Ok, I have a Base class and a MockBase. Code is attached below. I have managed to find a solution but not sure if it's the optimal.
class Base
{
public :
Base ( const int v ) ;
bool check( const int );
virtual bool getValue() { return _value ) ;
private :
bool _value;
}
implementation is here
Base::Base( const int v)
{
_value = check( v ) ; // where check calls some legacy stuff and returns a bool
}
So - ideally I would like my MockBase to override this check function - which is called on construction. Doing something like this didn't work for me.
class MockBase : public Base
{
public :
MockBase ( const int v ) ;
MOCK_METHOD1( check, bool( const int ) ) ;
}
// TEST
MockBase base( 5 ) ;
EXPECT_CALL( base, checkLevel( 5 ) )
.WillRepeatedly(Return( true ) ) ;
/// then testing getValue returns false
Why is that ? My current solution is on PS, but ideally I would like to know whether the above is valid approach or not ( and code is failing due to my bug and not because this is not possible at all).
My explanation is that, I think that when calling MockBase base( 5 ) ; the MockBase object calls the legacy check instead because the Base constructor is called.
PS :
To solve it, I had to provide a protected Base() constructor in my base class, which was used by MockBase and put my expect call on the getValue(). I can give code but the question is mostly on the above - if it can work like this.
