NAME

Test::MockObject::Extends - mock part of an object or class

SYNOPSIS

  use Some::Class;
  use Test::MockObject::Extends;

  # create an object to mock
  my $object      = Some::Class->new();

  # wrap that same object with a mocking wrapper
  $object         = Test::MockObject::Extends->new( $object );

  # now chain mock and control calls
  $object->set_true( 'parent_method' )
         ->set_always( -grandparent_method => 1 )
         ->clear();

DESCRIPTION

Test::MockObject::Extends lets you mock one or more methods of an existing object or class. This can be very handy when you're testing a well-factored module that does almost exactly what you want. Wouldn't it be handy to take control of a method or two to make sure you receive testable results? Now you can.

METHODS

new( $object | $class ): new() takes one optional argument, the object or class to mock. If you're mocking a method for an object that holds internal state, create an appropriate object, then pass it to this constructor. NOTE: this will modify the object in place.; If you're mocking an object that does not need state, as in the cases where there's no internal data or you'll only be calling class methods, or where you'll be mocking all of the access to internal data, you can pass in the name of the class to mock partially.; If you've not yet loaded the class, this method will try to load it for you. This may fail, so beware.; If you pass no arguments, it will assume you really meant to create a normal Test::MockObject object and will oblige you.; Note that if you pass a class, the object returned will appear to be an instance of that class; this does not mock the class itself.
mock( $methodname, $sub_ref ): See the documentation for Test::MockObject for all of the ways to mock methods and to retrieve method logging information. These methods return the invocant, so you can chain them.
unmock( $methodname ): Removes any active mocking of the named method. This means any calls to that method will hit the method of that name in the class being mocked, if it exists. This method returns the invocant, you can chain it.
isa( $class ): As you'd expect from a mocked object, this will return true for the class it's mocking.

INTERNAL METHODS

To do its magic, this module uses several internal methods:

check_class_loaded( $parent_class )

gen_autoload( $extended )

the Test::MockObject manpage

can()

gen_can( $extended )

can()

gen_autoload()

gen_isa( $extended )

isa()

$extended

gen_get_parents( $extended )

__get_parents()

$extended

gen_package( $extended )

get_class( $invocant )

CAVEATS

There may be some weird corner cases with dynamically generated methods in the mocked class. You really should use subroutine declarations though, or at least set can() appropriately.

There are also potential name collisions with methods in this module or Test::MockObject, though this should be rare.

AUTHOR

chromatic, <chromatic at wgz dot org>

Documentation bug fixed by Stevan Little. Additional AUTOLOAD approach suggested by Adam Kennedy. Other bugs reported by Paul the Nomad and Praveen Ray. Thank you all!

BUGS

No known bugs.

COPYRIGHT

Test::MockObject::Extends - mock part of an object or class