I have a unit test where I have to mock a non-virtual method that returns a bool type
public class XmlCupboardAccess
{
public bool IsDataEntityInXmlCupboard(string dataId,
out string nameInCupboard,
out string refTypeInCupboard,
string nameTemplate = null)
{
return IsDataEntityInXmlCupboard(_theDb, dataId, out nameInCupboard, out refTypeInCupboard, nameTemplate);
}
}
So I have a mock object of XmlCupboardAccess
class and I am trying to setup mock for this method in my test case as shown below
[TestMethod]
Public void Test()
{
private string temp1;
private string temp2;
private Mock<XmlCupboardAccess> _xmlCupboardAccess = new Mock<XmlCupboardAccess>();
_xmlCupboardAccess.Setup(x => x.IsDataEntityInXmlCupboard(It.IsAny<string>(), out temp1, out temp2, It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(false);
//exception is thrown by this line of code
}
But this line throws exception
Invalid setup on a non-virtual (overridable in VB) member:
x => x.IsDataEntityInXmlCupboard(It.IsAny<String>(), .temp1, .temp2,
It.IsAny<String>())
Any suggestion how to get around this exception?
This question is related to
c#
unit-testing
moq
Code:
private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
{
Mock<IProductRepository> mock=new Mock<IProductRepository>();
mock.Setup(x => x.Products).Returns(new List<Product>
{
new Product {Name = "Football", Price = 23},
new Product {Name = "Surf board", Price = 179},
new Product {Name = "Running shose", Price = 95}
});
kernel.Bind<IProductRepository>().ToConstant(mock.Object);
}
but see exception.
You'll get this error as well if you are verifying that an extension method of an interface is called.
For example if you are mocking:
var mockValidator = new Mock<IValidator<Foo>>();
mockValidator
.Verify(validator => validator.ValidateAndThrow(foo, null));
You will get the same exception because .ValidateAndThrow()
is an extension on the IValidator<T>
interface.
public static void ValidateAndThrow<T>(this IValidator<T> validator, T instance, string ruleSet = null)...
Instead of mocking concrete class you should mock that class interface. Extract interface from XmlCupboardAccess class
public interface IXmlCupboardAccess
{
bool IsDataEntityInXmlCupboard(string dataId, out string nameInCupboard, out string refTypeInCupboard, string nameTemplate = null);
}
And instead of
private Mock<XmlCupboardAccess> _xmlCupboardAccess = new Mock<XmlCupboardAccess>();
change to
private Mock<IXmlCupboardAccess> _xmlCupboardAccess = new Mock<IXmlCupboardAccess>();
Please see Why does the property I want to mock need to be virtual?
You may have to write a wrapper interface or mark the property as virtual/abstract as Moq creates a proxy class that it uses to intercept calls and return your custom values that you put in the .Returns(x)
call.
As help to anybody that had the same problem as me, I accidentally mistyped the implementation type instead of the interface e.g.
var mockFileBrowser = new Mock<FileBrowser>();
instead of
var mockFileBrowser = new Mock<IFileBrowser>();
Source: Stackoverflow.com