[Rspec-users] Mocking causes empty specification blocks

[aslak hellesoy]

On 7/24/06, Chris Roos <chrisjroos at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've found myself mocking out a published api in my set-up method.

What do you mean by mocking a published API. Are you setting up
expectations for all of the API's methods?

> This has led to some contexts having a large set-up and empty
> specifications.  As the mocks get auto-verified, the specification
> blocks have nothing to do but serve as documentation.  Does this sound
> bad?
>

I'm not sure you're using mocks the way they are inteded to be used.

The purpose of a mock is to verify that a certain conversation (i.e.
message passing) takes place between two objects. You should only mock
the methods that you expect to be invoked in a certain situation.
Don't set up expectations for all methods in your mocked API.

Aslak

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