With Mockito and other testing frameworks there are usually ways to mock functionality of a method within the test class. I couldn't seem to get ScalaMock to accept the same way.
class A {
def methodUnderTest()
def methodUsedInMethodUnderTest()
}
Then in the test class I'm:
(A.methodUsedInMethodUnderTest _)
.expects.....
a.methodUnderTest shouldEqual ..
I know that if you are mocking / stubbing out the class and then calling the same functionality on a real instance this won't work. But there are workarounds by using mocks for both calls etc.
If this is the wrong approach, what would be the best way to test a method that uses other methods in the same test class? I thought that decoupling the methods was the best practice.
Thanks!
If I understand your question correctly, you can create a mock of A
and then tell ScalaMock to execute the real implementation of methodUnderTest
.
val aMock = mock[A]
when(aMock.methodUnderTest).thenCallRealMethod()
when(aMock.methodUsedInMethodUnderTest).thenReturn(someValue)
aMock.methodUnderTest shouldEqual someOtherValue