Unit testing - Using Java Mock Objects in Python?

[holger krekel]

Quinet, Joel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anybody already tried to re-use or port the Java implementation 
> of Mock ojects (available on www.mockobjects.com) to Python?

Counter-Question: Do you know about the python unittest package?  
 
> Is it possible to combine the Java Mock objects with Python using Jython?

probably.

> It would be great to have available the Java Mock classes available to 
> be used from Python.

Could you describe shortly what makes Mock valuable for you?
I wasn't able understand the distinct features of Mock Objects from
the web site.  Is it that the framework manage deploying stubs rather 
than the real code? 

thanks,

    holger