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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. jeroendelau/mockolate ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) jeroendelau/mockolate ===================== 05ActionScript Since Jun 6Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/jeroendelau/mockolate)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jeroendelau/mockolate)[ RSS](/packages/jeroendelau-mockolate/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) Mockolate. ========== [](#mockolate) fake chocolate, mock objects and test spies. ============================================ [](#fake-chocolate-mock-objects-and-test-spies) [mockolate.org](http://mockolate.org/) Documentation, examples, elaboration. [Drew Bourne](mailto:drew@firstbourne.com) Contact. This tagline is probably a hint that Mockolate is most useful when testing software. Whether you are doing *test-driven-development*, *post-crunch-time fill-in-the-gaps*, or *exploratory-I-have-no-idea-what-is-going-on* testing Mockolate can help. Mock Objects ============ [](#mock-objects) A mock object can be used to simulate the behaviour of complex, real (non-mock) objects when using the real object would be impractical or impossible. Situations where a mock object would be useful: - When an object is slow (like a database or webservice), - is non-deterministic (like the current time), - has states that are difficult to reproduce (like network connections) The above is mostly appropriated from [Mock Objects at Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_object). I could keep rewriting it here, but it's really quite a good read. Test Spies ========== [](#test-spies) In espionage, spies infiltrate a system, recording and relaying information to their handlers. The handlers may use that information to check facts, inform others, or take action. In testing, a Test Spy records which methods are called, which getters are got, which setters are set. The handler (typically a testcase) can then check the facts against what should or should not have happened and take action (typically an assertion). Mockolate? ========== [](#mockolate-1) - clean consistent syntax - expectation-based or record-replay - dynamically generates proxy Classes - supports handcoded proxy Classes - provides a FlexUnit 4 Rule and Runner - uses proven libraries, [FlexUnit 4](http://flexunit.org/), [FLoxy](http://code.google.com/p/floxy) and [Hamcrest-as3](http://github.com/drewbourne/hamcrest-as3) Next ==== [](#next) Head over to for documentation and examples: - [Mockolate?](http://mockolate.org/mockolate.html) - [Getting Mockolate](http://mockolate.org/getting_mockolate.html) - [Preparing and Creating](http://mockolate.org/preparing_and_creating.html) - [Stubbing and Mocking](http://mockolate.org/stubbing_and_mocking.html) - [Recoding and Replaying](http://mockolate.org/recording_and_replaying.html) - [Verifying and Test Spies](http://mockolate.org/verifying_and_test_spies.html) - [Decorating Mockolates](http://mockolate.org/decorating_mockolates.html) - [Limitations and Gotchas](http://mockolate.org/limitations_and_gotchas.html) Thanks ------ [](#thanks) Richard Szalay with [FLoxy](http://code.google.com/p/floxy/), and Maxim Porges with [Loom](http://code.google.com/p/loom-as3/) for their work on Class proxy generation. Brian LeGros for hassling me about -mock-as3- enough that I added class proxy generation to it. Except you can ignore that project in favour of Mockolate. ### Health Score 20 — LowBetter than 14% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity4 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 96.8% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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