如果直接访问结构，如何模拟结构

Question

I am writing a program that acts as a client of Github API. I use https://github.com/google/go-github to access the API. I have a function that accepts a github.Client as one of the argumenta and uses it to retrieve commits from a pull request. I want to test this function with some fake data.

In the article here: https://nathanleclaire.com/blog/2015/10/10/interfaces-and-composition-for-effective-unit-testing-in-golang/ I read, that I should create an interface that would be implemented by github client, and then in my tests, create a mock that would also implement it. My problem is, that go-github uses the following semantics to retrieve pull request:

prs, resp, err := client.PullRequests.List("user", "repo", opt)

The interfaces however allow you to specify methods that should be implemented, but not fields. So how can I mock the github.Client object so it can be used in the above semantics?

Answer 1

It may not be practical in your case, especially if you're using a lot of functionality from github.Client but you can use embedding to create a new structure that implements an interface you define.

type mockableClient struct {
    github.Client
}

func (mc *mockableClient) ListPRs(
owner string, repo string, opt *github.PullRequestListOptions) (
[]*github.PullRequest, *github.Response, error) {

return mc.Client.PullRequests.List(owner, repo, opt)
}


type clientMocker interface {
    Do(req *http.Request, v interface{}) (*github.Response, error)

    ListPRs(string,string,*github.PullRequestListOptions) (
[]*github.PullRequest, *github.Response, error)
}