@codefast/di-testing

Solitary and sociable auto-mocking test beds for @codefast/di: unit-test an @injectable class with every collaborator mocked for you, or keep chosen collaborators real.

Overview

@codefast/di-testing gives you two auto-mocking test beds for @codefast/di. A solitary bed constructs the class under test with every collaborator mocked for you; a sociable bed keeps chosen collaborators real and mocks the rest.

The unit is built through a real container, so @postConstruct, accessor injection, and @preDestroy run exactly as in production — and you assert against the mocks the bed created.

• Auto-mocking. TestBed.solitary(Class) reads the class's declared dependencies through di's own MetadataReader and builds a mock for each — no per-collaborator bind(...).toConstantValue(...).
• Real instance, real wiring. The unit is constructed through a container, so @postConstruct, accessor injection, and @preDestroy run exactly as in production.
• Zero test-framework dependency. The default TestBed mocks with a small built-in spy. Create your suite's own with createTestBed({ mockFactory: () => vi.fn() }) — or jest.fn, () => sinon.stub() — to build every mock from that backend and use its matchers instead.
• Backend-typed lookups. The factory's return type flows through every bed the entry point begins: with () => vi.fn(), mocks.get(EmailToken).send carries Vitest's own mock surface (mockReturnValueOnce, mockClear, and so on), with no adapter package and no module augmentation. A bed can have no other backend than its entry point, so a mock is never typed as one backend and built from another.

Installation

pnpm add -D @codefast/di-testing

@codefast/di-testing requires Node.js 22.18 or later, TypeScript 7 or later, and a peer install of @codefast/di, with the same TypeScript setup and toolchain: standard decorators, experimentalDecorators off, and the explicit resource management types, from @types/node 22 or later or from ESNext.Disposable in lib. The package is published on 0.x and versioned on its own track: breaking changes ship as minor versions, so pin the minor version when you need stability.

Quick start

import { injectable, token } from "@codefast/di";
import { createTestBed } from "@codefast/di-testing";
import { expect, it, vi } from "vitest";

// The suite's entry point on Vitest spies, so matchers and mockReturnValue work on every mock.
const TestBed = createTestBed({ mockFactory: () => vi.fn() });

interface UserService {
  findUser(id: string): { id: string; email: string };
}
interface PaymentGateway {
  charge(userId: string, amount: number): void;
}
interface EmailService {
  send(to: string, body: string): void;
}

const UserServiceToken = token<UserService>("app:UserService");
const PaymentGatewayToken = token<PaymentGateway>("app:PaymentGateway");
const EmailServiceToken = token<EmailService>("app:EmailService");

@injectable([UserServiceToken, PaymentGatewayToken, EmailServiceToken])
class OrderProcessor {
  constructor(
    private readonly users: UserService,
    private readonly payments: PaymentGateway,
    private readonly email: EmailService,
  ) {}

  placeOrder(userId: string, amount: number): string {
    const user = this.users.findUser(userId);
    this.payments.charge(userId, amount);
    this.email.send(user.email, `Order confirmed — ${amount}`);
    return `ord-${userId}`;
  }
}

it("charges then emails a confirmation", () => {
  const { unit, mocks } = TestBed.solitary(OrderProcessor)
    .mock(UserServiceToken)
    .stub((fn) => ({ findUser: fn().mockReturnValue({ id: "u1", email: "alice@example.com" }) }))
    .compile();

  unit.placeOrder("u1", 42);

  expect(mocks.get(PaymentGatewayToken).charge).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", 42);
  expect(mocks.get(EmailServiceToken).send).toHaveBeenCalledWith("alice@example.com", "Order confirmed — 42");
});

The zero-dependency default is the TestBed export itself. Assert against the built-in spy's .mock.calls and stub with .mockReturnValue():

import assert from "node:assert/strict";

import { TestBed } from "@codefast/di-testing";

const { unit, mocks } = TestBed.solitary(OrderProcessor).compile();
unit.placeOrder("u1", 42);
assert.deepEqual(mocks.get(PaymentGatewayToken).charge.mock.calls[0], ["u1", 42]);

Entry points

A suite states its mock backend once. createTestBed(options) returns the entry point every bed in the suite begins from — typically created in one shared test-support module:

import { createTestBed } from "@codefast/di-testing";
import { vi } from "vitest";

export const TestBed = createTestBed({ mockFactory: () => vi.fn() });

• mockFactory: () => spy — required: the spy backend each auto-mock is built from. Its return type is the entry point's backend and types every bed it begins. Pass defaultMockFactory for the built-in spy.
• metadataReader?: MetadataReader — the reader dependencies are discovered through. Defaults to di's reader.

The TestBed export is createTestBed({ mockFactory: defaultMockFactory }): the built-in spy, no framework needed.

Solitary beds

TestBed.solitary(target) begins a bed for target and auto-mocks every dependency it declares with the entry point's backend. Nothing is instantiated until you call compile().

The builder records overrides, then compiles:

• .mock(token).stub((fn) => stub) — bind a partial stub built from the active spy factory; unlisted members stay auto-mocked. fn() is typed as whatever the backend produces, so fn().mockReturnValue(...) (jest-shaped) or fn().returns(...) (Sinon) type-check against the factory you chose.
• .mock(token).using(value) — bind a fixed value. The value is sealed: it has no mock surface, so mocks.get refuses it rather than hand it back mistyped — the test already holds the reference it passed in.
• .mock(token).absent() — leave the dependency unbound: an optional() slot resolves undefined, an injectAll() slot []. On a required dependency this is an OverrideMismatchError.
• .mock(token).usingAll([a, b]) — supply the elements of an unconstrained injectAll() slot, in order. Sealed like .using.
• .mock(token, { name }) / .mock(token, { tag }) — target one slot of a token that is injected several ways; the slotless form covers every slot without a more specific override. Registering the same target twice replaces the earlier override.
• .compile() — instantiate the unit synchronously, running accessor injection and @postConstruct.
• .compileAsync() — the same for a unit whose @postConstruct is asynchronous.

.mock(...) accepts a token or a class, matching how the unit declares the dependency.

Sociable beds

A sociable bed keeps chosen collaborators real while everything else stays mocked — a unit test over a small real subtree, not an integration test. TestBed.sociable(target) mocks with the entry point's backend like solitary and returns only .expose(), because a sociable bed with nothing exposed is a solitary bed.

import { injectable, token } from "@codefast/di";
import { createTestBed } from "@codefast/di-testing";
import { expect, it, vi } from "vitest";

// The suite's entry point on Vitest spies, so matchers and mockReturnValue work on every mock.
const TestBed = createTestBed({ mockFactory: () => vi.fn() });

interface TaxPolicy {
  rateFor(currency: string): number;
}

const TaxPolicyToken = token<TaxPolicy>("app:TaxPolicy");

@injectable([TaxPolicyToken])
class PricingService {
  constructor(private readonly tax: TaxPolicy) {}

  total(amount: number, currency: string): number {
    return amount * (1 + this.tax.rateFor(currency));
  }
}

@injectable([PricingService])
class CheckoutService {
  constructor(private readonly pricing: PricingService) {}

  checkout(amount: number, currency: string): number {
    return this.pricing.total(amount, currency);
  }
}

it("prices through the real PricingService over a mocked tax boundary", () => {
  const bed = TestBed.sociable(CheckoutService)
    .expose(PricingService)
    .mock(TaxPolicyToken)
    .stub((fn) => ({ rateFor: fn().mockReturnValue(0.1) }))
    .compile();

  expect(bed.unit.checkout(100, "USD")).toBe(110);
  expect(bed.exposed(PricingService)).toBeInstanceOf(PricingService);
});

• Exposure follows class identity. A class-keyed dependency — of the unit or of another exposed class — stays real when exposed, and its own dependencies follow the same rules recursively.
• Tokens are the boundary. A Token-keyed dependency is always mocked, in both modes: tokens mark where the logic under test meets the outside world.
• Exposed collaborators are singletons resolved through the container, so their @postConstruct runs at compile and @preDestroy on dispose. bed.exposed(Class) returns the instance the unit was built with; mocks.get(Class) refuses it with a SealedDependencyError because it carries no mock surface.
• Exposing the unit itself, or a class the unit never reaches through exposed collaborators, is an ExposureError at compile.

Behaviour notes

• A class whose constructor takes no parameters is testable without @injectable; a parameterful constructor with no metadata is a NotInjectableError.
• An optional() dependency is auto-mocked like any other — it resolves to the mock, not to the undefined an unbound optional would give in production. Use .mock(token).absent() to exercise the absent branch.
• An injectAll() dependency receives a one-element array holding the token's mock; use .mock(token).usingAll([...]) to supply several elements.
• Named or tagged parameters of one token share the token's mock unless a slot-targeted .mock(token, { name }) gives that slot its own; either way mocks.get(token, { name }) addresses the slot directly.
• A .mock(...) that names a token or slot the unit does not declare is an UndeclaredDependencyError at compile — a typo fails loudly instead of binding an unused constant.
• A failed compile disposes the container it was building, so no lifecycle state leaks between tests.

Result

compile() returns a UnitTestBed (a sociable bed returns a SociableUnitTestBed, which adds exposed):

• unit — the real class under test.
• mocks.get(token, options?) — the Mocked<T> bound for a dependency, or for one slot of it. Only auto-mocks and .stub stubs come back; sealed values and exposed classes throw SealedDependencyError.
• resetMocks() — clear the call history and configured behaviour of every auto-mock and stub the bed created.
• disposeAsync() — run the unit's @preDestroy hooks and dispose the container.

The bed implements AsyncDisposable, so await using bed = TestBed.solitary(X).compile() disposes it at the end of the block.

The lower-level pieces are exported too: createAutoMock, createSpy, defaultMockFactory, and the Mocked, DeepPartial, MockFactory, Spy, and TestBedOptions types.

Errors

Every error extends TestingError and carries a stable code. TestingError mirrors di's DiError shape without extending it, so setup failures can be caught separately from resolution failures.

Documentation

• Rendered docs on codefastlabs.com
• @codefast/di — the container this package builds on, including its specification under spec/.
• CHANGELOG.md — release history.

Contributing

See the repo-wide contributing guide for setup, conventions, and the test taxonomy.

License

Released under the MIT License.