{ "uuid": [ { "value": "cbfe0f07-d0fc-46d0-950f-167a091e020d" } ], "langcode": [ { "value": "en" } ], "type": [ { "target_id": "daily_email", "target_type": "node_type", "target_uuid": "8bde1f2f-eef9-4f2d-ae9c-96921f8193d7" } ], "revision_timestamp": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:34+00:00" } ], "revision_uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "revision_log": [], "status": [ { "value": true } ], "uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "title": [ { "value": "Testing multiple implementations with contract tests\n" } ], "created": [ { "value": "2023-08-24T00:00:00+00:00" } ], "changed": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:34+00:00" } ], "promote": [ { "value": false } ], "sticky": [ { "value": false } ], "default_langcode": [ { "value": true } ], "revision_translation_affected": [ { "value": true } ], "path": [ { "alias": "\/daily\/2023\/08\/24\/testing-multiple-implementations-with-contract-tests", "langcode": "en" } ], "body": [ { "value": "\n

If you have multiple implementations of a service, as I mentioned in yesterday's email<\/a>, you need to ensure they all provide the same functionality.<\/p>\n\n

You need to be able to run the same tests against each implementation and have them pass.<\/p>\n\n

How do you do this?<\/h2>\n\n

In PHP, I use a trait that contains the test methods and then have a test class for each implementation that uses the trait and sets up any test data.<\/p>\n\n

Then, each test class will run the methods from the contract test trait and ensure they all provide the same behaviour, regardless of how it does so - whether it communicates with an API, uses an SDK, or returns fake values.<\/p>\n\n

If one implementation doesn't return the same result as the others, its test will fail.<\/p>\n\n

If you add a new implementation, you create a new test class, use the trait and get the tests to pass.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

If you have multiple implementations of a service, as I mentioned in yesterday's email<\/a>, you need to ensure they all provide the same functionality.<\/p>\n\n

You need to be able to run the same tests against each implementation and have them pass.<\/p>\n\n

How do you do this?<\/h2>\n\n

In PHP, I use a trait that contains the test methods and then have a test class for each implementation that uses the trait and sets up any test data.<\/p>\n\n

Then, each test class will run the methods from the contract test trait and ensure they all provide the same behaviour, regardless of how it does so - whether it communicates with an API, uses an SDK, or returns fake values.<\/p>\n\n

If one implementation doesn't return the same result as the others, its test will fail.<\/p>\n\n

If you add a new implementation, you create a new test class, use the trait and get the tests to pass.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }