tests/testthat/test-method-introspect.R

In S7: An Object Oriented System Meant to Become a Successor to S3 and S4

describe("method introspection", {
  it("can dispatch by class or object", {
    foo <- new_generic("foo", "x")
    method(foo, class_character) <- function(x) "c"

    expect_equal(
      method(foo, class = class_character),
      method(foo, object = "x")
    )
  })

  it("errors on invalid inputs", {
    expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, {
      method(print, 1)

      foo <- new_generic("foo", "x")
      method(foo)
      method(foo, 1)
      method(foo, new_union(class_integer, class_double))

      foo2 <- new_generic("foo2", c("x", "y"))
      method(foo2, object = list(class_character))
    })
  })

  it("errors if no method found", {
    foo <- new_generic("foo", "x")
    foo2 <- new_generic("foo", c("x", "y"))

    expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, {
      method(foo, class = class_integer)
      method(foo, object = 1L)

      method(foo2, class = list(class_integer, class_double))
      method(foo2, object = list(1L, 2))
    })
  })
})

describe("method explanation", {
  it("shows all possible methods along with matches", {
    foo1 <- new_class("foo1", package = NULL)
    foo2 <- new_class("foo2", foo1, package = NULL)

    add <- new_generic("add", c("x", "y"))
    method(add, list(foo2, foo1)) <- function(x, y) c(2, 1)
    method(add, list(foo1, foo1)) <- function(x, y) c(1, 1)

    expect_snapshot_output(method_explain(add, list(foo2, foo2)))
  })
})