NAME

Mock::Quick - Quickly mock objects and classes, even temporarily replace them, side-effect free.

DESCRIPTION

Mock-Quick is here to solve the current problems with Mocking libraries.

There are a couple Mocking libraries available on CPAN. The primary problems with these libraries include verbose syntax, and most importantly side-effects. Some Mocking libraries expect you to mock a specific class, and will unload it then redefine it. This is particularily a problem if you only want to override a class on a lexical level.

Mock-Object provides a declarative mocking interface that results in a very concise, but clear syntax. There are seperate facilities for mocking object instances, and classes. You can quickly create an instance of an object with custom attributes and methods. You can also quickly create an anonymous class, optionally inhereting from another, with whatever methods you desire.

Mock-Object also provides a tool that provides an OO interface to overriding methods in existing classes. This tool also allows for the restoration of the original class methods. Best of all this is a localized tool, when your control object falls out of scope the original class is restored.

SYNOPSIS

MOCKING OBJECTS

    use Mock::Quick;

    my $obj = obj(
        foo => 'bar',            # define attribute
        do_it => qmeth { ... },  # define method
        ...
    );

    is( $obj->foo, 'bar' );
    $obj->foo( 'baz' );
    is( $obj->foo, 'baz' );

    $obj->do_it();

    # define the new attribute automatically
    $obj->bar( 'xxx' );

    # define a new method on the fly
    $obj->baz( qmeth { ... });

    # remove an attribute or method
    $obj->baz( qclear() );

MOCKING CLASSES

    use Mock::Quick;

    my $control = qclass(
        # Insert a generic new() method (blessed hash)
        -with_new => 1,

        # Inheritance
        -subclass => 'Some::Class',
        # Can also do
        -subclass => [ 'Class::A', 'Class::B' ],

        # generic get/set attribute methods.
        -attributes => [ qw/a b c d/ ],

        # Method that simply returns a value.
        simple => 'value',

        # Custom method.
        method => sub { ... },
    );

    my $obj = $control->packahe->new;

    # Override a method
    $control->override( foo => sub { ... });

    # Restore it to the original
    $control->restore( 'foo' );

    # Remove the anonymous namespace we created.
    $control->undefine();

TAKING OVER EXISTING CLASSES

    use Mock::Quick;

    my $control = qtakeover( 'Some::Package' );

    # Override a method
    $control->override( foo => sub { ... });

    # Restore it to the original
    $control->restore( 'foo' );

    # Destroy the control object and completely restore the original class Some::Package.
    $control = undef;

EXPORTS

Mock-Quick uses Exporter::Declare. This allows for exports to be prefixed or renamed. See "RENAMING IMPORTED ITEMS" in Exporter::Declare for more information.

$obj = qobj( attribute => value, ... )

Create an object. Every possible attribute works fine as a get/set accessor. You can define other methods using qmeth {...} and assigning that to an attribute. You can clear a method using qclear() as an argument.

See Mock::Quick::Object for more.

$control = qclass( -config => ..., name => $value || sub { ... }, ... )

Define an anonymous package with the desired methods and specifications.

See Mock::Quick::Class for more.

$control = qtakeover( $package )

Take control over an existing class.

See Mock::Quick::Class for more.

qclear()

Returns a special reference that when used as an argument, will cause Mock::Quick::Object methods to be cleared.

qmeth { my $self = shift; ... }

Define a method for an Mock::Quick::Object instance.

AUTHORS

Chad Granum exodist7@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011 Chad Granum

Mock-Quick is free software; Standard perl licence.

Mock-Quick is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details.