ts-sinon

Sinon extension providing functions to:

• stub all object methods
• stub interface
• stub object constructor

Prerequisites

1. You have a version of Node.js >= v8.4.0
2. You have installed Typescript

Installation

npm install --save-dev ts-sinon or yarn add --dev ts-sinon

Object stubs example

Importing stubObject function:

• import single function:

import { stubObject } from "ts-sinon";

• import as part of sinon singleton:

import * as sinon from "ts-sinon";
 
const stubObject = sinon.stubObject;

Stub all object methods:

class Test {
    method() { return "original" }
}
 
const test = new Test();
const testStub = stubObject<Test>(test);
 
testStub.method.returns("stubbed");
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.equal("stubbed");

Partial stub:

class Test {
    public someProp: string = "test";
    methodA() { return "A: original" }
    methodB() { return "B: original" }
}
 
const test = new Test();
// second argument must be existing class method name, in this case only "methodA" or "methodB" are accepted.
const testStub = stubObject<Test>(test, ["methodA"]);
 
expect(testStub.methodA()).to.be.undefined;
expect(testStub.methodB()).to.equal("B: original");

Stub with predefined return values (type-safe):

class Test {
    method() { return "original" }
}
 
const test = new Test();
const testStub = stubObject<Test>(test, { method: "stubbed" });
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.equal("stubbed");

Interface stubs example

Importing stubInterface function:

• import single function:

import { stubInterface } from "ts-sinon";

• import as part of sinon singleton:

import * as sinon from "ts-sinon";
 
const stubInterface = sinon.stubInterface;

Interface stub (stub all methods):

interface Test {
    method(): string;
}
 
const testStub = stubInterface<Test>();
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.be.undefined;
 
testStub.method.returns("stubbed");
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.equal("stubbed");

Interface stub with predefined return values (type-safe):

interface Test {
    method(): string;
}
 
// method property has to be the same type as method() return type
const testStub = stubInterface<Test>({ method: "stubbed" });
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.equal("stubbed");

Object constructor stub example

Importing stubConstructor function:

• import single function:

import { stubConstructor } from "ts-sinon";

• import as part of sinon singleton:

import * as sinon from "ts-sinon";
 
const stubConstructor = sinon.stubConstructor;

Object constructor stub (stub all methods):

• without passing predefined args to the constructor:

class Test {
    public someVar: number = 10;
 
    method(): string {
        return "value";
    }
}
 
// type will be guessed automatically
const testStub = stubConstructor(Test);
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.be.undefined;
 
testStub.method.returns("stubbed");
 
expect(testStub.method()).to.equal("stubbed");
 
expect(testStub.someVar).to.equal(10);
 
testStub.someVar = 20;
 
expect(testStub.someVar).to.equal(20);

• with passing predefined args to the constructor:

class Test {
    constructor(public someVar: string, y: boolean) {}
 
    // ...
}
 
// it won't allow to pass incorrect args
const testStub = stubConstructor(Test, "someValue", true);
 
expect(testStub.someVar).to.equal("someValue");

Sinon methods

By importing 'ts-sinon' you have access to all sinon methods.

import sinon, { stubInterface } from "ts-sinon";
 
const functionStub = sinon.stub();
const spy = sinon.spy();
// ...

or

import * as tsSinon from "ts-sinon"
 
const functionStub = tsSinon.default.stub();
const spy = tsSinon.default.spy();
const tsStubInterface = tsSinon.stubInterface<T>();
 
// ...

Packages

Dependencies:

1. Microsoft/TypeScript
2. TypeStrong/ts-node
3. sinonjs/sinon

Dev Dependencies:

1. mochajs/mocha
2. chaijs/chai
3. domenic/sinon-chai

Tests

npm test