`invoke` for non-conforming types

General Usage
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Is there a way to invoke a function

f1(::A) = nothing

with an argument that is not of the type A?
So basically

invoke(f1, Tuple{A}, a)

where a is not of the type A.

As for the context: For advanced testing, I want to pass a mock object, whose behavior I specifically designed for this test, to a function that is supposed to take an argument of the non-mocked type.
For example, I want to test the function

f2(a::A) = do_something_with(a)

like this

mock_a = Val(:mock_a)
do_something_with(a::Val{:mock_a}) = predefined_behavior_for_this_test()
@test f2(a) == do_something_with(a)