package Test::MockSub; sub mock { my $self = bless {}, shift; my $sub = shift; %{ $self } = @_; if (defined $self->{return_value} && defined $self->{side_effect}){ die "use only one of return_value or side_effect"; } my $called; { no strict 'refs'; *$sub = sub { $self->{call_count} = ++$called; return $self->{return_value} if defined $self->{return_value}; $self->{side_effect}->() if $self->{side_effect}; }; } return $self; } sub called { return shift->call_count ? 1 : 0; } sub call_count { return shift->{call_count}; } sub reset { my $self = shift; delete $self->{$_} for keys %{ $self }; } 1; #### package MyPackage; use lib '.'; use One; sub test { my $obj = One->new; $obj->foo; } 1; #### package One; sub new { return bless {}, shift; } sub foo { print "in One::foo\n"; } 1; #### use warnings; use strict; use feature 'say'; use lib '.'; use Test::MockSub; use MyPackage; {# called() && call_counnt() my $foo = Test::MockSub->mock('One::foo'); MyPackage::test; MyPackage::test; my $count = $foo->call_count; say "testing call_count(): $count"; my $called = $foo->called; say "testing called(): $called"; } {# return_value my $foo = Test::MockSub->mock('One::foo', return_value => 'True'); my $ret = MyPackage::test; say "testing return_value: $ret"; } {# side_effect my $cref = sub {die "thowing error";}; my $foo = Test::MockSub->mock('One::foo', side_effect => $cref); eval{MyPackage::test;}; print "testing side_effect: "; say $@ ? 'success' : 'failed'; } {# side_effect && return_value dies() my $foo; my $cref = sub {}; eval{ $foo = Test::MockSub->mock('One::foo', side_effect => $cref, return_value => 1);}; print "testing side_effect & return_value dies(): "; say $@ ? 'success' : 'failed'; } {# reset() my $foo = Test::MockSub->mock('One::foo', return_value => 1); my $ret1 = MyPackage::test; $foo->reset; my $ret2 = MyPackage::test; print "testing reset():"; say defined $ret1 && ! defined $ret2 ? 'success' : 'failed'; }