Re: [DOTNET] Securing testability...

2002-04-15 Thread Marsh, Drew
Justin Rudd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > I'm very familiar with Mock Objects > (http://abstractadonet.sourceforge.net/mock.html). Cool stuff... and this is much simpler with the System.Data namespace since they actually did factor it all out into interfaces. > My > question was really a

Re: [DOTNET] Securing testability...

2002-04-15 Thread Ian Griffiths
I ran into exactly this scenario in a Java project. I did what Drew suggests here - I created my own abstraction on top of the queue. (Actually when I started writing it was still up in the air as to exactly which package we were going to use for message queueing - we had to connect a Java syste

Re: [DOTNET] Securing testability...

2002-04-15 Thread Justin Rudd
Hi Drew, > Lots of people do this, it's a well-known testing > pattern referred to as Mock Objects[1]. I'm very familiar with Mock Objects (http://abstractadonet.sourceforge.net/mock.html). My question was really a request for comments. I was wondering HOW people are approaching the problem.

Re: [DOTNET] Securing testability...

2002-04-15 Thread Marsh, Drew
Justin Rudd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > I was wondering, how many people do this? What are some > other ways that you are accomplishing the same thing? Lots of people do this, it's a well-known testing pattern referred to as Mock Objects[1]. However, you run into a problem using Mock O

[DOTNET] Securing testability...

2002-04-15 Thread Justin Rudd
Let's say that I have the following (useless) method... public void GetMessage() { Message m = _messageQueue.Receive(); } Now I'm tied to MSMQ (which is not the problem), but it makes it hard to test because I've got to preload a queue with messages before I can test. What if I did this..