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Reliable unit testing through cached mocking

US8935573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Steven J. Horsman · Winchester, GB
Kathleen Sharp · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2012
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3684
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

During execution of a unit test, receiving from the unit test a first request referencing a mock object. An instance of the mock object and initial cached mock object data is returned to the test unit, wherein the initial cached mock object data includes first data for a real object represented by the mock object. Second data for the real object represented by the mock object is collected. The second data for the real object is compared to the initial cached mock object data. Responsive to determining that at least one aspect of the second data for the real object does not correspond to the initial cached mock object data, the cached mock object data is updated with the second data for the real object. An indication can be provided to the unit test that the initial cached mock object data returned to the unit test is unreliable.

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