Why we need "instance()"?

[ilbonte]

Hi, I'm trying to understand why we need a separate function (instance()) to get an instance of a mocked class, since in the original (Java) version of mockito, mock() returns an instantiated object.

There is some technical limitation in Typesctipt?

[NagRock]

Hi @ilbonte yes this is technical limitation. I can't find any way to get rid of instance function.
It would be great to have more similar api to original Java version.

[joshden]

Thanks, @NagRock. Coming from Mockito, I was confused on this as well when first looking at the Readme. Might be good to add to the Readme that this is a technical limitation.

[killdash9]

It was confusing to me as well -- A mention in the documentation would be nice.

[NagRock]

@killdash9 you're right. Currently I'm trying to get some solution to avoid using instance but this causes same problems as in Java mockito. Where using when() function causes real instance function call and forces using doReturn('something').when... in some situations.