Hi Carlos, Just wanted to say that I'm not against providing some stubs. I think this is very useful. I guess the only thing I'm saying is that unit testing of plugins is possible right now using mocks. If I find some time in the future, I'll document it.
Thanks -Vincent > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos > Sanchez > Sent: samedi 18 février 2006 21:32 > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: plugin testing > > On 2/18/06, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Carlos > > > Sanchez > > > Sent: samedi 18 février 2006 20:14 > > > To: Maven Developers List > > > Subject: Re: plugin testing > > > > > > I thought more about static mocks vs. dinamic mocks, i think this is > > > what you call stubs vs. mocks. > > > > Not quite. There are 2 types of mocks: static and dynamic. They are > > different from stubs. I could point you at JUnit in Action where I've > tried > > to explain the difference ;-) but here's another explanation: > > http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TestDouble.html > > > > Thanks for the pointer. After reading it, what I'd like to have are stubs > > > > > What I found is that while jmock is great for certain cases, like > > > throwing an exception as you say, for other common tasks static mocks > > > are easier and require less test code. > > > > I don't quite agree... :-) > > > > When this happens this is a code smell. As I said either you're mocking > too > > deep or your code has a design issue. Here's a very good article on the > > topic of using mocks: > > http://www.jmock.org/oopsla2004.pdf > > > > Creating a mock with jMock takes more lines than creating a Stub > (castings, setting expectations,... vs. just "new X()"), that's why > I'd like to have stubs for the common objects. > > > > I do agree though that there are some very simple cases when you don't > need > > a mock at all. For example when you have a data object there's usually > no > > point in mocking it. > > Sure > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
