add: quick and dirty implementation

tested as single file testrun with Python 2.7 only

dft/constructor_injection.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding : utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+
+"""
+Port of the Java example of "Constructor Injection" in
+"xUnit Test Patterns - Refactoring Test Code" by Gerard Meszaros
+(ISBN-10: 0131495054, ISBN-13: 978-0131495050)
+
+production code which is untestable:
+
+class TimeDisplay(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.time_provider = datetime.datetime
+
+    def get_current_time_as_html_fragment(self):
+        current_time = self.time_provider.now()
+        current_time_as_html_fragment = "<span class=\"tinyBoldText\">" + current_time.hour + ":" + current_time.minute + "</span>"
+        return current_time_as_html_fragment
+"""
+
+class TimeDisplay(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, time_provider):
+        self.time_provider = time_provider
+
+    def get_current_time_as_html_fragment(self):
+        current_time = self.time_provider.now()
+        current_time_as_html_fragment = "<span class=\"tinyBoldText\">" + current_time + "</span>"
+        return current_time_as_html_fragment
+
+class ProductionCodeTimeProvider(object):
+    """
+    Production code version of the time provider (just a wrapper for formatting
+    datetime for this example).
+    """
+
+    def now(self):
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+        current_time_formatted = str(current_time.hour) + ":" + str(current_time.minute)
+        return current_time_formatted
+
+class MidnightTimeProvider(object):
+    """
+    Class implemented as hard-coded stub (in contrast to configurable stub).
+    """
+
+    def now(self):
+        current_time_is_always_midnight = "24:01"
+        return current_time_is_always_midnight

tests/test_constructor_injection.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import unittest
+
+from dft.constructor_injection import TimeDisplay, MidnightTimeProvider, ProductionCodeTimeProvider, datetime
+
+"""
+Port of the Java example of "Constructor Injection" in
+"xUnit Test Patterns - Refactoring Test Code" by Gerard Meszaros
+(ISBN-10: 0131495054, ISBN-13: 978-0131495050)
+
+Test code which will almost always fail (if not exactly 12:01) when untestable
+production code (production code time provider is datetime) is used:
+
+    def test_display_current_time_at_midnight(self):
+        class_under_test = TimeDisplay()
+        expected_time = "24:01"
+        result = class_under_test.get_current_time_as_as_html_fragment()
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected_time)
+"""
+
+class ConstructorInjectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_display_current_time_at_midnight(self):
+        """
+        Will almost always fail (despite of right at/after midnight).
+        """
+        time_provider_stub = MidnightTimeProvider()
+        class_under_test = TimeDisplay(time_provider_stub)
+        expected_time = "<span class=\"tinyBoldText\">24:01</span>"
+        self.assertEqual(class_under_test.get_current_time_as_html_fragment(), expected_time)
+
+    def test_display_current_time_at_current_time(self):
+        """
+        Just as justification for working example. (Will always pass.)
+        """
+        production_code_time_provider = ProductionCodeTimeProvider()
+        class_under_test = TimeDisplay(production_code_time_provider)
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+        expected_time = "<span class=\"tinyBoldText\">" + str(current_time.hour) + ":" + str(current_time.minute) + "</span>"
+        self.assertEqual(class_under_test.get_current_time_as_html_fragment(), expected_time)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/ws_github/python-patterns/
+    # export PYTHONPATH
+    # python tests/test_constructor_injection.py
+    unittest.main()