@adrianhelvik/mock

I have now been using and loving this module for some time, so I decided to write some docs and share it with the world!

When to use this module

• When you do not need IE11 support for your tests
• When you want a universal mocker and stubber

What you can do with this module

• Access any deeply nested property and receive a new mock object
• Call it as a function
• Set a property to be some value
• Determine what arguments a mock or a nested is called with
• Await it

Example

import mock from '@adrianhelvik/mock'

const m = mock()

m.x.y('Hello world').z('How are you')

expect(m.x.y.$args[0]).toEqual(['Hello world'])
expect(m.x.y.z.$args[0]).toEqual(['How are you'])

m.message = 'cool brah'
expect(m.message).toEqual('cool brah')

m.fn = (who) => 'Hello ' + who

expect(m.fn('you!')).toEqual('Hello you!')
expect(m.fn('someone!')).toEqual('Hello someone!')
expect(m.fn.$args[0]).toEqual(['you!'])
expect(m.fn.$args[1]).toEqual(['someone!'])

API

mock()

This creates a mock object. All properties are unique and preserved mock objects as well. Calling the mock as a function returns a preserved mock object as well.

const m = mock()

expect(m.foo).toBe(m.foo)
expect(m()).toBe(m())
expect(m()).not.toBe(m)

$args

This property resolves to an array containing the lists of arguments for calls to this mock.

Given the following calls:

const m = mock()
m.foo(1, 2, 3)
m.foo(4, 5, 6)

.. we would get the following array when accessing m.foo.$args:

[
  [1, 2, 3],
  [4, 5, 6],
]

$isMock

This property returns true for any mock object.

const m = mock()

m.$isMock === true
m.foo.isMock === true
m.bar().$isMock === true

$reset()

Reset $args for all child mocks.

const a = mock()

// Parents are left unchanged
//   |
//   |____
//   |    |
//   v    v
/**/ a(1).b(2).c(3).d(4).e(5)
//             ^    ^    ^
//             |____|____|
//                  |
//      Target and children are reset

a.b.c.$reset()

const b = a.b
const c = b.c
const d = c.d
const e = d.e

// Parents are left unchanged
for (const x of [a, b])
  expect(x.$args.length).toBe(1)

// Target and children are reset
for (const x of [c, d, e])
  expect(x.$args.length).toBe(0)

Promise resolution

If a mocked value is used as a promise, that's accounted for the then property returns an asynchronously resolved promise.

The promise resolves to undefined.

The good part about this is that you can use async/await and not worry about a thing!

expect(typeof mock().then).toBe('function')
const resolvedTo = await mock()
expect(resolvedTo).toBe(undefined)

Se the tests for further info. Supports catch binding as well.

$throws

If you want a promise to fail, you can set m.$throws = true.

const m = mock()
m.$throws = true

m.foo.bar()
  .then(() => done.fail('Should not succeed!')
  .catch(error => done())

Assignment

You can assign properties to a mock object. This is often very useful in testing.

const m = mock()

m.meaning.of.life = 42
expect(m.meaning.of.life).toBe(42)

Assigning functions to a mock gives you access to $args

When assigning functions as a property of a mock, you will also have access to $args of this function.

Note that the function will lose equality with the original function as it is proxied.

const m = mock()

const mockEncrypt = password => 'secret:' + password
m.encrypt = mockEncrypt
const encrypted = m.encrypt('my password')

// it uses the mock function
expect(encrypted).toEqual('secret:my password')
// and you have access to $args
expect(m.encrypt.$args[0]).toEqual(['my password'])
// , but it does not point to the same object anymore
expect(m.encrypt).not.toBe(mockEncrypt)

Reassigning .then

You can reassign then for testing custom thenables. You must however remember to call the received function for the promise to resolve.

const m = mock()
let called = false

m.then = function (fn) {
  called = true
  fn()
}

await m

expect(called).toBe(true)

Changelog

v3.0.0

Made function calling optional when retrieving $args from a nested function

const m = mock()
m.foo(1).bar(2)
expect(m.foo.bar.$args).toBe(m.foo().bar.$args)

v3.3.0

• Added .$reset() method to reset .$args for current and child mocks.

Licence: MIT

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