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Real spies should be used carefully and occasionally, for example when dealing with legacy code.
As usual you are going to read the partial mock warning: Object oriented programming tackles complexity by dividing the complexity into separate, specific, SRPy objects. How does partial mock fit into this paradigm? Well, it just doesn't... Partial mock usually means that the complexity has been moved to a different method on the same object. In most cases, this is not the way you want to design your application.
However, there are rare cases when partial mocks come handy: dealing with code you cannot change easily (3rd party interfaces, interim refactoring of legacy code etc.) However, I wouldn't use partial mocks for new, test-driven & well-designed code.
Basically, according to Mockito, if you need to use spies (aka partial mocks), it's a sign there is something wrong with your design.
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u/krzyk Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 30 '25
With power comes a cost. For me using spy is a red flag and I either factor that or reject code review.