Sometimes, we want to clear spy programmatically in Jasmine and JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to clear spy programmatically in Jasmine and JavaScript.
How to clear spy programmatically in Jasmine and JavaScript?
To clear spy programmatically in Jasmine and JavaScript, we can just change the spy.
For instance, we write
let spyObj;
beforeEach(() => {
spyObj = spyOn(obj, "methodName").and.callFake((params) => {});
});
it("should do the declared spy behavior", () => {
// ...
});
it("should do what it used to do", () => {
spyObj.and.callThrough();
});
it("should do something differently", () => {
spyObj.and.returnValue("new value");
});
to create the spyObj object with spyOn.
Then we write spyObj.and.callThrough(); to call obj.methodName in the first test.
In the 2nd test, we call spyObj.and.returnValue to return a new mocked value for obj.methodName.
The existing spy will be cleared after each test.
Conclusion
To clear spy programmatically in Jasmine and JavaScript, we can just change the spy.
