From: Enrique Comba Riepenhausen <ecomba@...>
Date: 2007-05-26T01:45:06+09:00
Subject: Mocking Net::HTTP

I am currently finishing up a release of Rannel, a library for  
sending sms messages through the open source SMS/WAP Gateway Kannel.

I have a couple of Unit tests that assure that the commands are send  
correctly to Kannel and all the tests are passing (i.e. it's  
working :) ).

Looking at the unit test code though, I realized, that I am violating  
one of the unit test premisses; The Independence of the Tests!

Therefore I thought that I could mock up the Net::HTTP requests done  
to Kannel, but my problem here is that I am not quite sure how I can  
do that, as the adapters (for GET and POST requests) actually use  
this package (Net::HTTP).

What would you recommend? Should I write a MockGet/Post adapter that  
will do the job? Or is there a transparent way to change the behavior  
of Net::HTTP without touching the adapters?

Thank you in advance,

Enrique Comba Riepenhausen