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Accessing +the same attribute will always return the same object. The objects +returned have a sensible repr so that test failure messages are readable.</p> +</dd></dl> + +<dl class="data"> +<dt id="mock.DEFAULT"> +<tt class="descname">DEFAULT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#mock.DEFAULT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> +<dd><p>The <cite>DEFAULT</cite> object is a pre-created sentinel (actually +<cite>sentinel.DEFAULT</cite>). It can be used by <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> +functions to indicate that the normal return value should be used.</p> +</dd></dl> + +<div class="section" id="sentinel-example"> +<h2>Sentinel Example<a class="headerlink" href="#sentinel-example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> +<p>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. <cite>sentinel</cite> provides a convenient way of +creating and testing the identity of objects like this.</p> +<p>In this example we monkey patch <cite>method</cite> to return +<cite>sentinel.some_object</cite>:</p> +<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">real</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ProductionClass</span><span class="p">()</span> +<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">real</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Mock</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"method"</span><span class="p">)</span> +<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">real</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="n">sentinel</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">some_object</span> +<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">real</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">()</span> +<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">result</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">sentinel</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">some_object</span> +<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">sentinel</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">some_object</span> +<span class="go">sentinel.some_object</span> +</pre></div> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + + </div> + </div> + </div> + <div class="sphinxsidebar"> + <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> + <h3><a href="index.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> + <ul> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Sentinel</a><ul> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#sentinel-example">Sentinel Example</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> + + <h4>Previous topic</h4> + <p class="topless"><a href="helpers.html" + title="previous chapter">Helpers</a></p> + <h4>Next topic</h4> + <p class="topless"><a href="magicmock.html" + title="next chapter">Mocking Magic Methods</a></p> + <h3>This Page</h3> + <ul class="this-page-menu"> + <li><a href="_sources/sentinel.txt" + rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> + </ul> +<div id="searchbox" style="display: none"> + <h3>Quick search</h3> + <form class="search" action="search.html" method="get"> + <input type="text" name="q" /> + <input type="submit" value="Go" /> + <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> + <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> + </form> + <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%"> + Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. + </p> +</div> +<script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> + </div> + </div> + <div class="clearer"></div> + </div> + <div class="related"> + <h3>Navigation</h3> + <ul> + <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> + <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" + >index</a></li> + <li class="right" > + <a href="magicmock.html" title="Mocking Magic Methods" + >next</a> |</li> + <li class="right" > + <a href="helpers.html" title="Helpers" + >previous</a> |</li> + <li><a href="index.html">Mock 1.0.0 documentation</a> »</li> + </ul> + </div> + <div class="footer"> + © Copyright 2007-2012, Michael Foord & the mock team. + Last updated on Oct 07, 2012. + Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.1.3. + </div> + </body> +</html>
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