Start a fake After Effects bridge listener speaking the real wire protocol, for testing bridge client code without real After Effects. Fails if one is already running.

Stop the currently running mock bridge.

Register a canned response: any incoming request whose script field contains match gets response back. Rules are checked in the order they were registered; the first match wins.

Set the response returned when no queue_response rule matches an incoming request.

Return every request the mock bridge has received so far, in order -- for asserting what a client under test actually sent.

Clear the recorded request history without stopping the bridge or its response rules.

Remove all queue_response rules without stopping the bridge or clearing received-request history. The default response (if set) is unaffected.