Attribute Macro mockall::automock

#[automock]

Automatically generate mock types for structs and traits.

This is by far the easiest way to use Mockall. It works on almost all traits, and almost all structs that have a single impl block. In either case, it will generate a mock struct whose name is the name of the mocked struct/trait prepended with “Mock”. For each method of the original, the mock struct will have a method named expect_whatever that allows you to set expectations. There will also be one checkpoint method that calls checkpoint for every single mocked method.

Examples

The simplest use case is mocking a no-frills trait

#[automock]
pub trait Foo {
    fn foo(&self, key: i16);
}

let mock = MockFoo::new();

Mocking a structure:

struct Foo {}
#[automock]
impl Foo {
    fn foo(&self) -> u32 {
        // ...
    }
}

You can also mock a trait impl on a struct:

pub trait Foo {
    fn foo(&self, key: i16);
}
struct Bar{}
#[automock]
impl Foo for Bar {
    fn foo(&self, key: i16){
        // ...
    }
}

let mock = MockBar::new();

Mocking a trait with associated types requires adding a metaitem to the attribute:

#[automock(type Item=u32;)]
trait Foo {
    type Item;
    fn foo(&self) -> Self::Item;
}

Finally, #[automock] can also mock foreign functions. This requires another metaitem to specify the mock module name.

#[automock(mod mock_ffi;)]
extern "C" {
    pub fn foo() -> u32;
}

Limitations

#[automock] can’t handle everything. There are some cases where you will need to use mock instead:

• Mocking a struct that has multiple impl blocks, including structs that implement traits.
• Mocking a struct or trait defined in another crate.
• Mocking a trait with trait bounds.
• If the autogenerated “MockFoo” name isn’t acceptable, and you want to choose your own name for the mock structure.