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53 lines
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# go-testing-interface
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go-testing-interface is a Go library that exports an interface that
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`*testing.T` implements as well as a runtime version you can use in its
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place.
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The purpose of this library is so that you can export test helpers as a
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public API without depending on the "testing" package, since you can't
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create a `*testing.T` struct manually. This lets you, for example, use the
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public testing APIs to generate mock data at runtime, rather than just at
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test time.
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## Usage & Example
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For usage and examples see the [Godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface).
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Given a test helper written using `go-testing-interface` like this:
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import "github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"
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func TestHelper(t testing.T) {
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t.Fatal("I failed")
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}
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You can call the test helper in a real test easily:
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import "testing"
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func TestThing(t *testing.T) {
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TestHelper(t)
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}
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You can also call the test helper at runtime if needed:
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import "github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"
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func main() {
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TestHelper(&testing.RuntimeT{})
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}
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## Why?!
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**Why would I call a test helper that takes a *testing.T at runtime?**
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You probably shouldn't. The only use case I've seen (and I've had) for this
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is to implement a "dev mode" for a service where the test helpers are used
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to populate mock data, create a mock DB, perhaps run service dependencies
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in-memory, etc.
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Outside of a "dev mode", I've never seen a use case for this and I think
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there shouldn't be one since the point of the `testing.T` interface is that
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you can fail immediately.
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