Creating any mocks throws InstanceRecipeBuilder.withClassRecipe

[BlueRaja]

Using the prebuilt Mockolate v0.12.4 from here, and the latest version of FlexUnit that comes with FlashBuilder Professional (FlexUnit 4.1 I think).

My code looks like this:

package MyTestPackage
{
    import com.my.site.MyClass;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import mockolate.*;
    import org.flexunit.Assert;
    import org.flexunit.async.Async;

    public class MyClassTests
    {
        [Before(async, timeout = 5000)]
        public function prepareMockolates():void
        {
            Async.proceedOnEvent(this,
                prepare(MyClass),
                Event.COMPLETE);
        }

        [Test]
        public function mocksWorkTest():void
        {
            var myClass:MyClass = strict(MyClass);
            //The above line throws an exception, so what I put here doesn't matter
        }
    }
}

The line

var myClass:MyClass = strict(MyClass);

throws an exception

Error: InstanceRecipeBuilder.withClassRecipe
at mockolate.ingredients::InstanceRecipeBuilder/withClassRecipe(InstanceRecipeBuilder.as:21)
at mockolate.ingredients::Mockolatier/mockolate.ingredients.only::createInstanceRecipeFor(Mockolatier.as:183)
at mockolate.ingredients::Mockolatier/strict(Mockolatier.as:167)
at global/mockolate::strict(strict.as:28)
**[ at MyTestPackage::MyClassTests/mocksWorkTest(MyClassTests.as:22) ]
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply
at flex.lang.reflect::Method/apply(Method.as:244)
at org.flexunit.runners.model::FrameworkMethod/invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.as:201)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::InvokeMethod/evaluate(InvokeMethod.as:72)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::RunBeforesInline/handleSequenceExecuteComplete(RunBeforesInline.as:112)
at org.flexunit.token::AsyncTestToken/sendResult(AsyncTestToken.as:107)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::AsyncStatementBase/sendComplete(AsyncStatementBase.as:76)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::StatementSequencer/sendComplete(StatementSequencer.as:172)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::StatementSequencer/handleChildExecuteComplete(StatementSequencer.as:145)
at org.flexunit.token::AsyncTestToken/sendResult(AsyncTestToken.as:107)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::ExpectAsync/sendComplete(ExpectAsync.as:560)
at org.flexunit.internals.runners.statements::ExpectAsync/handleAsyncEventFired(ExpectAsync.as:431)
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent
at org.flexunit.async::AsyncHandler/handleEvent(AsyncHandler.as:156)
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply
at SetIntervalTimer/onTimer
at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch
at flash.utils::Timer/tick

The same thing happens when using nice().

If I create mocked fields using MockolateRule everything works perfectly, but of course that greatly reduces the flexibility of my tests, since I can no longer create mocks within the tests.

Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it?

[mikecann]

Did you ever solve this? Im having the same problem.

[BlueRaja]

No, the framework is broken and apparently no one cares about it.

[mikecann]

Ahh damn :( Some of us still have legacy projects to maintain!

[mikecann]

I believe it is to do with trying to mock concrete classes instead of interfaces. If the concrete class throws an error in the constructor then you get this error.

[mikecann]

Scratch all that, the problem was simply because I forgot to prepare on of the dependencies, doh!