Nelson is a lightweight NodeJS mocking library

Installation

To install nelson, use npm:

$ npm install nelson

Usage

var nelson = require('nelson');
nelson.mock('namespace', {thisis: 'mynewvalue'});
// Use super cool new value
nelson.restore('namespace');
// or you can use
nelson.restoreAll();

Examples

nelson = require 'nelson'
darpSys = require 'sys'
systest = {tar: 'dar', dar: 'har'}
console.log darpSys.inspect systest # {tar: 'dar', dar: 'har'}
nelson.mock 'sys.inspect', (obj) -> 
  delete obj[key] for key in Object.keys obj when key is 'dar' # Filter out hashes when the key is dar
  return obj

console.log darpSys.inspect systest # {tar: 'dar',}
nelson.restoreAll()

You can view further examples in the example folder.

Namespacing

'os.types.blah.blah' = require('os').types.blah.blah

LICENSE

(MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Fractal [email protected]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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