怎样使用mock object测试一个启动新线程的类

本文是在jmock的网站上发现的，很有实际意义，因为一直用easymock，试了一下jmock，觉得很别扭，方法名以字符串的方式自己输入，容易写错，而且还要继承它自己的基类，不爽。
所以本文的程序样例用easymock重写了。

在下面的例子中，Guard持有一个Alarm的引用，在必要的时候进行报警。

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publicinterfaceAlarm{ publicvoidring(); }

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publicclassGuard{ privateAlarmalarm; publicGuard(Alarmalarm){ this.alarm=alarm; } publicvoidgetBored(){ startRingingTheAlarm(); } privatevoidstartRingingTheAlarm(){ RunnableringAlarmTask=newRunnable(){ publicvoidrun(){ alarm.ring(); } }; ThreadringAlarmThread=newThread(ringAlarmTask); ringAlarmThread.start(); } }

Guard.getBored()的测试代码如下：

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publicvoidtestGuardDoesNotRingTheAlarmWhenHeGetsBored(){ Alarmalarm=EasyMock.createMock(Alarm.class); Guardguard=newGuard(alarm); guard.getBored(); }

在此例中，预期的异常并没有发生，测试通过了。这是因为alarm抛出的异常是在ringAlarm线程中，而不是在测试主线程中。此问题的根源是试图使用mock object来进行集成测试。用mock object来进行单元测试是希望将测试的单元与系统其他单元相隔离。然而，线程从其特性来说，是属于集成测试的范畴。并发和同步都要涉及到全局范围，线程的创建也用到了操作系统底层的特性。

一种解决方案是将要执行任务的对象与任务的细节相隔离，在它们之间引入一个接口。这样，可以用mock object来测试要执行任务的对象，在集成测试中测试任务的执行。

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publicinterfaceTaskRunner{ publicvoidstart(Runnabletask); }

测试方案如下：

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publicvoidtestGuardDoesNotRingTheAlarmWhenHeGetsBored(){ Alarmalarm=EasyMock.createMock(Alarm.class); TaskRunnertaskRunner=newImmediateTaskRunner(); Guardguard=newGuard(alarm,taskRunner); guard.getBored(); }

<!-- = END of automatically generated HTML code = --><!-- ======================================================== --> 在TaskRunner的实现中，如果是启用一个新线程来执行任务，那么又回到了问题的开始，测试还是不能得到希望的异常。我们需要将任务的执行放在TaskRunner相同的线程中。最简单的方法就是立即执行该任务，而不是启线程来执行。在单元测试中，可以直接实现TaskRunner接口，得到如下的任务执行器。

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publicclassImmediateTaskRunnerimplementsTaskRunner{ publicvoidstart(Runnabletask){ task.run(); } }

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Guard代码更新如下：

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publicclassGuard{ privateAlarmalarm; privateTaskRunnertaskRunner; publicGuard(Alarmalarm,TaskRunnertaskRunner){ this.alarm=alarm; this.taskRunner=taskRunner; } publicvoidgetBored(){ startRingingTheAlarm(); } privatevoidstartRingingTheAlarm(){ RunnableringAlarmTask=newRunnable(){ publicvoidrun(){ alarm.ring(); } }; taskRunner.start(ringAlarmTask); } }

在实际项目中使用的TaskRunner

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publicclassConcurrentTaskRunnerimplementsTaskRunner{ publicvoidstart(Runnabletask){ (newThread(task)).start(); } }

<!-- = END of automatically generated HTML code = --><!-- ======================================================== --> 另一种方案是在Guard.getBored()执行结束后，在测试所在的线程中执行任务。如果Guard中的try/finally 掩盖了任务引起的测试错误，应用此方案则特别适合。
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publicclassDelayedTaskRunnerimplementsTaskRunner{ privateList<Runnable>delayedTasks=newArrayList<Runnable>(); publicvoidstart(Runnabletask){ delayedTasks.add(task); } publicvoidrunTasks(){ for(Iterator<Runnable>i=delayedTasks.iterator();i.hasNext();){ i.next().run(); i.remove(); } } }

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publicvoidtestGuardDoesNotRingTheAlarmWhenHeGetsBored(){ Alarmalarm=EasyMock.createMock(Alarm.class); DelayedTaskRunnertaskRunner=newDelayedTaskRunner(); Guardguard=newGuard(alarm,taskRunner); guard.getBored(); taskRunner.runTasks(); }

<!-- = END of automatically generated HTML code = --><!-- ======================================================== --> 将对象中运行多线程任务的机制提取出来，不仅方便单元测试，而且还能使得程序之间的耦合更松，扩展性更好。比如可以毫不费力的将现在的并发任务处理器替换成线程池。