class Foo {
public:
int x;
int y;
void move(void);
};
class SuperFoo: public Foo {
public:
int age;
void update();
};
SuperFoo::update(void) {
move();
age++;
}
I'm just starting out with C++ and unit testing, I have some code resembling the above and I want to use gmock to test that SuperFoo::update()
calls the base class' move()
method. What would be that best way to attack this type of situation?
One way is to make the move
method virtual, and create a mock of your class:
#include "gtest/gtest.h"
#include "gmock/gmock.h"
class Foo {
public:
int x;
int y;
virtual void move(void);
//^^^^ following works for virtual methods
};
// ...
class TestableSuperFoo : public SuperFoo
{
public:
TestableSuperFoo();
MOCK_METHOD0(move, void ());
void doMove()
{
SuperFoo::move();
}
};
Then in your test, setup the corresponding call expectations
TEST(SuperFoo, TestUpdate)
{
TestableSuperFoo instance;
// Setup expectations:
// 1) number of times (Times(AtLeast(1)), or Times(1), or ...
// 2) behavior: calling base class "move" (not just mock's) if "move"
// has side-effects required by "update"
EXPECT_CALL(instance, move()).Times(testing::AtLeast(1))
.WillRepeatedly(testing::InvokeWithoutArgs(&instance, &TestableSuperFoo::doMove));
const int someValue = 42;
instance.age = someValue;
// Act
instance.update();
// Assert
EXPECT_EQ(someValue+1, instance.age);
}