Hi boss!!"
p Duck.all;                     # => "quackwaaack waaack quaaaack!"
Duck.mock(:all => "Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaah")
p Duck.all
# => "Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaah"
Duck.unmock                     # => [:all]
p Duck.all;                     # => "quackwaaack waaack quaaaack!"

Object#unmock¶ ↑

method for unmocking methods mocked by mock method methods: a comma separated list of names of instance methods to be unmocked when no methods are passed all mocked instance methods will be unmocked returns: array of the names of methods unmocked

example usage:

d = Duck.new;
p d.quack; p d.swim                   # => "quack!" "swimming!"
d.mock(:quack => "Haaahaa", :swim => "Tshhhhhhh")
p d.quack; p d.swim                   # => "Haaahaa" "Tshhhhhhh"
d.unmock(:quack, :swim)
p d.quack; p d.swim                   # => "quack!" "swimming!"

Object#class_mock¶ ↑

The same as mock methods but applies mocking for all instances of the class This method can be either called on the class object or on any instance of the class

example usage:

p Duck.new.quack                      # => "quack!"
Duck.class_mock(:quack => "Haaahaa") do
 p Duck.new.quack                    # => "Haaahaa"
end
p Duck.new.quack                      # => "quack!"

d = Duck.new
p d.swim                              # => "swimming!"
d.class_mock(:swim => "Tshhhhhhh") do
 p Duck.new.swim; p d.swim           # => "Tshhhhhhh" "Tshhhhhhh"
end
p Duck.new.swim                       # => "swimming!"

Object#class_unmock¶ ↑

method for unmocking methods mocked using class_mock This method can be either called on the class object or on any instance of the class methods: a comma separated list of names of instance methods to be unmocked when no methods are passed all mocked instance methods will be unmocked returns: array of the names of methods unmocked

example:

d = Duck.new
p d.swim                              # => "swimming!"
d.class_mock(:swim => "Buckbuckbuck")
p Duck.new.swim; p d.swim             # => "Buckbuckbuck" "Buckbuckbuck"
Duck.class_unmock(:swim)
p Duck.new.swim; p d.swim             # => "swimming!" "swimming!"