Module pmock

Python mock object framework, providing support for creating mock objects for use in unit testing.

The api is modelled on the jmock mock object framework.

   import pmock
   import unittest

   class PowerStation(object):
       def start_up(self, reactor):
           try:
               reactor.activate('core')
           except Exception, err:
               reactor.shutdown()

   class PowerStationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
       def test_successful_activation(self):
           mock = pmock.Mock()
           mock.expects(pmock.once()).activate(pmock.eq('core'))
           PowerStation().start_up(mock)
           mock.verify()
       def test_problematic_activation(self):
           mock = pmock.Mock()
           mock.expects(pmock.once()).activate(pmock.eq('core')).will(
               pmock.throw_exception(RuntimeError('overheating')))
           mock.expects(pmock.once()).shutdown()
           PowerStation().start_up(mock)
           mock.verify()

   if __name__ == '__main__':
       unittest.main()

Further information is available in the bundled documentation, and from http://pmock.sourceforge.net/

Copyright (c) 2004, Graham Carlyle

This module is free software, and you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Python itself, so long as this copyright message and disclaimer are retained in their original form.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS CODE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.