1# Googletest Mocking (gMock) Framework 2 3### Overview 4 5Google's framework for writing and using C++ mock classes. It can help you 6derive better designs of your system and write better tests. 7 8It is inspired by: 9 10* [jMock](http://www.jmock.org/), 11* [EasyMock](http://www.easymock.org/), and 12* [Hamcrest](http://code.google.com/p/hamcrest/), 13 14and designed with C++'s specifics in mind. 15 16gMock: 17 18- provides a declarative syntax for defining mocks, 19- can define partial (hybrid) mocks, which are a cross of real and mock 20 objects, 21- handles functions of arbitrary types and overloaded functions, 22- comes with a rich set of matchers for validating function arguments, 23- uses an intuitive syntax for controlling the behavior of a mock, 24- does automatic verification of expectations (no record-and-replay needed), 25- allows arbitrary (partial) ordering constraints on function calls to be 26 expressed, 27- lets a user extend it by defining new matchers and actions. 28- does not use exceptions, and 29- is easy to learn and use. 30 31Details and examples can be found here: 32 33* [gMock for Dummies](docs/for_dummies.md) 34* [Legacy gMock FAQ](docs/gmock_faq.md) 35* [gMock Cookbook](docs/cook_book.md) 36* [gMock Cheat Sheet](docs/cheat_sheet.md) 37 38Please note that code under scripts/generator/ is from the [cppclean 39project](http://code.google.com/p/cppclean/) and under the Apache 40License, which is different from Google Mock's license. 41 42Google Mock is a part of 43[Google Test C++ testing framework](http://github.com/google/googletest/) and a 44subject to the same requirements. 45