Feature Request: assertable method returns in architecture tests

[josephkerkhof]

I would love to use Pest's architecture test framework to perform assertions on what methods return.

My personal use case is to assert that my project's Http controller public methods (invokable or otherwise) return objects that inherit from LaravelData.

[danielh-official]

$response = get('route')->assertOk();

$json = $response->json();

# some code to determine that the response json is tied to LaravelData

Correct me if I'm wrong, but response JSON always resolves to array (in PHP), so you can't really tell what object they inherited from.

If you're testing the method directly, then toBeInstanceOf could help you with determining the inheritance of returned object.

https://pestphp.com/docs/expectations#expect-toBeInstanceOf

[josephkerkhof]

This works if you're testing the method itself, but I want to be able to perform an architecture test on the controllers in my code. I don't want to invoke the method.