Re: [Simpletest-support] Forcing a mock to throw an exception

[Perrick P. <pe...@no...>]

The FAQ is next on my personal TODO list. And such response will be 
really useful.

Thanks !

	Perrick



Dagfinn Reiersøl wrote:
> todd runstein wrote:
>> I'm looking for a way to make my mock object throw an exception. I want to
>> test that my class under test catches and handles any thrown exceptions
>> correctly.  I want to add a call to my mock object similar to:
>>
>> $this->mymock->setReturnValue('doomedmethod', new Exception('thanks'));
>>
>> Or even better:
>> $this->mymock->expectAndThrow('doomedmethod', new Exception('thanks'));
>>
>> Any advice on whether this exists in simpletest? If not, is there any other
>> way to test my classes exception handling logic?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>   
> You can decorate the mock object as I explain in my response to this thread:
> 
> *http://tinyurl.com/5n9w4l*
> 
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