On 10/29/07, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For mock testing, just extend that service CFC and override that one > method. That one method is often responsible for creating the cached > object on-demand so the extended mock can double up as both a mock for > the cache access and a way to substitute the creation of the cached > object.
And just as a footnote on this: I don't like to break encapsulation just to make testing easier and I don't like to introduction additional, unnecessary abstractions just to make testing easier. Mocking by extension is a reasonable way around encapsulation and it doesn't need the extra abstraction. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
