📦 binding-mock

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Mock Binding

import { MockBinding } from '@serialport/binding-mock'
// or
const { MockBinding } = require('@serialport/binding-mock')

Testing is an important feature of any library. To aid in our own tests, we've developed a MockBinding, a fake hardware binding that doesn't actually need any hardware to run. This class passes all of the same tests as our hardware based bindings and provides a few additional test related interfaces.

This class is used in the SerialPortMock class if you wish to test the stream interface.

createPort(options: CreatePortOptions)

interface CreatePortOptions {
  echo?: boolean;
  record?: boolean;
  readyData?: Buffer;
  maxReadSize?: number;
  manufacturer?: string;
  vendorId?: string;
  productId?: string;
}

// Create a port and enable the echo and recording.
MockBinding.createPort('/dev/ROBOT', { echo: true, record: true })

reset

This removes all created ports.

MockBinding.reset()

open(opt: OpenOptions): MockPortBinding

Open a port and return it.

MockPortBinding

emitData

Emits data from an open port.

port.emitData(data: Buffer | string): void

serialNumber

A unique number for each port returned from open()

recording

If the port was created with record: true this will contain all data written to the port. If recording is disabled it will be a 0 length buffer.

port.recording // Buffer

lastWrite

Contains the contents of the last write to the port.

port.lastWrite // null | Buffer

Example

const { MockBinding } = require('@serialport/binding-mock')
const { SerialPortStream } = require('@serialport/stream')
const {ReadlineParser} = require("@serialport/parser-readline");

// Create a port and enable the echo and recording.
MockBinding.createPort('/dev/ROBOT', { echo: true, record: true })
const port = new SerialPortStream({ binding: MockBinding, path: '/dev/ROBOT', baudRate: 14400 })

/* Add some action for incoming data. For example,
** print each incoming line in uppercase */
const parser = new ReadlineParser()
port.pipe(parser).on('data', line => {
  console.log(line.toUpperCase())
})

// wait for port to open...
port.on('open', () => {
  // ...then test by simulating incoming data
  port.port.emitData("Hello, world!\n")
})

/* Expected output:
HELLO, WORLD!
*/