Application developers may want to test their code with simulated responses, including errors, from an object of type InstancesClient. To do so, construct an object of type InstancesClient with an instance of this class. Then use the Google Test framework functions to program the behavior of this mock.
See Also
This example for how to test your application with GoogleTest. While the example showcases types from the BigQuery library, the underlying principles apply for any pair of *Client and *Connection.
Functions
virtual options()
This function is implemented using gMock's MOCK_METHOD().
Consult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests.
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`InstancesConnection`. \nApplication developers may want to test their code with simulated responses, including errors, from an object of type `InstancesClient`. To do so, construct an object of type `InstancesClient` with an instance of this class. Then use the Google Test framework functions to program the behavior of this mock.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[This example](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/bigquery/2.35.0/bigquery-read-mock) for how to test your application with GoogleTest. While the example showcases types from the BigQuery library, the underlying principles apply for any pair of `*Client` and `*Connection`.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### virtual options()\n\nThis function is implemented using [gMock](https://google.github.io/googletest)'s `MOCK_METHOD()`.\nConsult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests.\n\n### virtual ListInstances(google::appengine::v1::ListInstancesRequest)\n\nThis function is implemented using [gMock](https://google.github.io/googletest)'s `MOCK_METHOD()`.\nConsult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests.\n\n### virtual GetInstance(google::appengine::v1::GetInstanceRequest const \\&)\n\nThis function is implemented using [gMock](https://google.github.io/googletest)'s `MOCK_METHOD()`.\nConsult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests.\n\n### virtual DeleteInstance(google::longrunning::Operation const \\&)\n\nThis function is implemented using [gMock](https://google.github.io/googletest)'s `MOCK_METHOD()`.\nConsult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests.\n\n### virtual DebugInstance(google::longrunning::Operation const \\&)\n\nThis function is implemented using [gMock](https://google.github.io/googletest)'s `MOCK_METHOD()`.\nConsult the gMock documentation to use this mock in your tests."]]
