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richie
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5 years ago

Asynch Messaging Testing Help Please?

Hey!   I've got to test some asynch messaging (non-blocking communication) via Queues and there wont be any responses to assert against.   Before now, the way I've tested asynch messaging is ...
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richie
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5 years ago

Hey Nastya_Khovrina 

 

Thanks for responding - it's Rabbit so I think it's AMQP  and ReadyAPI! has a plugin - but there's also some other asynch REST APIs also.

 

I remember the JMS tech corner thingy the guys worked on cos I bookmarked it cos it looked so handy, although not applicable in my RabbitMQ case.

 

I'm just kindof lost on why mocking is used - I don't understand the reason, or value of using a mock/virt/stub (or whatever you want to call it) when testing asynch.  With asynch you have essentially 3 options - you do get a response but not immediate (callback/webhook approach or the polling approach) or you don't get a response at all.

I just don't understand how/why mocking is used in these scenarios.

 

Anyway - cheers Nastya_Khovrina 

 

rich