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1## Google Mock ##
2
3The Google C++ mocking framework.
4
5### Overview ###
6
7Google's framework for writing and using C++ mock classes.
8It can help you derive better designs of your system and write better tests.
9
10It is inspired by:
11
12 * [jMock](http://www.jmock.org/),
13 * [EasyMock](http://www.easymock.org/), and
14 * [Hamcrest](http://code.google.com/p/hamcrest/),
15
16and designed with C++'s specifics in mind.
17
18Google mock:
19
20 * lets you create mock classes trivially using simple macros.
21 * supports a rich set of matchers and actions.
22 * handles unordered, partially ordered, or completely ordered expectations.
23 * is extensible by users.
24
25We hope you find it useful!
26
27### Features ###
28
29 * Provides a declarative syntax for defining mocks.
30 * Can easily define partial (hybrid) mocks, which are a cross of real
31 and mock objects.
32 * Handles functions of arbitrary types and overloaded functions.
33 * Comes with a rich set of matchers for validating function arguments.
34 * Uses an intuitive syntax for controlling the behavior of a mock.
35 * Does automatic verification of expectations (no record-and-replay needed).
36 * Allows arbitrary (partial) ordering constraints on
37 function calls to be expressed,.
38 * Lets a user extend it by defining new matchers and actions.
39 * Does not use exceptions.
40 * Is easy to learn and use.
41
42Please see the project page above for more information as well as the
43mailing list for questions, discussions, and development. There is
44also an IRC channel on OFTC (irc.oftc.net) #gtest available. Please
45join us!
46
47Please note that code under [scripts/generator](scripts/generator/) is
48from [cppclean](http://code.google.com/p/cppclean/) and released under
49the Apache License, which is different from Google Mock's license.
50
51## Getting Started ##
52
53If you are new to the project, we suggest that you read the user
54documentation in the following order:
55
56 * Learn the [basics](../googletest/docs/Primer.md) of
57 Google Test, if you choose to use Google Mock with it (recommended).
58 * Read [Google Mock for Dummies](docs/ForDummies.md).
59 * Read the instructions below on how to build Google Mock.
60
61You can also watch Zhanyong's [talk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpCyLI47rM) on Google Mock's usage and implementation.
62
63Once you understand the basics, check out the rest of the docs:
64
65 * [CheatSheet](docs/CheatSheet.md) - all the commonly used stuff
66 at a glance.
67 * [CookBook](docs/CookBook.md) - recipes for getting things done,
68 including advanced techniques.
69
70If you need help, please check the
71[KnownIssues](docs/KnownIssues.md) and
72[FrequentlyAskedQuestions](docs/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.md) before
73posting a question on the
74[discussion group](http://groups.google.com/group/googlemock).
75
76
77### Using Google Mock Without Google Test ###
78
79Google Mock is not a testing framework itself. Instead, it needs a
80testing framework for writing tests. Google Mock works seamlessly
81with [Google Test](http://code.google.com/p/googletest/), but
82you can also use it with [any C++ testing framework](googlemock/ForDummies.md#Using_Google_Mock_with_Any_Testing_Framework).
83
84### Requirements for End Users ###
85
86Google Mock is implemented on top of [Google Test](
87http://github.com/google/googletest/), and depends on it.
88You must use the bundled version of Google Test when using Google Mock.
89
90You can also easily configure Google Mock to work with another testing
91framework, although it will still need Google Test. Please read
92["Using_Google_Mock_with_Any_Testing_Framework"](
93 docs/ForDummies.md#Using_Google_Mock_with_Any_Testing_Framework)
94for instructions.
95
96Google Mock depends on advanced C++ features and thus requires a more
97modern compiler. The following are needed to use Google Mock:
98
99#### Linux Requirements ####
100
101 * GNU-compatible Make or "gmake"
102 * POSIX-standard shell
103 * POSIX(-2) Regular Expressions (regex.h)
104 * C++98-standard-compliant compiler (e.g. GCC 3.4 or newer)
105
106#### Windows Requirements ####
107
108 * Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 SP1 or newer
109
110#### Mac OS X Requirements ####
111
112 * Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer
113 * Developer Tools Installed
114
115### Requirements for Contributors ###
116
117We welcome patches. If you plan to contribute a patch, you need to
118build Google Mock and its tests, which has further requirements:
119
120 * Automake version 1.9 or newer
121 * Autoconf version 2.59 or newer
122 * Libtool / Libtoolize
123 * Python version 2.3 or newer (for running some of the tests and
124 re-generating certain source files from templates)
125
126### Building Google Mock ###
127
128#### Preparing to Build (Unix only) ####
129
130If you are using a Unix system and plan to use the GNU Autotools build
131system to build Google Mock (described below), you'll need to
132configure it now.
133
134To prepare the Autotools build system:
135
136 cd googlemock
137 autoreconf -fvi
138
139To build Google Mock and your tests that use it, you need to tell your
140build system where to find its headers and source files. The exact
141way to do it depends on which build system you use, and is usually
142straightforward.
143
144This section shows how you can integrate Google Mock into your
145existing build system.
146
147Suppose you put Google Mock in directory `${GMOCK_DIR}` and Google Test
148in `${GTEST_DIR}` (the latter is `${GMOCK_DIR}/gtest` by default). To
149build Google Mock, create a library build target (or a project as
150called by Visual Studio and Xcode) to compile
151
152 ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc and ${GMOCK_DIR}/src/gmock-all.cc
153
154with
155
156 ${GTEST_DIR}/include and ${GMOCK_DIR}/include
157
158in the system header search path, and
159
160 ${GTEST_DIR} and ${GMOCK_DIR}
161
162in the normal header search path. Assuming a Linux-like system and gcc,
163something like the following will do:
164
165 g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} \
166 -isystem ${GMOCK_DIR}/include -I${GMOCK_DIR} \
167 -pthread -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
168 g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} \
169 -isystem ${GMOCK_DIR}/include -I${GMOCK_DIR} \
170 -pthread -c ${GMOCK_DIR}/src/gmock-all.cc
171 ar -rv libgmock.a gtest-all.o gmock-all.o
172
173(We need -pthread as Google Test and Google Mock use threads.)
174
175Next, you should compile your test source file with
176${GTEST\_DIR}/include and ${GMOCK\_DIR}/include in the header search
177path, and link it with gmock and any other necessary libraries:
178
179 g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -isystem ${GMOCK_DIR}/include \
180 -pthread path/to/your_test.cc libgmock.a -o your_test
181
182As an example, the make/ directory contains a Makefile that you can
183use to build Google Mock on systems where GNU make is available
184(e.g. Linux, Mac OS X, and Cygwin). It doesn't try to build Google
185Mock's own tests. Instead, it just builds the Google Mock library and
186a sample test. You can use it as a starting point for your own build
187script.
188
189If the default settings are correct for your environment, the
190following commands should succeed:
191
192 cd ${GMOCK_DIR}/make
193 make
194 ./gmock_test
195
196If you see errors, try to tweak the contents of
197[make/Makefile](make/Makefile) to make them go away.
198
199### Windows ###
200
201The msvc/2005 directory contains VC++ 2005 projects and the msvc/2010
202directory contains VC++ 2010 projects for building Google Mock and
203selected tests.
204
205Change to the appropriate directory and run "msbuild gmock.sln" to
206build the library and tests (or open the gmock.sln in the MSVC IDE).
207If you want to create your own project to use with Google Mock, you'll
208have to configure it to use the `gmock_config` propety sheet. For that:
209
210 * Open the Property Manager window (View | Other Windows | Property Manager)
211 * Right-click on your project and select "Add Existing Property Sheet..."
212 * Navigate to `gmock_config.vsprops` or `gmock_config.props` and select it.
213 * In Project Properties | Configuration Properties | General | Additional
214 Include Directories, type <path to Google Mock>/include.
215
216### Tweaking Google Mock ###
217
218Google Mock can be used in diverse environments. The default
219configuration may not work (or may not work well) out of the box in
220some environments. However, you can easily tweak Google Mock by
221defining control macros on the compiler command line. Generally,
222these macros are named like `GTEST_XYZ` and you define them to either 1
223or 0 to enable or disable a certain feature.
224
225We list the most frequently used macros below. For a complete list,
226see file [${GTEST\_DIR}/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h](
227../googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h).
228
229### Choosing a TR1 Tuple Library ###
230
231Google Mock uses the C++ Technical Report 1 (TR1) tuple library
232heavily. Unfortunately TR1 tuple is not yet widely available with all
233compilers. The good news is that Google Test 1.4.0+ implements a
234subset of TR1 tuple that's enough for Google Mock's need. Google Mock
235will automatically use that implementation when the compiler doesn't
236provide TR1 tuple.
237
238Usually you don't need to care about which tuple library Google Test
239and Google Mock use. However, if your project already uses TR1 tuple,
240you need to tell Google Test and Google Mock to use the same TR1 tuple
241library the rest of your project uses, or the two tuple
242implementations will clash. To do that, add
243
244 -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=0
245
246to the compiler flags while compiling Google Test, Google Mock, and
247your tests. If you want to force Google Test and Google Mock to use
248their own tuple library, just add
249
250 -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1
251
252to the compiler flags instead.
253
254If you want to use Boost's TR1 tuple library with Google Mock, please
255refer to the Boost website (http://www.boost.org/) for how to obtain
256it and set it up.
257
258### As a Shared Library (DLL) ###
259
260Google Mock is compact, so most users can build and link it as a static
261library for the simplicity. Google Mock can be used as a DLL, but the
262same DLL must contain Google Test as well. See
263[Google Test's README][gtest_readme]
264for instructions on how to set up necessary compiler settings.
265
266### Tweaking Google Mock ###
267
268Most of Google Test's control macros apply to Google Mock as well.
269Please see [Google Test's README][gtest_readme] for how to tweak them.
270
271### Upgrading from an Earlier Version ###
272
273We strive to keep Google Mock releases backward compatible.
274Sometimes, though, we have to make some breaking changes for the
275users' long-term benefits. This section describes what you'll need to
276do if you are upgrading from an earlier version of Google Mock.
277
278#### Upgrading from 1.1.0 or Earlier ####
279
280You may need to explicitly enable or disable Google Test's own TR1
281tuple library. See the instructions in section "[Choosing a TR1 Tuple
282Library](../googletest/#choosing-a-tr1-tuple-library)".
283
284#### Upgrading from 1.4.0 or Earlier ####
285
286On platforms where the pthread library is available, Google Test and
287Google Mock use it in order to be thread-safe. For this to work, you
288may need to tweak your compiler and/or linker flags. Please see the
289"[Multi-threaded Tests](../googletest#multi-threaded-tests
290)" section in file Google Test's README for what you may need to do.
291
292If you have custom matchers defined using `MatcherInterface` or
293`MakePolymorphicMatcher()`, you'll need to update their definitions to
294use the new matcher API (
295[monomorphic](http://code.google.com/p/googlemock/wiki/CookBook#Writing_New_Monomorphic_Matchers),
296[polymorphic](http://code.google.com/p/googlemock/wiki/CookBook#Writing_New_Polymorphic_Matchers)).
297Matchers defined using `MATCHER()` or `MATCHER_P*()` aren't affected.
298
299### Developing Google Mock ###
300
301This section discusses how to make your own changes to Google Mock.
302
303#### Testing Google Mock Itself ####
304
305To make sure your changes work as intended and don't break existing
306functionality, you'll want to compile and run Google Test's own tests.
307For that you'll need Autotools. First, make sure you have followed
308the instructions above to configure Google Mock.
309Then, create a build output directory and enter it. Next,
310
311 ${GMOCK_DIR}/configure # try --help for more info
312
313Once you have successfully configured Google Mock, the build steps are
314standard for GNU-style OSS packages.
315
316 make # Standard makefile following GNU conventions
317 make check # Builds and runs all tests - all should pass.
318
319Note that when building your project against Google Mock, you are building
320against Google Test as well. There is no need to configure Google Test
321separately.
322
323#### Contributing a Patch ####
324
325We welcome patches.
326Please read the [Developer's Guide](docs/DevGuide.md)
327for how you can contribute. In particular, make sure you have signed
328the Contributor License Agreement, or we won't be able to accept the
329patch.
330
331Happy testing!
332
333[gtest_readme]: ../googletest/README.md "googletest"