RE: error mocking a method with string array as argument

What aspect of NMock is magical?

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> [mailto:testdrivendevelopment <at> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Shmarya
> Rubenstein
> Sent: January 3, 2006 4:58 AM
> To: testdrivendevelopment <at> yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [TDD] error mocking a method with string array as argument
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> I think there is an important lesson in here somewhere about using mock
> libraries.
> 
> I personally prefer to write 'real' mocks rather than rely on 'magic'
> libraries like NMock. While mocking tools like NMock certainly have a
> place,
> they are not always applicable.
> 
> On 1/3/06, mnj_resultmaker <mnj <at> resultmaker.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Well, I did that, but I would prefer to have my unit tests be more
> > consistent. Also, my mock, which was coded in something like 3 min,
> > does not expose the same kind of functionality that an NMock mock
> > does.
> >
> > But you're right that this problem is not a show stopper, it's just
> > really annoying.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > --- In testdrivendevelopment <at> yahoogroups.com, Brian Button
> > <bbutton <at> a...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Martin Nørskov Jensen wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I'm using NMock for my unit tests, and I've just spent the good
> > part of an afternoon being baffled about why my mocks could not
> > recognize the method I was trying to invoke.
> > > >
> > > > After a while I figured out that it only failed when one of the
> > method parameters was a string array (I haven't tried other types of
> > arrays) so here is my theory: The ExpectAndReturn method accepts an
> > object[] as the arguments to the method call. This has the keyword
> > params so I can just write them one by one. But when I pass a string
> > [] the method thinks I'm trying to pass each string as a separate
> > argument to the method. Therefore it cannot find the method, because
> > it looks for a different signature.
> > > >
> > > > Has anybody had any experience regarding this? I've made a mock
> > class for now, but would prefer to use NMock, so any solutions to
> > this problem are very welcome.
> > >
> > > Not to be flip or anything, but the pragmatist in me is wondering
> > if you
> > > could have just written your own custom, simple mock (or whatever
> > you
> > > want to call it) and had your test working long ago instead of
> > chasing
> > > down this problem for however long...
> > >
> > > Could that be a way out of this dilemma?
> > >
> > > bab
> > >
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