How to override provider for tests in NestJs and not create transitive dependencies that are not needed? - nestjs

Question

I am writing end-to-end tests in NestJs and using the "overrideProvider" function to setup test versions of various services (e.g. services that require database connections). I noticed though that even when I do this, the original implementation that injects the real database is still instantiated.
Is there a way to tell Nest to not create transitive dependencies that are overridden?
For example, I have a test that starts like:
...
beforeAll(async () => {
const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
imports: [ServiceModule],
})
// Works if I uncomment these lines:
// .overrideProvider('Database')
// .useValue(new TestDatabase())
.overrideProvider('ServiceUsingDatabase')
.useValue(new TestService())
.compile();
...
Where the module setup is like:
import { Inject, Injectable, Module } from '#nestjs/common';
interface Database {}
#Injectable()
class ProductionDatabase implements Database {
constructor() {
throw('Cannot create a production database.');
}
}
#Injectable()
export class TestDatabase implements Database {
constructor() {
console.log('Creating the test database.');
}
}
#Module({
providers: [
{
provide: 'Database',
useClass: ProductionDatabase
}
],
exports: ['Database']
})
class DatabaseModule {}
interface Service {}
#Injectable()
class ProductionService implements Service {
constructor(#Inject('Database') private readonly database: Database) {}
}
#Injectable()
export class TestService implements Service {
// Test implementation of the service does not Inject anything.
}
#Module({
imports: [DatabaseModule],
providers: [
{
provide: 'ServiceUsingDatabase',
useClass: ProductionService
}
],
})
export class ServiceModule {}
But, the DI system is still seeming to try and instantiate ProductionDatabase. If I explicitly override the provider for the 'Database' it works, but I'd like to avoid having to explicitly list all transitive dependencies as such.

Answer 1

I ended up deciding to make a "Test" Module for every Module e.g.:
import { Inject, Injectable, Module } from '#nestjs/common';
interface Database {}
#Injectable()
class ProductionDatabase implements Database {
}
#Injectable()
export class TestDatabase implements Database {
}
#Module({
providers: [
{
provide: 'Database',
useClass: ProductionDatabase
}
],
exports: ['Database']
})
class DatabaseModule {}
#Module({
providers: [
{
provide: 'Database',
useClass: TestDatabase
}
],
exports: ['Database']
})
class TestDatabaseModule {}
interface Service {}
#Injectable()
class ProductionService implements Service {
constructor(#Inject('Database') private readonly database: Database) {}
}
#Injectable()
export class TestService implements Service {
}
#Module({
imports: [DatabaseModule],
providers: [
{
provide: 'ServiceUsingDatabase',
useClass: ProductionService
}
],
})
export class ServiceModule {}
#Module({
providers: [
{
provide: 'ServiceUsingDatabase',
useClass: TestService
}
],
})
export class TestServiceModule {}
etc... Though it turned out after some refactorings that the "Test" module wasn't needed as some Modules became pure business logic.