Gennady,


   Recently  I’ve  came  across discussion about extending the Boost.Test
   framework with a mocking capabilities:
   [1]http://old.nabble.com/Interest-check:-Boost.Mock-td23958875.html

    I’ve  even  found  a  new header file mock_object.hpp within the 1_41
   distribution, but not any documentation yet.


   There was a question about BMock library I developed and presented about at
   BoostCon09. The main differentiator of BMock from the rest of C++ frameworks
   I’m familiar with (except maybe MockItNow) is that it does not require
   neither classes, nor virtual methods. It does use heavily BOOST.Preprocessor
   and, at certain degree, boost meta-programming capabilities. Even though it
   has some historical quirks BMock has two major advantages, in my view,
   unsurpassable yet:


   a)      Ability to dynamically mock ANY function or method. The function
   definition header needs to be wrapped with a special BMOCK_FUNCTION macro.
   Opposite to MockItNow this proves a fully portable solution, which does not
   depend on profiler API or any other low-level compiler capabilities.

   a)      Deep integration with Boost.Test library, most importantly with its
   diagnostics.


   So far it proved itself as an extremely useful tool for embedded software
   development in C/C++. Attached you will find BMock documentation (sorry, not
   Boost standard L). Not everything is relevant and not everything should
   remain, but hopefully you will get an adequate impression about how does it
   work from the user perspective.


   As I explained it to Dave during the BoostCon 09 I do not think that BMock
   in its current state is suitable to be a separate contribution to the Boost
   library, nor do I think it should be. From the beginning the BMock was
   conceived  as  a  lightweight (well, as much as possible) extension to
   Boost.Test. If you find it interesting I will be happy to send you all
   sources (not too much) and to discuss how to proceed further.


   Regards,

   Asher Sterkin



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References

   1. http://old.nabble.com/Interest-check:-Boost.Mock-td23958875.html
   2. http://twitter.com/asterkin
   3. http://www.twitpic.com/photos/asterkin
   4. http://disturbingthoughts-asher.blogspot.com/
   5. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/asher-sterkin/3/106/10a