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How to use OCMockito to check the value inserted into UserDefault

I am staring to use OCMockito for Unit Testing. Right now I am using it to mock a UserDefaults(through dependency injection).

I can control what is returned back by: [given([mockUserDefaults objectForKey:@"some key"]) willReturn:@"a value I want"];

Now my question is: How do I check what values the user set to the mock UserDefaults?

for example, if user issued: [self.userDefaults setObject:[NSDate date] forKey:"example"];

How do I get the date back from the mock userDefaults?

Solution

  • OCMockito doesn't have a way (yet) to capture and return arguments. Instead, each argument must satisfy an OCHamcrest matcher. If no matcher is specified, then equalTo is assumed.

    Testing [NSDate date] is generally not a good idea in unit tests, because you have no control over the date. But for the sake of example, here's a verification that the argument is any NSDate. (sut is the "system under test".)

    [verify(sut.userDefaults) setObject:instanceOf([NSDate class]) forKey:@"example"];

    So here, the first matcher is instanceOf to match any NSDate.

    The second matcher is implicitly equalTo(@"example)

    Update:

    OCMockito 1.1.0 has a way to capture arguments, using MKTArgumentCaptor:

    MKTArgumentCaptor *argument = [[MKTArgumentCaptor alloc] init];
[verify(sut.userDefaults) setObject:[argument capture] forKey:@"example"];

    You can retrieve the captured argument with [argument value], or an array of all captured arguments with [argument allValues].