Re: [Mockobjects-java-users] Question on best practices

[<lau...@ma...>]

On  8 May, Steve Freeman wrote:
> Do you have an example?
> 

Well, something like this:

Foo methodToTest() {
  ObjectHome home = mockFactory.getHomeObject();
  Object o = home.create()

  return o.getFoo();
}

In order for this method to be tested correctly, o has to be avalid object.
I have two way of doing this: either Home.create() implements all the logic
to create a correct Foo object (and in our case, sometimes that's a
multi-step operation) or I add a setupFoo(Foo o) method that will
effectively do the same thing, but the multi-step operation occurs outside
of the mock object that is returned by getHomeObject().

I think what I need to understand is where do I stop reimplementing the
logic of my real application in the mock object?

L

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