Jasmine - how to spyOn instance methods

Question

I have a function

var data = {};
var myFunc = function() {
  data.stuff = new ClassName().doA().doB().doC();
};

I\'d like to test that

Answer 1

Let’s do some code refactoring as we want implement constructor injection pattern as James Shore mentions that:

Dependency injection means giving an object its own instance variables. Really. That’s it.

var data = {};
var stuff = new ClassName()

var myFunc = function(stuff) { // move step of creation new object outside
  data.stuff = stuff.doA().doB().doC();
};

And time for some tests

function ClassName() {
}

var data = {};
var stuff = new ClassName()

var myFunc = function(stuff) {
  data.stuff = stuff.doA().doB().doC();
};


describe('stub for ClassName implementation', function() {
  var stubStuff = {
    doA: function() {
      return stubStuff
    },
    doB: function() {
      return stubStuff
    },
    doC: function() {
      return stubStuff
    }
  }

  beforeEach(function() {
    spyOn(stubStuff, 'doA').and.callThrough();
  });

  it('calls "doA" on "myFunc" exection', function() {
    myFunc(stubStuff);
    expect(stubStuff.doA).toHaveBeenCalled();
  });
});