Expose method for clearing defined fake CharlatanHttpResponseDefinitions

[mzdm]

The map with CharlatanHttpResponseDefinitions is private, I would like to have an exposed method for clearing this map. I would like to use this method in tearDown so I don't have to instantiate Charlatan everytime.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Something like http-mock-adapter package has: https://github.com/lomsa-dev/http-mock-adapter/blob/eff6dc4563e30dcfe6b29bac7f7343567d61bdf6/lib/src/mixins/recording.dart#L42

[samandmoore]

hi @mzdm. thanks for filing a feature request.

can you elaborate on why it's important to you not to instantiate a new Charlatan instance for each test?

in general, we prefer to use immutable data structures and objects. Charlatan is mutable mostly to enable better ergonomics in testing: so you don't have to set up all your fake responses far away from your test cases but you can setup dependencies on Charlatan in a shared place.

i'm not entirely opposed to this request, but i'd love to hear a bit more on why it's valuable.

[mzdm]

Thanks for the fast feedback! Yes, you're totally right, the best/cleanest scenario is to create a new instance for each test (it was just my laziness).

Now I'm more thinking about that, let's say I would have some long smoke test, would it make sense to have a method for clearing these http definitons during test execution? Let's say I test login-logout-login, to make sure I don't use some fake http definiton from the first login, after logout I would clear all definitons so this will make sure I will need fake them again. Sorry for poor explanation, I hope it makes at least a little bit sense :D