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diff --git a/barbican/tests/objects/utils.py b/barbican/tests/objects/utils.py
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+#    Copyright 2018 Fujitsu.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+import mock
+
+
+class MockObjectMixin(object):
+    """Class for setting up the objects factory mocks"""
+
+    def _setup_object_fuction_mock(self, object_name, function_name,
+                                   return_value, side_effect):
+        path_function = 'barbican.objects.{}.{}'.format(object_name,
+                                                        function_name)
+        patcher_obj = mock.patch(path_function,
+                                 return_value=return_value,
+                                 side_effect=side_effect)
+        patcher_obj.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patcher_obj.stop)
+
+    def mock_container_obj_function(self, func_name,
+                                    return_value=None, side_effect=None):
+        self._setup_object_fuction_mock(object_name='Container',
+                                        function_name=func_name,
+                                        return_value=return_value,
+                                        side_effect=side_effect)
+
+    def mock_secret_obj_function(self, func_name,
+                                 return_value=None, side_effect=None):
+        self._setup_object_fuction_mock(object_name='Secret',
+                                        function_name=func_name,
+                                        return_value=return_value,
+                                        side_effect=side_effect)
+
+    def mock_container_acl_obj_function(self, func_name,
+                                        return_value=None, side_effect=None):
+        self._setup_object_fuction_mock(object_name='ContainerACL',
+                                        function_name=func_name,
+                                        return_value=return_value,
+                                        side_effect=side_effect)
+
+    def mock_order_obj_function(self, func_name,
+                                return_value=None, side_effect=None):
+        self._setup_object_fuction_mock(object_name='Order',
+                                        function_name=func_name,
+                                        return_value=return_value,
+                                        side_effect=side_effect)
+
+    def mock_con_con_obj_function(self, func_name,
+                                  return_value=None, side_effect=None):
+        self._setup_object_fuction_mock(
+            object_name='ContainerConsumerMetadatum',
+            function_name=func_name,
+            return_value=return_value,
+            side_effect=side_effect)