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En Lora Ilieva
En Lora Ilieva

Reputation: 85

Perl module Test::MockModule and caller

I'm looking for a way to test a subroutine by mocking a subroutine it calls, using the perl module Test::MockModule.

Let's say we test a sub My::Module::A(). It calls the sub My::New::B(). In order to test My::Module::A(), I mock My::New::B(). My::New::B(), however, calls another sub My::Calc::C() to do some calculations. Its obligatory to call My::Calc::C() in the mocked sub.

    my $module = Test::MockModule->new('My::New');
    $module->mock( B => sub($$) 
    {
        my ($first, $second) = @_;

        My::Calc::C();
    } );

My::Calc::C() needs to know who calls it, however as a caller it receives 'main::test' instead of 'My::New::B'. Is there a way to tell to My::Calc::C() that it's called by the mocked My::New::B() and not by main::test()?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1128

Answers (1)

mob
mob

Reputation: 118605

The package keyword sets the current calling package. You can enclose it in braces to restrict it to a particular scope:

my $module = Test::MockModule->new('My::New');
    $module->mock( B => sub($$) 
    {
        my ($first, $second) = @_;

        {
            package My::New::B;
            My::Calc::C();
        }
    } );

Upvotes: 1

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