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Groovy Mocks
Mock objects are used to assist (typically unit) testing of classes in isolation.
The Groovy Mock resides in the groovy.mock.interceptor package. It is an all-groovy mock testing library.
In principle, it is used like this:
Groovy Mocks were inspired by EasyMock.
Find background information about Mocks and endo-testing under XP2000 conference paper.
For an extended example, see Using Testing Frameworks with Groovy
Features
- typical mock style of failing early
- mocks instance and class methods
- mocks final methods and final Collaborators
- mocks Groovy and Java Collaborators (but C0
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