Mockito for the Win

I have not been doing a lot of work on Miranda this week.  I wanted to say that Mockito has worked out well, however.  It has simplified tests, particularly for states, by providing mock objects for Consumers.

To Mock or not to Mock

As part of the whole testing process, I find myself in situations where I could use a mock objects or the real thing.  I have already made some Big Mistakes by using other frameworks, and now I consider Mockito.

For those who are not familiar with it, Mockito is a framework for setting up mock objects.  It was made with my situation in mind.  The problem with it, is that you end up with blocks of code that have a lot to do with Mockito, but little to do with the system that you are testing.

On the other hand, I have ended up with large blocks of code that have a lot to do with testing Miranda, but little to do with Miranda itself. Thus the question remains: To use Mockito or  not.

I think that, at this point, I will use Mockito and if it causes any problems, I will take it out.

TLS still doesn't work. See my question on Stack Overflow for updates.

All hail netty!