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How write unit test for receiving nsnotification asynchronous?

I call rest web servic with completion handler and if succeed I send NSNotification.

The problem is how to write unit test to assert that the notification is sent in case of success.

Any help will be appreciated.

Solution

  • You can add an expectation for the notification:

    expectationForNotification("BlaBlaNotification", object: nil) { (notification) -> Bool in

// call the method that fetches the data
sut.fetchData()  

waitForExpectationsWithTimeout(5, handler: nil)

    But personally I would split this is two tests. One for the fetching of the data (tested using a stub) and one for the sending of the notification.