diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 python/mock-1.0.0/html/_sources/sentinel.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/python/mock-1.0.0/html/_sources/sentinel.txt Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +========== + Sentinel +========== + + +.. currentmodule:: mock + +.. testsetup:: + + class ProductionClass(object): + def something(self): + return self.method() + + class Test(unittest2.TestCase): + def testSomething(self): + pass + self = Test('testSomething') + + +.. data:: sentinel + + The ``sentinel`` object provides a convenient way of providing unique + objects for your tests. + + Attributes are created on demand when you access them by name. Accessing + the same attribute will always return the same object. The objects + returned have a sensible repr so that test failure messages are readable. + + +.. data:: DEFAULT + + The `DEFAULT` object is a pre-created sentinel (actually + `sentinel.DEFAULT`). It can be used by :attr:`~Mock.side_effect` + functions to indicate that the normal return value should be used. + + +Sentinel Example +================ + +Sometimes when testing you need to test that a specific object is passed as an +argument to another method, or returned. It can be common to create named +sentinel objects to test this. `sentinel` provides a convenient way of +creating and testing the identity of objects like this. + +In this example we monkey patch `method` to return +`sentinel.some_object`: + +.. doctest:: + + >>> real = ProductionClass() + >>> real.method = Mock(name="method") + >>> real.method.return_value = sentinel.some_object + >>> result = real.method() + >>> assert result is sentinel.some_object + >>> sentinel.some_object + sentinel.some_object + +