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Let's see some advanced topics about mORMot's mocking and stubbing features:

• How to handle complex values in parameters / arguments or results, like record;
• Stubbing via a custom delegate or callback;
• Calls tracing.

Our mORMot framework is now able to stub or mock any Delphi interface.

As usual, the best way to explain what a library does is to look at the code using it.
Here is an example (similar to the one shipped with RhinoMocks) of verifying that when we execute the "forgot my password" scenario, we remembered to call the Save() method properly:

procedure TMyTest.ForgotMyPassword;
var SmsSender: ISmsSender;
    UserRepository: IUserRepository;
begin
  TInterfaceStub.Create(TypeInfo(ISmsSender),SmsSender).
    Returns('Send',[true]);
  TInterfaceMock.Create(TypeInfo(IUserRepository),UserRepository,self).
    ExpectsCount('Save',qoEqualTo,1);
  with TLoginController.Create(UserRepository,SmsSender) do
  try
    ForgotMyPassword('toto');
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;

And... that's all, since the verification will take place when IUserRepository instance will be release.

If you want to follow the "test spy" pattern (i.e. no expectation defined a priori, but manual check after the execution), you can use:

procedure TMyTest.ForgotMyPassword;
var SmsSender: ISmsSender;
    UserRepository: IUserRepository;
    Spy: TInterfaceMockSpy;
begin
  TInterfaceStub.Create(TypeInfo(ISmsSender),SmsSender).
    Returns('Send',[true]);
  Spy := TInterfaceMockSpy.Create(TypeInfo(IUserRepository),UserRepository,self);
  with TLoginController.Create(UserRepository,SmsSender) do
  try
    ForgotMyPassword('toto');
  finally
    Free;
  end;
  Spy.Verify('Save');
end;

This is something unique with our library: you can decide if you want to use the classic "expect-run-verify" pattern, or the somewhat more direct "run-verify" / "test spy" pattern.
With mORMot, you pick up your mocking class (either TInterfaceMock or TInterfaceMockSpy), then use it as intended. You can even mix the two aspects in the same instance! It is just a matter of taste and opportunity for you to use the right pattern.

The limited RTTI available in earlier versions of Delphi we want to support (starting with Delphi 6/7) lacks of attributes.
Even the attribute feature of newer Delphi version is not compatible with the one exposed by the FreePascalCompiler, we also want to support.

Therefore, our ORM expects unique columns in a TSQLRecord published property to be defined as stored false.
It could be misleading at first, as reported by several users.
In order to avoid any confusion, we just added a new constant named AS_UNIQUE.

We got some interesting feedback in reddit.

I looked at your website and it is a bit confusing to be honest. After browsing for five minutes I still can't figure out what it is that this framework is supposed to do. It seems like a strange mish mash of different unrelated libraries. You've got some client-server stuff. Some SQLite stuff, which doesn't really fit with client server stuff as it is not a server database. Then there is some PDF stuff.
What is the big picture? What does this actually do?

Such confusion does make sense. Our web site is split into forum, blog, source-code repository and tickets, some wiki pages.

Here are some points of orientation.