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https://github.com/jechol/definject

Unobtrusive Dependency Injector for Elixir
https://github.com/jechol/definject

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Unobtrusive Dependency Injector for Elixir

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Unobtrusive Dependency Injector for Elixir

## Why?

Let's say we want to test following function.

```elixir
def send_welcome_email(user_id) do
%{email: email} = Repo.get(User, user_id)

welcome_email(to: email)
|> Mailer.send()
end
```

Here's one possible solution to replace `Repo.get/2` and `Mailer.send/1` with mocks:

```elixir
def send_welcome_email(user_id, repo \\ Repo, mailer \\ Mailer) do
%{email: email} = repo.get(User, user_id)

welcome_email(to: email)
|> mailer.send()
end
```

First, I believe that this approach is too obtrusive as it requires modifying the function body to make it testable. Second, with `Mailer` replaced with `mailer`, the compiler no longer check the existence of `Mailer.send/1`.

`definject` does not require you to modify function arguments or body. It allows injecting different mocks to each function. It also does not limit using `:async` option as mocks are contained in each test function.

## Installation

The package can be installed by adding `definject` to your list of dependencies
in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
[{:definject, "~> 1.2"}]
end
```

By default, `definject` is replaced with `def` in all but the test environment. Add the below configuration to enable in other environments.

```elixir
config :definject, :enable, true
```

To format `definject` like `def`, add following to your `.formatter.exs`

```elixir
locals_without_parens: [definject: 1, definject: 2]
```

## Documentation

API documentation is available at [https://hexdocs.pm/definject](https://hexdocs.pm/definject)

## Usage

### use Definject

`use Definject` transforms `def` to accept a extra argument `deps` where dependent functions and modules can be injected.

```elixir
use Definject

def send_welcome_email(user_id) do
%{email: email} = Repo.get(User, user_id)

welcome_email(to: email)
|> Mailer.send()
end
```

is expanded into

```elixir
def send_welcome_email(user_id, deps \\ %{}) do
%{email: email} =
Map.get(deps, &Repo.get/2,
:erlang.make_fun(Map.get(deps, Repo, Repo), :get, 2)
).(User, user_id)

welcome_email(to: email)
|> Map.get(deps, &Mailer.send/1,
:erlang.make_fun(Map.get(deps, Mailer, Mailer), :send, 1)
).()
end
```

Note that local function calls like `welcome_email(to: email)` are not expanded unless it is prepended with `__MODULE__`.

Now, you can inject mock functions and modules in tests.

```elixir
test "send_welcome_email" do
Accounts.send_welcome_email(100, %{
Repo => MockRepo,
&Mailer.send/1 => fn %Email{to: "[email protected]", subject: "Welcome"} ->
Process.send(self(), :email_sent)
end
})

assert_receive :email_sent
end
```

Function calls raise if the `deps` includes redundant functions or modules.
You can disable this by adding `strict: false` option.

```elixir
test "send_welcome_email with strict: false" do
Accounts.send_welcome_email(100, %{
&Repo.get/2 => fn User, 100 -> %User{email: "[email protected]"} end,
&Repo.all/1 => fn _ -> [%User{email: "[email protected]"}] end, # Unused
strict: false
})
end
```

### mock

If you don't need pattern matching in mock function, `mock/1` can be used to reduce boilerplates.

```elixir
import Definject

test "send_welcome_email with mock/1" do
Accounts.send_welcome_email(
100,
mock(%{
Repo => MockRepo,
&Mailer.send/1 => Process.send(self(), :email_sent)
})
)

assert_receive :email_sent
end
```

Note that `Process.send(self(), :email_sent)` is surrounded by `fn _ -> end` when expanded.

### import Definject

`import Definject` instead of `use Definject` if you want to manually select functions to inject.

```elixir
import Definject

definject send_welcome_email(user_id) do
%{email: email} = Repo.get(User, user_id)

welcome_email(to: email)
|> Mailer.send()
end
```

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for details