This email should have said "No.. you are correct that there is not really
that much of a difference"
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Shane Courtrille
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> No.. and that is the problem. The difference is very much a conceptual
> thing so it's very important that it be protected. By allowing the
> assertion of stub calls the usage of stub and mock is diluted.
>
> Maybe you can help us understand why someone want to be able to assert stub
> calls and your view on why this was a good feature to add? Isn't that what
> a mock is for?
>
> Shane
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Ayende Rahien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Because there isn't really much of a difference between the two, and I got
>> feature request to be able to assert of stub calls.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Shane Courtrille <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Which to me is the standard difference between the two.
>>>
>>> The question is why does the interface for a stub have to support
>>> operations which are the domain of a mock object? When a new comer looks at
>>> a Stub shouldn't they be able to tell the difference without having to deal
>>> with the mental baggage of "Hey wait.. a stub looks a lot like a mock to
>>> me".
>>>
>>> Shane
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Ayende Rahien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The main thing is a concpetual difference.I would use stub if I don't
>>>> care about what is going to happen
>>>> I would use a mock if I do care.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Tim Barcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am working on a presentation and was about to make the assertion,
>>>>> "stubs can't have expectations set on them". I decide to double check
>>>>> myself and run the following code and see that I can set expectations.
>>>>> (Removing the call to logger.Log in the Order method causes the test to
>>>>> fail).
>>>>>
>>>>> [TestFixture]
>>>>> public class Stubs
>>>>> {
>>>>> [Test]
>>>>> public void CreateStub()
>>>>> {
>>>>> var logger = MockRepository.GenerateStub<ILogger>();
>>>>>
>>>>> var svc = new OrderService(logger);
>>>>>
>>>>> svc.Order();
>>>>>
>>>>> logger.AssertWasCalled(x=>x.Log("hello"));
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> public class OrderService
>>>>> {
>>>>> private readonly ILogger logger;
>>>>>
>>>>> public OrderService(ILogger logger)
>>>>> {
>>>>> this.logger = logger;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> public void Order()
>>>>> {
>>>>> logger.Log("hello");
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> public interface ILogger
>>>>> {
>>>>> void Log(string message);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>
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