Dynamically create mock instance.

[Dao007forever]

Hi,

I know the @mocked is great, but is there any way we can create mock manually and use them in Expectations API? I mean I want to have a function to generate mock objects on demand while still able to create non-mocked objects. We have the @Injectable, why can't we create mock objects on demand?

[rliesenfeld]

I am not sure what you're asking. When @mocked is used, any number of additional mocked instances can be created simply be instantiating them with a "new TheMockedClass(...)" expression. You can also use the "NonStrictExpectations(Object...)" constructor to turn non-mocked instances to mocked ones.

If your use case is different, I would need to see an example so I can understand it.

[Dao007forever]

When @mocked are used, we can't create new instances of real object. What I was asking is something like dynamically create @Injectable instances.

private A[] createArray(int n, boolean mocked) {
  if (mocked) {
  } else {
  }
}

This function is handy in the case we parameterize the test functions. The "NonStrictExpectations(Object...)" can create partial mock why I want fully mocked object (this should be simpler, so I don't see why I can't do it.)

[rliesenfeld]

Well, I've never seen a realistic situation where this would be useful. If that changes, the API may be changed to accomodate it.