Re: [Mockobjects-java-users] MockObjects and Factories best practices

[Olaf K. <ok...@ab...>]

Hi John,

John Sisk wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> What is the best practice for integrating mocks into a project? 

The key point is to shift object creation from classes to be
tested to somewhere outside. That doesn't necessarily meen a
factory to be involved, but the class in question will be
parameterized with their collaborators from somewhere outside
(probably/sometimes in the constructor).

This way production code constructs objects and parameterizes
them with "real" collaborators (and may do so with the use of
factories or builders). Testcode on the other hand directly
creates objects under test and parameterizes them with
MockObjects suiting its particular needs.

Don't pollute factories with mockobjects. (That is - if you
wanted to ask that and I understood correctly). Production
code should be able to be delivered without any MockObject.

Hope that helps?

Olaf

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