// set expectations
expect(configuration.getParent()).andReturn(null);
expect(configuration.getPrefix()).andReturn("prefix");
expect(configuration.getString("databaseUrl")).andReturn("url");
expect(record.context()).andReturn("context");
expect(record.name()).andReturn("typeName");
expect(record.tags()).andReturn(new HashSet<MetricsTag>());
expect(record.timestamp()).andReturn(9999L);
expect(record.metrics()).andReturn(Collections.singleton(metric));