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=========================
 Mock Library Comparison
=========================


.. testsetup::

    def assertEqual(a, b):
        assert a == b, ("%r != %r" % (a, b))

    def assertRaises(Exc, func):
        try:
            func()
        except Exc:
            return
        assert False, ("%s not raised" % Exc)

    sys.modules['somemodule'] = somemodule = mock.Mock(name='somemodule')
    class SomeException(Exception):
        some_method = method1 = method2 = None
    some_other_object = SomeObject = SomeException


A side-by-side comparison of how to accomplish some basic tasks with mock and
some other popular Python mocking libraries and frameworks.

These are:

* `flexmock <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/flexmock>`_
* `mox <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mox>`_
* `Mocker <http://niemeyer.net/mocker>`_
* `dingus <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dingus>`_
* `fudge <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fudge>`_

Popular python mocking frameworks not yet represented here include
`MiniMock <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/MiniMock>`_.

`pMock <http://pmock.sourceforge.net/>`_ (last release 2004 and doesn't import
in recent versions of Python) and
`python-mock <http://python-mock.sourceforge.net/>`_ (last release 2005) are
intentionally omitted.

.. note::

    A more up to date, and tested for all mock libraries (only the mock
    examples on this page can be executed as doctests) version of this
    comparison is maintained by Gary Bernhardt:

    * `Python Mock Library Comparison
      <http://garybernhardt.github.com/python-mock-comparison/>`_

This comparison is by no means complete, and also may not be fully idiomatic
for all the libraries represented. *Please* contribute corrections, missing
comparisons, or comparisons for additional libraries to the `mock issue
tracker <https://code.google.com/p/mock/issues/list>`_.

This comparison page was originally created by the `Mox project
<https://code.google.com/p/pymox/wiki/MoxComparison>`_ and then extended for
`flexmock and mock <http://has207.github.com/flexmock/compare.html>`_ by
Herman Sheremetyev. Dingus examples written by `Gary Bernhadt
<http://garybernhardt.github.com/python-mock-comparison/>`_. fudge examples
provided by `Kumar McMillan <http://farmdev.com/>`_.

.. note::

    The examples tasks here were originally created by Mox which is a mocking
    *framework* rather than a library like mock. The tasks shown naturally
    exemplify tasks that frameworks are good at and not the ones they make
    harder. In particular you can take a `Mock` or `MagicMock` object and use
    it in any way you want with no up-front configuration. The same is also
    true for Dingus.

    The examples for mock here assume version 0.7.0.


Simple fake object
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock()
    >>> my_mock.some_method.return_value = "calculated value"
    >>> my_mock.some_attribute = "value"
    >>> assertEqual("calculated value", my_mock.some_method())
    >>> assertEqual("value", my_mock.some_attribute)

::

    # Flexmock
    mock = flexmock(some_method=lambda: "calculated value", some_attribute="value")
    assertEqual("calculated value", mock.some_method())
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_attribute)

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockAnything()
    mock.some_method().AndReturn("calculated value")
    mock.some_attribute = "value"
    mox.Replay(mock)
    assertEqual("calculated value", mock.some_method())
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_attribute)

    # Mocker
    mock = mocker.mock()
    mock.some_method()
    mocker.result("calculated value")
    mocker.replay()
    mock.some_attribute = "value"
    assertEqual("calculated value", mock.some_method())
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_attribute)

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus(some_attribute="value",
    ...                           some_method__returns="calculated value")
    >>> assertEqual("calculated value", my_dingus.some_method())
    >>> assertEqual("value", my_dingus.some_attribute)

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> my_fake = (fudge.Fake()
    ...            .provides('some_method')
    ...            .returns("calculated value")
    ...            .has_attr(some_attribute="value"))
    ...
    >>> assertEqual("calculated value", my_fake.some_method())
    >>> assertEqual("value", my_fake.some_attribute)


Simple mock
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock()
    >>> my_mock.some_method.return_value = "value"
    >>> assertEqual("value", my_mock.some_method())
    >>> my_mock.some_method.assert_called_once_with()

::

    # Flexmock
    mock = flexmock()
    mock.should_receive("some_method").and_return("value").once
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockAnything()
    mock.some_method().AndReturn("value")
    mox.Replay(mock)
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())
    mox.Verify(mock)

    # Mocker
    mock = mocker.mock()
    mock.some_method()
    mocker.result("value")
    mocker.replay()
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())
    mocker.verify()

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus(some_method__returns="value")
    >>> assertEqual("value", my_dingus.some_method())
    >>> assert my_dingus.some_method.calls().once()

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> @fudge.test
    ... def test():
    ...     my_fake = (fudge.Fake()
    ...                .expects('some_method')
    ...                .returns("value")
    ...                .times_called(1))
    ...
    >>> test()
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AssertionError: fake:my_fake.some_method() was not called


Creating partial mocks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> SomeObject.some_method = mock.Mock(return_value='value')
    >>> assertEqual("value", SomeObject.some_method())

::

    # Flexmock
    flexmock(SomeObject).should_receive("some_method").and_return('value')
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockObject(SomeObject)
    mock.some_method().AndReturn("value")
    mox.Replay(mock)
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())
    mox.Verify(mock)

    # Mocker
    mock = mocker.mock(SomeObject)
    mock.Get()
    mocker.result("value")
    mocker.replay()
    assertEqual("value", mock.some_method())
    mocker.verify()

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> object = SomeObject
    >>> object.some_method = dingus.Dingus(return_value="value")
    >>> assertEqual("value", object.some_method())

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> fake = fudge.Fake().is_callable().returns("<fudge-value>")
    >>> with fudge.patched_context(SomeObject, 'some_method', fake):
    ...     s = SomeObject()
    ...     assertEqual("<fudge-value>", s.some_method())
    ...


Ensure calls are made in specific order
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock(spec=SomeObject)
    >>> my_mock.method1()
    <Mock name='mock.method1()' id='...'>
    >>> my_mock.method2()
    <Mock name='mock.method2()' id='...'>
    >>> assertEqual(my_mock.mock_calls, [call.method1(), call.method2()])

::

    # Flexmock
    mock = flexmock(SomeObject)
    mock.should_receive('method1').once.ordered.and_return('first thing')
    mock.should_receive('method2').once.ordered.and_return('second thing')

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockObject(SomeObject)
    mock.method1().AndReturn('first thing')
    mock.method2().AndReturn('second thing')
    mox.Replay(mock)
    mox.Verify(mock)

    # Mocker
    mock = mocker.mock()
    with mocker.order():
        mock.method1()
        mocker.result('first thing')
        mock.method2()
        mocker.result('second thing')
        mocker.replay()
        mocker.verify()

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> my_dingus.method1()
    <Dingus ...>
    >>> my_dingus.method2()
    <Dingus ...>
    >>> assertEqual(['method1', 'method2'], [call.name for call in my_dingus.calls])

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> @fudge.test
    ... def test():
    ...     my_fake = (fudge.Fake()
    ...                .remember_order()
    ...                .expects('method1')
    ...                .expects('method2'))
    ...     my_fake.method2()
    ...     my_fake.method1()
    ...
    >>> test()
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AssertionError: Call #1 was fake:my_fake.method2(); Expected: #1 fake:my_fake.method1(), #2 fake:my_fake.method2(), end


Raising exceptions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock()
    >>> my_mock.some_method.side_effect = SomeException("message")
    >>> assertRaises(SomeException, my_mock.some_method)

::

    # Flexmock
    mock = flexmock()
    mock.should_receive("some_method").and_raise(SomeException("message"))
    assertRaises(SomeException, mock.some_method)

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockAnything()
    mock.some_method().AndRaise(SomeException("message"))
    mox.Replay(mock)
    assertRaises(SomeException, mock.some_method)
    mox.Verify(mock)

    # Mocker
    mock = mocker.mock()
    mock.some_method()
    mocker.throw(SomeException("message"))
    mocker.replay()
    assertRaises(SomeException, mock.some_method)
    mocker.verify()

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> my_dingus.some_method = dingus.exception_raiser(SomeException)
    >>> assertRaises(SomeException, my_dingus.some_method)

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> my_fake = (fudge.Fake()
    ...            .is_callable()
    ...            .raises(SomeException("message")))
    ...
    >>> my_fake()
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    SomeException: message


Override new instances of a class
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> with mock.patch('somemodule.Someclass') as MockClass:
    ...     MockClass.return_value = some_other_object
    ...     assertEqual(some_other_object, somemodule.Someclass())
    ...


::

    # Flexmock
    flexmock(some_module.SomeClass, new_instances=some_other_object)
    assertEqual(some_other_object, some_module.SomeClass())

    # Mox
    # (you will probably have mox.Mox() available as self.mox in a real test)
    mox.Mox().StubOutWithMock(some_module, 'SomeClass', use_mock_anything=True)
    some_module.SomeClass().AndReturn(some_other_object)
    mox.ReplayAll()
    assertEqual(some_other_object, some_module.SomeClass())

    # Mocker
    instance = mocker.mock()
    klass = mocker.replace(SomeClass, spec=None)
    klass('expected', 'args')
    mocker.result(instance)

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> MockClass = dingus.Dingus(return_value=some_other_object)
    >>> with dingus.patch('somemodule.SomeClass', MockClass):
    ...     assertEqual(some_other_object, somemodule.SomeClass())
    ...

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> @fudge.patch('somemodule.SomeClass')
    ... def test(FakeClass):
    ...     FakeClass.is_callable().returns(some_other_object)
    ...     assertEqual(some_other_object, somemodule.SomeClass())
    ...
    >>> test()


Call the same method multiple times
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. note::

    You don't need to do *any* configuration to call `mock.Mock()` methods
    multiple times. Attributes like `call_count`, `call_args_list` and
    `method_calls` provide various different ways of making assertions about
    how the mock was used.

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock()
    >>> my_mock.some_method()
    <Mock name='mock.some_method()' id='...'>
    >>> my_mock.some_method()
    <Mock name='mock.some_method()' id='...'>
    >>> assert my_mock.some_method.call_count >= 2

::

    # Flexmock # (verifies that the method gets called at least twice)
    flexmock(some_object).should_receive('some_method').at_least.twice

    # Mox
    # (does not support variable number of calls, so you need to create a new entry for each explicit call)
    mock = mox.MockObject(some_object)
    mock.some_method(mox.IgnoreArg(), mox.IgnoreArg())
    mock.some_method(mox.IgnoreArg(), mox.IgnoreArg())
    mox.Replay(mock)
    mox.Verify(mock)

    # Mocker
    # (TODO)

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> my_dingus.some_method()
    <Dingus ...>
    >>> my_dingus.some_method()
    <Dingus ...>
    >>> assert len(my_dingus.calls('some_method')) == 2

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> @fudge.test
    ... def test():
    ...     my_fake = fudge.Fake().expects('some_method').times_called(2)
    ...     my_fake.some_method()
    ...
    >>> test()
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AssertionError: fake:my_fake.some_method() was called 1 time(s). Expected 2.


Mock chained methods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.Mock()
    >>> method3 = my_mock.method1.return_value.method2.return_value.method3
    >>> method3.return_value = 'some value'
    >>> assertEqual('some value', my_mock.method1().method2().method3(1, 2))
    >>> method3.assert_called_once_with(1, 2)

::

    # Flexmock
    # (intermediate method calls are automatically assigned to temporary fake objects
    # and can be called with any arguments)
    flexmock(some_object).should_receive(
        'method1.method2.method3'
    ).with_args(arg1, arg2).and_return('some value')
    assertEqual('some_value', some_object.method1().method2().method3(arg1, arg2))

::

    # Mox
    mock = mox.MockObject(some_object)
    mock2 = mox.MockAnything()
    mock3 = mox.MockAnything()
    mock.method1().AndReturn(mock1)
    mock2.method2().AndReturn(mock2)
    mock3.method3(arg1, arg2).AndReturn('some_value')
    self.mox.ReplayAll()
    assertEqual("some_value", some_object.method1().method2().method3(arg1, arg2))
    self.mox.VerifyAll()

    # Mocker
    # (TODO)

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> method3 = my_dingus.method1.return_value.method2.return_value.method3
    >>> method3.return_value = 'some value'
    >>> assertEqual('some value', my_dingus.method1().method2().method3(1, 2))
    >>> assert method3.calls('()', 1, 2).once()

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> @fudge.test
    ... def test():
    ...     my_fake = fudge.Fake()
    ...     (my_fake
    ...      .expects('method1')
    ...      .returns_fake()
    ...      .expects('method2')
    ...      .returns_fake()
    ...      .expects('method3')
    ...      .with_args(1, 2)
    ...      .returns('some value'))
    ...     assertEqual('some value', my_fake.method1().method2().method3(1, 2))
    ...
    >>> test()


Mocking a context manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Examples for mock, Dingus and fudge only (so far):

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.MagicMock()
    >>> with my_mock:
    ...     pass
    ...
    >>> my_mock.__enter__.assert_called_with()
    >>> my_mock.__exit__.assert_called_with(None, None, None)

::


    >>> # Dingus (nothing special here; all dinguses are "magic mocks")
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> with my_dingus:
    ...     pass
    ...
    >>> assert my_dingus.__enter__.calls()
    >>> assert my_dingus.__exit__.calls('()', None, None, None)

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> my_fake = fudge.Fake().provides('__enter__').provides('__exit__')
    >>> with my_fake:
    ...     pass
    ...


Mocking the builtin open used as a context manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Example for mock only (so far):

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> my_mock = mock.MagicMock()
    >>> with mock.patch('__builtin__.open', my_mock):
    ...     manager = my_mock.return_value.__enter__.return_value
    ...     manager.read.return_value = 'some data'
    ...     with open('foo') as h:
    ...         data = h.read()
    ...
    >>> data
    'some data'
    >>> my_mock.assert_called_once_with('foo')

*or*:

.. doctest::

    >>> # mock
    >>> with mock.patch('__builtin__.open') as my_mock:
    ...     my_mock.return_value.__enter__ = lambda s: s
    ...     my_mock.return_value.__exit__ = mock.Mock()
    ...     my_mock.return_value.read.return_value = 'some data'
    ...     with open('foo') as h:
    ...         data = h.read()
    ...
    >>> data
    'some data'
    >>> my_mock.assert_called_once_with('foo')

::

    >>> # Dingus
    >>> my_dingus = dingus.Dingus()
    >>> with dingus.patch('__builtin__.open', my_dingus):
    ...     file_ = open.return_value.__enter__.return_value
    ...     file_.read.return_value = 'some data'
    ...     with open('foo') as h:
    ...         data = f.read()
    ...
    >>> data
    'some data'
    >>> assert my_dingus.calls('()', 'foo').once()

::

    >>> # fudge
    >>> from contextlib import contextmanager
    >>> from StringIO import StringIO
    >>> @contextmanager
    ... def fake_file(filename):
    ...     yield StringIO('sekrets')
    ...
    >>> with fudge.patch('__builtin__.open') as fake_open:
    ...     fake_open.is_callable().calls(fake_file)
    ...     with open('/etc/password') as f:
    ...         data = f.read()
    ...
    fake:__builtin__.open
    >>> data
    'sekrets'