Re: [Mockobjects-java-users] simulating vs. reproducing behavior

[Steve F. <st...@m3...>]

From: "Brian Denny" <br...@dl...>
> but Version C is the only one of the three that really specifies what
i am
> trying to test.  if i am writing a function to update a bunch of
objects in
> a database, what i care about is that the objects got updated
correctly.  i
> don't care HOW they got updated.  Version A and B both test that the
update
> happened a certain way.
>
> maybe this whole dilemma is the fault of JDBC, because it provides 2
> different *interfaces* for accomplishing the same functionality...?
but on
> the other hand, it would be nice to be able to write test code that
would
> pass even if i decided to re-implement my update() by making a raw
socket
> connection to the SQL server...

it seems to me that, at some point, you have to exercise your jdbc code.
When you come to do that, I hope you find mocks useful. If version C is
what you want to achieve, then maybe you need some intermediate objects
to buffer that which, in turn, can be mocked up?

Steve