Eb,
On 7/11/13 2:28 PM, Eb wrote:
Hi everyone -
What criteria do you use to determine if a collaborator that is a
third-party should be mocked and the test should verify that the
collaborator was indeed called when it was supposed to be?
I wouldn't do that. I use adapters for third-party collaborators and mock my adapters to verify behavior. I also write integration tests for the adapter's interaction with the third-party.
Steve Freeman's advice is to never mock something you don't own. I've only violated that advice when I needed to simulate error conditions while testing my adapter.
- George
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