Sinon: Stub and entire object and replace it with a new object

Question

Using Sinon, how does one stub an entire object and all of its methods and then replace them with another object?

I have tried something like this, but it doesnt seem to work:

var stubby = sinon.stub(stubbedObj);
stubby.returns(newReplacementObj);

console.log(stubby); // this returns stub, but it would think that it should return newReplacementObj? 

Answer 1

You could also consider refactoring your code to call a function that you can then stub instead. Example instead of stubbing out window.something, you can make an accessor method that uses window.something, and then stub out that accessor method.