From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T00:19:24+09:00
Subject: Re: strategy for unit testing user input?

Kurt Walker wrote:
> 7stud -- wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a program that prompts the user on the command line to enter some
>> data.  What are some ways to unit test the method that obtains the
>> input?
> 
> I'm not sure if you found an answer to this.  I came across your post 
> when I was looking for an answer to the same thing.  The best way I 
> found is to use flexmock (or other mock tool).
> 
> flexmock($stdout){|mock| mock.should_receive("puts").with("enter 
> something")}
> flexmock($stdin){|mock| mock.should_receive("gets").and_return("junk")}
>

Thanks.
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