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Feature Request - Suppress & WhiteBox like feature in mockK

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#818 opened on May 4, 2022

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Feature/Function Requests

Suppress unwanted behaviour

I'm using the MockK library to write my kotlin android unit tests and it's really pain in my ass while writing unit tests for Android activity classes which have override methods like onCreate(), onResume(), onNewIntent() etc that call their parent classes.

I'm looking for a feature in mockk with which i can suppress the parent class calls and complete my unit tests peacefully. Currently I've to write hybrid unit tests by using PowerMockito along with mockK library to use the suppress functionality provided by PowerMockito, due to lack of such cool feature or function in mockK.

WhiteBox

WhiteBox is another useful one from PowerMockito which is missing in mockK and would really be helpful if available on this library.

Current Specs:

  • MockK version: V1.12.3
  • OS: Mac OS
  • Kotlin version: 1.6.0

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Research direction
Study MockK's internal mock handling and integration with Kotlin reflection. Investigate how PowerMock implements suppress and WhiteBox, then design a similar API for MockK.
Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
testing
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
Prerequisites
Kotlin
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45