Mock Object testing can cause trouble - here's why and possibly how to avoid it

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Published Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:58 PM by RoyOsherove
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:09 PM by TrackBack

# Mock Objects vs.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:53 PM by Scott Allen

# re: Mock Object testing can cause trouble - here's why and possibly how to avoid it

I particularly like the technique where a virtual method allows the unit tests to subclass and inject dependencies. I feel this is an elegant solution compared to dependency injection with constructors. I was wondering if you had rules of thumb on when to use one versus the other?
Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:09 AM by Roy Osherove

# re: Mock Object testing can cause trouble - here's why and possibly how to avoid it

Scott: see my post on this:
http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2005/06/16/413221.aspx
Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:28 PM by Scott Allen

# re: Mock Object testing can cause trouble - here's why and possibly how to avoid it

Thanks, Roy