Hello all,

I want to write a test for method which is going to extract part of an XML file. The input for this is an array of objects which I generate by parsing a CSV file and creating an object for each line.

My problem is that I am daunted by the setting up the intial conditions for the test. Either I would have to rely on other code (for which, shame on me, I haven't written tests), or generate the objects "by hand". I don't really want to do the later as I need 15 parameters per input object and 4 or 5 objects. Should I be using TestMock::Object, or something similar? I did have a look at some articles about TestMock::Object, but they made my little acolyte brain hurt. OK, no strain, no gain, but I'd like to know whether I'm on the right track first.

Thanks,

loris

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