How to test async method in block using OCMock

Question

I cannot figure out how to check this method:

- (void)writer:(id)writer didFailWithError:(NSError *)error;
{    
 [self.alertView dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];

  void (^alertViewBlock)(int) = ^(int buttonIndex)
  {
    if (buttonIndex == 1)
    {
        [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(savePostponeReasonsAsynchronously) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"dismissed");

        self.savePostponeReasonsQueue = nil;
    }
  };

 [self showPostponeReasonFailedAlert:alertViewBlock];
}

In particular, how can I verify that the called selector savePostponeReasonsAsynchronously has been called?

thank

Answer 1

One way to test asynchronous method calls is to wait for them to complete:

__block BOOL isRunning = YES;
[[[myPartialMock expect] andDo:^(NSInvocation *invocation){ isRunning = NO; }] savePostponeReasonsAsynchronously];
myPartialMock writer:nil didFailWithError:nil; 

NSDate *timeout = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:10];
do {
  [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode
                           beforeDate:timeout];
} while (isRunning);

STAssertFalse(isRunning, @"Test timed out.");
[myPartialMock verify];

This is a technique that I learned by looking at Rob Napir's code for RNCryptor , which also has some useful semaphore tricks.

Answer 2

, "Promise". , , :

, async , , . -, . , .

:

typedef void (^completion_block_t)(id result);

testie, async, :

- (void) asyncFooWithCompletion:(completion_block_t)completionHandler;

:

- (void) testAsyncFooWithCompletion 
{
    // Your test - executing on the main thread.

    RXPromise* handlerPromise = [RXPromise new];

    [foo asyncFooWithCompletion:^(id result){
        // possibly perform assertions         
        ...

        if (result is expected) {
            // expected in this test scenario
            // resolve promise with a value indicating success:
            [handlerPromise fulfillWithValue:@"OK"];
        }
        else {
            // unexpected in this test scenario
            // resolve promise with an error:
            [handlerPromise rejectWithReason:@"Unexpected result"]; 
        }
    }];

: asyncFooWithCompletion: , - . .

, . .

    // Set a timeout. If the timeout expires before the handler get called, 
    // the promise will be resolved with a "timeout error":
    [handlerPromise setTimeout:5.0];


    // Register handlers, which get called when _handlerPromise_ will be resolved.
    // We did perform a all assertions in the completion handler. Thus here, 
    // just catch unexpected failures - including a timeout:
    [handlerPromise.thenOn(dispatch_get_main_queue(), nil, 
    ^id(NSError* error) {
        // We are on the main thread
        ADD_FAILURE() << [[error description] UTF8String];
        return error;
     })  
     runLoopWait]; // wait on the current run loop.

     // if we reach here, assertions have been executed (on the main thread) 
     // and all handlers have been returned.

}    // end test