From: Phlip <phlipcpp@...>
Date: 2007-11-04T09:00:14+09:00
Subject: Re: How do you write a unit test of methods that needs user inpu

pood.forums wrote:

> Will I need to change my code or is there a way for me to write my unit
> test that automatically enters some inputs?

Get with Mocha, a mock-object library. Then mock the method that returns 
user input, and put whatever the test needs into it.

> Idealy, I'd like to do it so that when I run my unit test, It'll ask me
> for the inputs. Right now it just goes thru the code without asking me
> for the inputs.

Okay, this is different. If it's interative, it's not an automated test. If 
you to test many different inputs, put them into a table and loop over the 
table each time you test.

Make the table easy to edit, such as a YAML file.

See "FIT" and "Fitnesse" for good GUIs on these tables of test data. Then 
invent your own, Ruby-style, without devolving into FIT's sounce code!

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  Phlip