Question

I am having a class with operator[], like this :

class Base
{
  public:
    virtual ~Base(){}
    virtual const int & operator[]( const unsigned int index ) const = 0;
};

How can I create a mock class using google mock framework for this method?

I tried this :

class MockBase : public Base
{
public:
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD1( operator[],
                      const int& ( const unsigned int )
                      );
};

but that produces next errors :

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error: pasting "]" and "_" does not give a valid preprocessing token
error: pasting "]" and "_" does not give a valid preprocessing token

Answer 1

The MOCK_METHOD# macros won’t work on operators. The solution given in this message says to create a regular method for mocking:

class Base {
 public:
 virtual ~Base () {}
 virtual bool operator==(const Base &) = 0;
};

class MockBase: public Base {
 public:
 MOCK_METHOD1(Equals, bool(const Base &));
 virtual bool operator==(const Base & rhs) { return Equals(rhs); }
};