How do you ensure expects is invoked exactly `n` times

[Bennet Sunder]

I noticed that when using times returns true even if it's invoked more times than required. like it returns true if greater than 3, but false if lesser than 3

object = mock()
object.expects(:expected_method).times(3)
10.times { object.expected_method }
# => verify succeeds

Is there a way I can use exactly n times? I tried using the https://www.rubydoc.info/github/floehopper/mocha/Mocha/Cardinality#exactly-class_method but I get an exception saying

undefined method `exactly' for #<Mocha::Expectation

How can I achieve exactly n times? It looks like exactly is used only for twice and once https://github.com/floehopper/mocha/blob/master/lib/mocha/expectation.rb

[James Mead]

@Bennet-Sunder

Unfortunately, although you've opened this issue against the correct repo, your comment is referring to code in an old deprecated repo (https://github.com/floehopper/mocha) as explained in its README which is stuck at v0.11.3. You're also looking at the documentation associated with that old deprecated repo (rubydoc.info/github/floehopper/mocha).

The canonical repo is this one (https://github.com/freerange/mocha) which has the code at v1.12.0 and the canonical documentation is here (https://mocha.jamesmead.org/).

Assuming you're using a reasonably recent version of Mocha, passing a single number to Mocha::Expectation#times should do what you want.

Out of interest how did you find that out-of-date repo / docs? Was it via a search engine? I've created a new issue to archive the old repo and request the removal of the docs.

I'm going to close this issue now, but please re-open if this doesn't solve your problem.

[Bennet Sunder]

Thanks. Yes, I did find it via google search