The Mockery

Definition:

• Sometimes mocking can be good, and handy. But sometimes developers can lose themselves and in their effort to mock out what isn’t being tested. In this case, a unit test contains so many mocks, stubs, and/or fakes that the system under test isn’t even being tested at all, instead data returned from mocks is what is being tested.

Also Known As:

• Mock Happy, Mock-Overkill

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Anti-Patterns - Digital Tapestry

• Test-Driven Development: TDD Anti-Patterns

• Unit Testing Anti-Patterns, Full List

• Unit testing Anti-patterns catalogue