[Springframework-developer] mock objects

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Hi everybody,

I'm currently trying to integrate the basic mock objects from the test =
tree into the src tree, on the occasion of writing some test suites for =
an application project that uses Spring. The rationale behind this is =
that most of the mock objects are not just useful for Spring tests but =
also for application tests. This demands including them in the Spring =
distribution, and thus moving them to the main source tree. Besides, the =
"servletapi", "mo.ejb", and "jdbc" package names in the test tree aren't =
proper anyway.

My main need are the JNDI mocks that allow for building a JNDI tree with =
the application's environment, containing JDBC data sources and in our =
case Hibernate session factories - completely without any container. To =
achieve this, I've created a new SimpleDataSource mock that simply =
returns new connections on every getConnection call - which works nicely =
with Hibernate (BTW, in contrast to SingleConnectionDataSource that =
cannot handle standard Connection.close calls). TestDataSource is now in =
com.interface21.jdbc.core in the test tree, derived from =
SimpleDataSource.

Thus, I've moved the JNDI mocks to com.interface21.jndi.mock, and the =
JDBC mocks (SimpleDataSource and SingleConnectionDataSource) to =
com.interface21.jdbc.mock. Consequently, I've additionally moved the 2 =
EJB mocks to com.interface21.ejb.mock, and the Servlet mocks to =
com.interface21.web.mock. I don't use the latter 2 for application tests =
currently, but I might choose to do so sometime.

Of course, this step adds a few classes to the main source tree and to =
the distribution JARS, but that couple of KBs is hardly worth thinking =
about. I'd mainly like to know if anyone objects to moving these mock =
objects to the main source tree as a matter of principle, and if the new =
package names would be OK.

Regards,
Juergen


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