| # Googletest Mocking (gMock) Framework |
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| ### Overview |
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| Google's framework for writing and using C++ mock classes. It can help you |
| derive better designs of your system and write better tests. |
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| It is inspired by: |
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| * [jMock](http://www.jmock.org/), |
| * [EasyMock](http://www.easymock.org/), and |
| * [Hamcrest](http://code.google.com/p/hamcrest/), |
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| and designed with C++'s specifics in mind. |
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| gMock: |
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| - provides a declarative syntax for defining mocks, |
| - can define partial (hybrid) mocks, which are a cross of real and mock |
| objects, |
| - handles functions of arbitrary types and overloaded functions, |
| - comes with a rich set of matchers for validating function arguments, |
| - uses an intuitive syntax for controlling the behavior of a mock, |
| - does automatic verification of expectations (no record-and-replay needed), |
| - allows arbitrary (partial) ordering constraints on function calls to be |
| expressed, |
| - lets a user extend it by defining new matchers and actions. |
| - does not use exceptions, and |
| - is easy to learn and use. |
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| Details and examples can be found here: |
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| * [gMock for Dummies](docs/for_dummies.md) |
| * [Legacy gMock FAQ](docs/gmock_faq.md) |
| * [gMock Cookbook](docs/cook_book.md) |
| * [gMock Cheat Sheet](docs/cheat_sheet.md) |
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| Please note that code under scripts/generator/ is from the [cppclean |
| project](http://code.google.com/p/cppclean/) and under the Apache |
| License, which is different from Google Mock's license. |
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| Google Mock is a part of |
| [Google Test C++ testing framework](http://github.com/google/googletest/) and a |
| subject to the same requirements. |
