You are right Dave, I was thinking about it, but with a different interface, like:
Aidmock.double(Interface) but I mean your is cooler, and user will be able to apply mocks/stubs directly I will work on it today :) Thanks --- Wilker Lúcio http://about.me/wilkerlucio/bio Kajabi Consultant +55 81 82556600 On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:45 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Jan 16, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Wilker wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I launched some days ago a new project that aims to make the use of mocks > safer. > This is the URL of project: https://github.com/wilkerlucio/aidmock > > The basic idea is to make user define interfaces of classes, when user > defines the class interface (which is something like defining method > signatures on C or Java) Aidmock automatic generate some sanity check > specs, these specs will verify if class has the method defined, and if > it respect arity of interface. > > And more important, when user create mocks while developing specs, it > will verify all defined mocks, and check if they are respecting > defined interface. > > You can saw more about project motivation here(with some example of > why it exists): https://github.com/wilkerlucio/aidmock/wiki/Motivation > > This project is a kind of experimental one, with a different idea, and > any feedback will be really welcome. > > > Hi Wilker, > > There have been numerous requests for a tool that would warn when mocking > method that don't exist, and I think it is great that you are working on > aidmock. > > In the Motivation wiki page, you say that you recommend using real objects > instead of mocks in all cases. I don't agree with this, as an important > basis for mock objects is the idea that we should mock roles, not objects > [1]. > > I imagine that aidmock could work equally well with real objects and mock > objects if there were a hook to tell a mock what interfaces it is allowed to > stub. Something like: > > account = double('account').constrained_to(MyInterface) > > WDYT? > > [1] http://static.mockobjects.com/files/mockrolesnotobjects.pdf > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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