Function _patch_object

Lib/unittest/mock.py:1693–1719

patch the named member (`attribute`) on an object (`target`) with a mock object. `patch.object` can be used as a decorator, class decorator or a context manager. Arguments `new`, `spec`, `create`, `spec_set`, `autospec` and `new_callable` have the same meaning as for `patch`. L

(
        target, attribute, new=DEFAULT, spec=None,
        create=False, spec_set=None, autospec=None,
        new_callable=None, *, unsafe=False, **kwargs
    )

def _patch_object(
        target, attribute, new=DEFAULT, spec=None,
        create=False, spec_set=None, autospec=None,
        new_callable=None, *, unsafe=False, **kwargs
    ):
    """
    patch the named member (`attribute`) on an object (`target`) with a mock
    object.

    `patch.object` can be used as a decorator, class decorator or a context
    manager. Arguments `new`, `spec`, `create`, `spec_set`,
    `autospec` and `new_callable` have the same meaning as for `patch`. Like
    `patch`, `patch.object` takes arbitrary keyword arguments for configuring
    the mock object it creates.

    When used as a class decorator `patch.object` honours `patch.TEST_PREFIX`
    for choosing which methods to wrap.
    """
    if type(target) is str:
        raise TypeError(
            f"{target!r} must be the actual object to be patched, not a str"
        )
    getter = lambda: target
    return _patch(
        getter, attribute, new, spec, create,
        spec_set, autospec, new_callable, kwargs, unsafe=unsafe
    )


def _patch_multiple(target, spec=None, create=False, spec_set=None,