On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Tobi <listacco...@e-tobi.net> wrote: > Hi! > > I need to write some wrapper classes, that derive from SWIG generated > proxy classes for some C/C++ extensions. > > The Ruby wrapper classes need to do a lot of 'super' calls to the base > classes generated by SWIG. > > The question is: Is there any way to make RSpec mock a base class and > record/verify that certain methods on a base class are called? > > As long as the methods in the derived class have different names this is > no problem, but otherwise it doesn't seem to be possible - at least not > with RSpec's mocking/stubbing facilities, does it? > > I see other ways to do this, like wrapping an instance of the Swig class > instead of deriving from it or writing some custom mocking code that fakes > the base class e.g. with define_method, but I'm especially asking if this > is possible with RSpec.
+1 to composition over inheritance here. Mocking at different layers of an inheritance hierarchy sounds like trouble and screams to pull that thing apart. Composition will allow you to separate an inheritance hierarchy (if you do need one) from the swig base classes, and it provides a clean separation between the swig stuff and your application stuff. > > thx, > > Tobias > > module Swig > class Base > def initialize(arg) > end > > def do_something(arg) > end > end > end > > module Wrapper > class Derived << Swig::Base > def initialize(arg) > super(arg) > yield(self) if block_given? > end > > def do_something(arg) > do_something(arg) > # additional behaviour here > end > end > end > > describe Wrapper::Derived do > it 'should initialize the base class with the same argument' do > # No idea, how to mock Base.initialize() here > end > > it 'should do something with the base class when doing something' do > # No idea, how to mock Base.do_something() here > end > end > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- Zach Dennis http://www.continuousthinking.com http://www.mutuallyhuman.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
