# Now can test any class which calls out to 'GetAllDevices' in HAL
....test stuff....
DESCRIPTION
This provides an alternate for Net::DBus::Object to enable bus
objects to be quickly mocked up, thus facilitating creation of unit
tests for services which may need to call out to objects provided
by 3rd party services on the bus. It is typically used as a companion
to the Net::DBus::MockBus object, to enable complex services to
be tested without actually starting a real bus.
!!!!! WARNING !!!
This object & its APIs should be considered very experimental at
this point in time, and no guarentees about future API compatability
are provided what-so-ever. Comments & suggestions on how to evolve
this framework are, however, welcome & encouraged.
METHODS
my $object = Net::DBus::Test::MockObject->new($service, $path, $interface);
Create a new mock object, attaching to the service defined by the $service
parameter. This would be an instance of the Net::DBus::Service object. The
$path parameter defines the object path at which to attach this mock object,
and $interface defines the interface it will support.
my $service = $object->get_service
Retrieves the Net::DBus::Service object within which this
object is exported.
my $path
= $object->get_object_path
Retrieves the path under which this object is exported
my $msg
= $object->get_last_message
Retrieves the last message processed by this object. The returned
object is an instance of Net::DBus::Binding::Message
my $sig
= $object->get_last_message_signature
Retrieves the type signature of the last processed message.
my $value
= $object->get_last_message_param
Returns the first value supplied as an argument to the last
processed message.
my @values
= $object->get_last_message_param_list
Returns a list of all the values supplied as arguments to
the last processed message.
$object->seed_action($interface, $method
, %action);
Registers an action to be performed when a message corresponding
to the method $method
within the interface $interface is
received. The %action parameter can have a number of possible
keys set:
signals
Causes a signal to be emitted when the method is invoked. The
value associated with this key should be an instance of the
Net::DBus::Binding::Message::Signal class.
error
Causes an error to be generated when the method is invoked. The
value associated with this key should be a hash reference, with
two elements. The first, "name", giving the error name, and the
second, "description", providing the descriptive text.
reply
Causes a normal method return to be generated. The value associated
with this key should be an array reference, whose elements are the
values to be returned by the method.
BUGS
It doesn't completely replicate the API of Net::DBus::Binding::Object,
merely enough to make the high level bindings work in a test scenario.