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Stubbing is modifying an instance method or property of an object at runtime to extend its functionality.

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Correct way to add helper functions for an rspec spec

So I need a helper function to created 'unprocessed tweets' similar to how I might receive them from the Twitter API gem, so I can test my models functionality under certain conditions. To do this I added a helper function inside my objects…
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Mockito: how to stub void methods to run some code when called

I want to stub a repository class to test another class (Holder class) that has a repository. The repository interface supports CRUD operations, and has many methods, but my unit test on the Holder class only needs to call two of them. The…
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stub method only on the first call with Rspec

How can I stub a method only on the first call, and in the second one it should behave as expected? I have the following method: def method do_stuff rescue => MyException sleep rand retry end I want to the first call of do_stuff to raise…
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Stubbing with Wiremock - WithBodyFile Location other than _files

Wiremock Documentation states that the location of the file specified in withBodyFile should be in src/test/resources/__files. I would like to have file in src/test/resources/Testing_ABC/Testcase2/myfile.xml. Is there any way I can achieve this ? I…
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Stubbing defaults in Mockito

How can I stub a method such that when given a value I'm not expecting, it returns a default value? For example: Map map =…
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Alter Mock object after .Object property has been called

I am currently writing unit tests and mocking a dependency using Moq framework. In doing this I have created a Mock like so: Mock traceProviderMock = new Mock(); traceProviderMock.Setup(x =>…
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How to stub error raising using Rspec in Rails?

I'm new to Rails and Rspec and I'm using Rspec to test this controller method which includes exception handling: def search_movies_director @current_movie = Movie.find(params[:id]) begin @movies = Movie.find_movies_director(params[:id]) …
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Mockito re-stub method already stubbed with thenthrow

I ran into a problem with mockito. I am developing a web application. In my tests the user management is mocked. There are some cases when I have to alter the User returned by the getLoggedInUser() method. The problem is, that my getLoggedInUser()…
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Rspec -- need to stub File.open that gets called in another file

In my test I'm initializing a new class called Package with some parameters. In the initialization of this class, I open a file that is available on my remote boxes but not something that is commonly there locally. I was wondering how I would go…
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What is the difference between rhino-mocks stub and expect

What is the difference between rhino-mocks stub and expect here: Looks to me that they behave exact the same? mockContext.Stub(x => x.Find()) .Return(new List() { new Blog() { Id = 1, Title = "Test" } …
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How to test a function which takes a block with rspec

I have a function, which accepts a block, opens a file, yields and returns: def start &block .....do some stuff File.open("filename", "w") do |f| f.write("something") ....do some more stuff yield end end I am…
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MOQ stubbing property value on "Any" object

I'm working on some code that follows a pattern of encapsulating all arguments to a method as a "request" object and returning a "response" object. However, this has produced some problems when it comes to mocking with MOQ. For example: public…
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Mockito - Stubbing a method of an object that was returned by a mock object method

Let's say I have an mock object, and I don't want to stub any of it's methods, but I want to stub a method of an object it returns. For example, when(mockObject.method1()).thenReturn(returnValue) is how it's normally done, but I'm looking…
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getting the object passed as an argument to a stubbed method with Mocha

Foo.expects(:bar) Foo.bar(:abc => 123, :xyz => 987) # assert Foo.bar was called with a hash that has a key of :abc == 123 Basically I want to examine the object passed as an argument to a stubbed method, in order to inspect on a value of that…
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Stubbing Paperclip S3 requests in specs

I am using Paperclip and S3 for image uploads and am trying to stub out calls to S3 from my test suite. I found the thoughtbot post which mentions doing a.cover { a.paperclip_fixture('album', 'cover', 'png') } but that gives me a "wrong…
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