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+ <div class="section" id="patch-decorators">
+<h1>Patch Decorators<a class="headerlink" href="#patch-decorators" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>The patch decorators are used for patching objects only within the scope of
+the function they decorate. They automatically handle the unpatching for you,
+even if exceptions are raised. All of these functions can also be used in with
+statements or as class decorators.</p>
+<div class="section" id="patch">
+<h2>patch<a class="headerlink" href="#patch" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last"><cite>patch</cite> is straightforward to use. The key is to do the patching in the
+right namespace. See the section <a class="reference internal" href="#id1">where to patch</a>.</p>
+</div>
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="mock.patch">
+<tt class="descname">patch</tt><big>(</big><em>target</em>, <em>new=DEFAULT</em>, <em>spec=None</em>, <em>create=False</em>, <em>spec_set=None</em>, <em>autospec=None</em>, <em>new_callable=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.patch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p><cite>patch</cite> acts as a function decorator, class decorator or a context
+manager. Inside the body of the function or with statement, the <cite>target</cite>
+is patched with a <cite>new</cite> object. When the function/with statement exits
+the patch is undone.</p>
+<p>If <cite>new</cite> is omitted, then the target is replaced with a
+<a class="reference internal" href="magicmock.html#mock.MagicMock" title="mock.MagicMock"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">MagicMock</span></tt></a>. If <cite>patch</cite> is used as a decorator and <cite>new</cite> is
+omitted, the created mock is passed in as an extra argument to the
+decorated function. If <cite>patch</cite> is used as a context manager the created
+mock is returned by the context manager.</p>
+<p><cite>target</cite> should be a string in the form <cite>&#8216;package.module.ClassName&#8217;</cite>. The
+<cite>target</cite> is imported and the specified object replaced with the <cite>new</cite>
+object, so the <cite>target</cite> must be importable from the environment you are
+calling <cite>patch</cite> from. The target is imported when the decorated function
+is executed, not at decoration time.</p>
+<p>The <cite>spec</cite> and <cite>spec_set</cite> keyword arguments are passed to the <cite>MagicMock</cite>
+if patch is creating one for you.</p>
+<p>In addition you can pass <cite>spec=True</cite> or <cite>spec_set=True</cite>, which causes
+patch to pass in the object being mocked as the spec/spec_set object.</p>
+<p><cite>new_callable</cite> allows you to specify a different class, or callable object,
+that will be called to create the <cite>new</cite> object. By default <cite>MagicMock</cite> is
+used.</p>
+<p>A more powerful form of <cite>spec</cite> is <cite>autospec</cite>. If you set <cite>autospec=True</cite>
+then the mock with be created with a spec from the object being replaced.
+All attributes of the mock will also have the spec of the corresponding
+attribute of the object being replaced. Methods and functions being mocked
+will have their arguments checked and will raise a <cite>TypeError</cite> if they are
+called with the wrong signature. For mocks
+replacing a class, their return value (the &#8216;instance&#8217;) will have the same
+spec as the class. See the <a class="reference internal" href="helpers.html#mock.create_autospec" title="mock.create_autospec"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">create_autospec()</span></tt></a> function and
+<a class="reference internal" href="helpers.html#auto-speccing"><em>Autospeccing</em></a>.</p>
+<p>Instead of <cite>autospec=True</cite> you can pass <cite>autospec=some_object</cite> to use an
+arbitrary object as the spec instead of the one being replaced.</p>
+<p>By default <cite>patch</cite> will fail to replace attributes that don&#8217;t exist. If
+you pass in <cite>create=True</cite>, and the attribute doesn&#8217;t exist, patch will
+create the attribute for you when the patched function is called, and
+delete it again afterwards. This is useful for writing tests against
+attributes that your production code creates at runtime. It is off by by
+default because it can be dangerous. With it switched on you can write
+passing tests against APIs that don&#8217;t actually exist!</p>
+<p>Patch can be used as a <cite>TestCase</cite> class decorator. It works by
+decorating each test method in the class. This reduces the boilerplate
+code when your test methods share a common patchings set. <cite>patch</cite> finds
+tests by looking for method names that start with <cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite>.
+By default this is <cite>test</cite>, which matches the way <cite>unittest</cite> finds tests.
+You can specify an alternative prefix by setting <cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite>.</p>
+<p>Patch can be used as a context manager, with the with statement. Here the
+patching applies to the indented block after the with statement. If you
+use &#8220;as&#8221; then the patched object will be bound to the name after the
+&#8220;as&#8221;; very useful if <cite>patch</cite> is creating a mock object for you.</p>
+<p><cite>patch</cite> takes arbitrary keyword arguments. These will be passed to
+the <cite>Mock</cite> (or <cite>new_callable</cite>) on construction.</p>
+<p><cite>patch.dict(...)</cite>, <cite>patch.multiple(...)</cite> and <cite>patch.object(...)</cite> are
+available for alternate use-cases.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<p><cite>patch</cite> as function decorator, creating the mock for you and passing it into
+the decorated function:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.SomeClass&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">normal_argument</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mock_class</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">mock_class</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="go">True</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Patching a class replaces the class with a <cite>MagicMock</cite> <em>instance</em>. If the
+class is instantiated in the code under test then it will be the
+<a class="reference internal" href="mock.html#mock.Mock.return_value" title="mock.Mock.return_value"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">return_value</span></tt></a> of the mock that will be used.</p>
+<p>If the class is instantiated multiple times you could use
+<a class="reference internal" href="mock.html#mock.Mock.side_effect" title="mock.Mock.side_effect"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">side_effect</span></tt></a> to return a new mock each time. Alternatively you
+can set the <cite>return_value</cite> to be anything you want.</p>
+<p>To configure return values on methods of <em>instances</em> on the patched class
+you must do this on the <cite>return_value</cite>. For example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Class</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">pass</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.Class&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">MockClass</span><span class="p">:</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">instance</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MockClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">return_value</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">instance</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">return_value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">Class</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">instance</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">Class</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>If you use <cite>spec</cite> or <cite>spec_set</cite> and <cite>patch</cite> is replacing a <em>class</em>, then the
+return value of the created mock will have the same spec.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">Original</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Class</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.Class&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">spec</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">MockClass</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">instance</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MockClass</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">instance</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Original</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>The <cite>new_callable</cite> argument is useful where you want to use an alternative
+class to the default <a class="reference internal" href="magicmock.html#mock.MagicMock" title="mock.MagicMock"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">MagicMock</span></tt></a> for the created mock. For example, if
+you wanted a <a class="reference internal" href="mock.html#mock.NonCallableMock" title="mock.NonCallableMock"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">NonCallableMock</span></tt></a> to be used:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">thing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.thing&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">new_callable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">NonCallableMock</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">mock_thing</span><span class="p">:</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">thing</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">mock_thing</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gt">Traceback (most recent call last):</span>
+ <span class="c">...</span>
+<span class="gr">TypeError</span>: <span class="n">&#39;NonCallableMock&#39; object is not callable</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Another use case might be to replace an object with a <cite>StringIO</cite> instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">StringIO</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">StringIO</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">foo</span><span class="p">():</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">print</span> <span class="s">&#39;Something&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;sys.stdout&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">new_callable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">StringIO</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mock_stdout</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">mock_stdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getvalue</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s">&#39;Something</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>When <cite>patch</cite> is creating a mock for you, it is common that the first thing
+you need to do is to configure the mock. Some of that configuration can be done
+in the call to patch. Any arbitrary keywords you pass into the call will be
+used to set attributes on the created mock:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.thing&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">second</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&#39;two&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">first</span>
+<span class="go">&#39;one&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">second</span>
+<span class="go">&#39;two&#39;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>As well as attributes on the created mock attributes, like the
+<a class="reference internal" href="mock.html#mock.Mock.return_value" title="mock.Mock.return_value"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">return_value</span></tt></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="mock.html#mock.Mock.side_effect" title="mock.Mock.side_effect"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">side_effect</span></tt></a>, of child mocks can
+also be configured. These aren&#8217;t syntactically valid to pass in directly as
+keyword arguments, but a dictionary with these as keys can still be expanded
+into a <cite>patch</cite> call using <cite>**</cite>:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">config</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s">&#39;method.return_value&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;other.side_effect&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="ne">KeyError</span><span class="p">}</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.thing&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="go">3</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock_thing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gt">Traceback (most recent call last):</span>
+ <span class="c">...</span>
+<span class="gr">KeyError</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="patch-object">
+<h2>patch.object<a class="headerlink" href="#patch-object" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="mock.patch.object">
+<tt class="descclassname">patch.</tt><tt class="descname">object</tt><big>(</big><em>target</em>, <em>attribute</em>, <em>new=DEFAULT</em>, <em>spec=None</em>, <em>create=False</em>, <em>spec_set=None</em>, <em>autospec=None</em>, <em>new_callable=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.patch.object" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>patch the named member (<cite>attribute</cite>) on an object (<cite>target</cite>) with a mock
+object.</p>
+<p><cite>patch.object</cite> can be used as a decorator, class decorator or a context
+manager. Arguments <cite>new</cite>, <cite>spec</cite>, <cite>create</cite>, <cite>spec_set</cite>, <cite>autospec</cite> and
+<cite>new_callable</cite> have the same meaning as for <cite>patch</cite>. Like <cite>patch</cite>,
+<cite>patch.object</cite> takes arbitrary keyword arguments for configuring the mock
+object it creates.</p>
+<p>When used as a class decorator <cite>patch.object</cite> honours <cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite>
+for choosing which methods to wrap.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<p>You can either call <cite>patch.object</cite> with three arguments or two arguments. The
+three argument form takes the object to be patched, the attribute name and the
+object to replace the attribute with.</p>
+<p>When calling with the two argument form you omit the replacement object, and a
+mock is created for you and passed in as an extra argument to the decorated
+function:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch.object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;class_method&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mock_method</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">class_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">mock_method</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">assert_called_with</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><cite>spec</cite>, <cite>create</cite> and the other arguments to <cite>patch.object</cite> have the same
+meaning as they do for <cite>patch</cite>.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="patch-dict">
+<h2>patch.dict<a class="headerlink" href="#patch-dict" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="mock.patch.dict">
+<tt class="descclassname">patch.</tt><tt class="descname">dict</tt><big>(</big><em>in_dict</em>, <em>values=()</em>, <em>clear=False</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.patch.dict" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Patch a dictionary, or dictionary like object, and restore the dictionary
+to its original state after the test.</p>
+<p><cite>in_dict</cite> can be a dictionary or a mapping like container. If it is a
+mapping then it must at least support getting, setting and deleting items
+plus iterating over keys.</p>
+<p><cite>in_dict</cite> can also be a string specifying the name of the dictionary, which
+will then be fetched by importing it.</p>
+<p><cite>values</cite> can be a dictionary of values to set in the dictionary. <cite>values</cite>
+can also be an iterable of <cite>(key, value)</cite> pairs.</p>
+<p>If <cite>clear</cite> is True then the dictionary will be cleared before the new
+values are set.</p>
+<p><cite>patch.dict</cite> can also be called with arbitrary keyword arguments to set
+values in the dictionary.</p>
+<p><cite>patch.dict</cite> can be used as a context manager, decorator or class
+decorator. When used as a class decorator <cite>patch.dict</cite> honours
+<cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite> for choosing which methods to wrap.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<p><cite>patch.dict</cite> can be used to add members to a dictionary, or simply let a test
+change a dictionary, and ensure the dictionary is restored when the test
+ends.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">mock</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">patch</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s">&#39;newkey&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;newvalue&#39;</span><span class="p">}):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s">&#39;newkey&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;newvalue&#39;</span><span class="p">}</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
+
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;os.environ&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s">&#39;newkey&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;newvalue&#39;</span><span class="p">}):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;newkey&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="go">newvalue</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;newkey&#39;</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Keywords can be used in the <cite>patch.dict</cite> call to set values in the dictionary:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mymodule</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MagicMock</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mymodule</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">function</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">return_value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;fish&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;sys.modules&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mymodule</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">mymodule</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">mymodule</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">mymodule</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;some&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;args&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="go">&#39;fish&#39;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><cite>patch.dict</cite> can be used with dictionary like objects that aren&#8217;t actually
+dictionaries. At the very minimum they must support item getting, setting,
+deleting and either iteration or membership test. This corresponds to the
+magic methods <cite>__getitem__</cite>, <cite>__setitem__</cite>, <cite>__delitem__</cite> and either
+<cite>__iter__</cite> or <cite>__contains__</cite>.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Container</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">values</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__getitem__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">]</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__setitem__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">value</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__delitem__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">del</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">]</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__iter__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">iter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">thing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Container</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">one</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">two</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;two&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="patch-multiple">
+<h2>patch.multiple<a class="headerlink" href="#patch-multiple" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="mock.patch.multiple">
+<tt class="descclassname">patch.</tt><tt class="descname">multiple</tt><big>(</big><em>target</em>, <em>spec=None</em>, <em>create=False</em>, <em>spec_set=None</em>, <em>autospec=None</em>, <em>new_callable=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.patch.multiple" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Perform multiple patches in a single call. It takes the object to be
+patched (either as an object or a string to fetch the object by importing)
+and keyword arguments for the patches:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">multiple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">settings</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">FIRST_PATCH</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&#39;one&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">SECOND_PATCH</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&#39;two&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
+ <span class="o">...</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Use <a class="reference internal" href="sentinel.html#mock.DEFAULT" title="mock.DEFAULT"><tt class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">DEFAULT</span></tt></a> as the value if you want <cite>patch.multiple</cite> to create
+mocks for you. In this case the created mocks are passed into a decorated
+function by keyword, and a dictionary is returned when <cite>patch.multiple</cite> is
+used as a context manager.</p>
+<p><cite>patch.multiple</cite> can be used as a decorator, class decorator or a context
+manager. The arguments <cite>spec</cite>, <cite>spec_set</cite>, <cite>create</cite>, <cite>autospec</cite> and
+<cite>new_callable</cite> have the same meaning as for <cite>patch</cite>. These arguments will
+be applied to <em>all</em> patches done by <cite>patch.multiple</cite>.</p>
+<p>When used as a class decorator <cite>patch.multiple</cite> honours <cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite>
+for choosing which methods to wrap.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<p>If you want <cite>patch.multiple</cite> to create mocks for you, then you can use
+<a class="reference internal" href="sentinel.html#mock.DEFAULT" title="mock.DEFAULT"><tt class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">DEFAULT</span></tt></a> as the value. If you use <cite>patch.multiple</cite> as a decorator
+then the created mocks are passed into the decorated function by keyword.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">thing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">other</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">()</span>
+
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch.multiple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">MagicMock</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">MagicMock</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">test_function</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><cite>patch.multiple</cite> can be nested with other <cite>patch</cite> decorators, but put arguments
+passed by keyword <em>after</em> any of the standard arguments created by <cite>patch</cite>:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;sys.exit&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="nd">@patch.multiple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mock_exit</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;other&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;thing&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">thing</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;exit&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mock_exit</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">test_function</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>If <cite>patch.multiple</cite> is used as a context manager, the value returned by the
+context manger is a dictionary where created mocks are keyed by name:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">multiple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thing</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">DEFAULT</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">values</span><span class="p">:</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;other&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;other&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="s">&#39;thing&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;thing&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;thing&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">thing</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">values</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;other&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">other</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="patch-methods-start-and-stop">
+<span id="start-and-stop"></span><h2>patch methods: start and stop<a class="headerlink" href="#patch-methods-start-and-stop" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>All the patchers have <cite>start</cite> and <cite>stop</cite> methods. These make it simpler to do
+patching in <cite>setUp</cite> methods or where you want to do multiple patches without
+nesting decorators or with statements.</p>
+<p>To use them call <cite>patch</cite>, <cite>patch.object</cite> or <cite>patch.dict</cite> as normal and keep a
+reference to the returned <cite>patcher</cite> object. You can then call <cite>start</cite> to put
+the patch in place and <cite>stop</cite> to undo it.</p>
+<p>If you are using <cite>patch</cite> to create a mock for you then it will be returned by
+the call to <cite>patcher.start</cite>.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.ClassName&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">package</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">module</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">original</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">new_mock</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">original</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">new_mock</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">original</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">new_mock</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>A typical use case for this might be for doing multiple patches in the <cite>setUp</cite>
+method of a <cite>TestCase</cite>:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyTest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TestCase</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">setUp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.Class1&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.Class2&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">tearDown</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">patcher2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_something</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">package</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Class1</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass1</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">package</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Class2</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass2</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">MyTest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;test_something&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="admonition caution">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Caution</p>
+<p>If you use this technique you must ensure that the patching is &#8220;undone&#8221; by
+calling <cite>stop</cite>. This can be fiddlier than you might think, because if an
+exception is raised in the setUp then tearDown is not called. <a class="reference external" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2">unittest2</a> cleanup functions make this
+easier.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyTest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TestCase</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">setUp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">patcher</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.Class&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">addCleanup</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">patcher</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_something</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">package</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Class</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">MockClass</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">MyTest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;test_something&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p class="last">As an added bonus you no longer need to keep a reference to the <cite>patcher</cite>
+object.</p>
+</div>
+<p>It is also possible to stop all patches which have been started by using
+<cite>patch.stopall</cite>.</p>
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="mock.patch.stopall">
+<tt class="descclassname">patch.</tt><tt class="descname">stopall</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.patch.stopall" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Stop all active patches. Only stops patches started with <cite>start</cite>.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="test-prefix">
+<h2>TEST_PREFIX<a class="headerlink" href="#test-prefix" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>All of the patchers can be used as class decorators. When used in this way
+they wrap every test method on the class. The patchers recognise methods that
+start with <cite>test</cite> as being test methods. This is the same way that the
+<cite>unittest.TestLoader</cite> finds test methods by default.</p>
+<p>It is possible that you want to use a different prefix for your tests. You can
+inform the patchers of the different prefix by setting <cite>patch.TEST_PREFIX</cite>:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">patch</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TEST_PREFIX</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
+<span class="go">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;__main__.value&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;not three&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Thing</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">foo_one</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">value</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">foo_two</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">value</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="go">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">Thing</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">foo_one</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="go">not three</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">Thing</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">foo_two</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="go">not three</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">value</span>
+<span class="go">3</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="nesting-patch-decorators">
+<h2>Nesting Patch Decorators<a class="headerlink" href="#nesting-patch-decorators" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>If you want to perform multiple patches then you can simply stack up the
+decorators.</p>
+<p>You can stack up multiple patch decorators using this pattern:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@patch.object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;class_method&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="nd">@patch.object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;static_method&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mock1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mock2</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">static_method</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">mock1</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">class_method</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">mock2</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">static_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">SomeClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">class_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;bar&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">mock1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mock2</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mock2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">assert_called_once_with</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mock2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">assert_called_once_with</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;bar&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Note that the decorators are applied from the bottom upwards. This is the
+standard way that Python applies decorators. The order of the created mocks
+passed into your test function matches this order.</p>
+<p>Like all context-managers patches can be nested using contextlib&#8217;s nested
+function; <em>every</em> patching will appear in the tuple after &#8220;as&#8221;:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">contextlib</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">nested</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">nested</span><span class="p">(</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.ClassName1&#39;</span><span class="p">),</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">patch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;package.module.ClassName2&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">MockClass1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">MockClass2</span><span class="p">):</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">package</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName1</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">MockClass1</span>
+<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">package</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ClassName2</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">MockClass2</span>
+<span class="gp">...</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="where-to-patch">
+<span id="id1"></span><h2>Where to patch<a class="headerlink" href="#where-to-patch" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p><cite>patch</cite> works by (temporarily) changing the object that a <em>name</em> points to with
+another one. There can be many names pointing to any individual object, so
+for patching to work you must ensure that you patch the name used by the system
+under test.</p>
+<p>The basic principle is that you patch where an object is <em>looked up</em>, which
+is not necessarily the same place as where it is defined. A couple of
+examples will help to clarify this.</p>
+<p>Imagine we have a project that we want to test with the following structure:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><pre>a.py
+ -&gt; Defines SomeClass
+
+b.py
+ -&gt; from a import SomeClass
+ -&gt; some_function instantiates SomeClass</pre>
+</div>
+<p>Now we want to test <cite>some_function</cite> but we want to mock out <cite>SomeClass</cite> using
+<cite>patch</cite>. The problem is that when we import module b, which we will have to
+do then it imports <cite>SomeClass</cite> from module a. If we use <cite>patch</cite> to mock out
+<cite>a.SomeClass</cite> then it will have no effect on our test; module b already has a
+reference to the <em>real</em> <cite>SomeClass</cite> and it looks like our patching had no
+effect.</p>
+<p>The key is to patch out <cite>SomeClass</cite> where it is used (or where it is looked up
+). In this case <cite>some_function</cite> will actually look up <cite>SomeClass</cite> in module b,
+where we have imported it. The patching should look like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<div><cite>&#64;patch(&#8216;b.SomeClass&#8217;)</cite></div></blockquote>
+<p>However, consider the alternative scenario where instead of <cite>from a import
+SomeClass</cite> module b does <cite>import a</cite> and <cite>some_function</cite> uses <cite>a.SomeClass</cite>. Both
+of these import forms are common. In this case the class we want to patch is
+being looked up on the a module and so we have to patch <cite>a.SomeClass</cite> instead:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<div><cite>&#64;patch(&#8216;a.SomeClass&#8217;)</cite></div></blockquote>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="patching-descriptors-and-proxy-objects">
+<h2>Patching Descriptors and Proxy Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#patching-descriptors-and-proxy-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Since version 0.6.0 both <a class="reference internal" href="#patch">patch</a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#patch-object">patch.object</a> have been able to correctly
+patch and restore descriptors: class methods, static methods and properties.
+You should patch these on the <em>class</em> rather than an instance.</p>
+<p>Since version 0.7.0 <a class="reference internal" href="#patch">patch</a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#patch-object">patch.object</a> work correctly with some objects
+that proxy attribute access, like the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2010_12_04.shtml#e1198">django setttings object</a>.</p>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">In django <cite>import settings</cite> and <cite>from django.conf import settings</cite>
+return different objects. If you are using libraries / apps that do both you
+may have to patch both. Grrr...</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Patch Decorators</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patch">patch</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patch-object">patch.object</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patch-dict">patch.dict</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patch-multiple">patch.multiple</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patch-methods-start-and-stop">patch methods: start and stop</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#test-prefix">TEST_PREFIX</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#nesting-patch-decorators">Nesting Patch Decorators</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#where-to-patch">Where to patch</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#patching-descriptors-and-proxy-objects">Patching Descriptors and Proxy Objects</a></li>
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