Mock MVC WebViewPage using Moq - unit-testing

Question

I would like to mock a WebViewPage and compare the output with an expected result.
here are my mockhelpers I'm using
public static class MockHelpers
{
public static HttpContextBase MockHttpContext(NameValueCollection queryStringCollection = null)
{
var request = new Mock<HttpRequestBase>(MockBehavior.Strict);
if(queryStringCollection != null)
SetupMockRequestQuerystringValues(request, queryStringCollection);
request.SetupGet(x => x.ApplicationPath).Returns("/");
request.SetupGet(x => x.Url).Returns(new Uri("http://localhost/a", UriKind.Absolute));
request.SetupGet(x => x.ServerVariables).Returns(new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection());
var response = new Mock<HttpResponseBase>(MockBehavior.Strict);
response.Setup(x => x.ApplyAppPathModifier(Moq.It.IsAny<String>())).Returns((String url) => url);
// response.SetupGet(x => x.Cookies).Returns(new HttpCookieCollection()); // This also failed to work
var context = new Mock<HttpContextBase>(MockBehavior.Strict);
context.SetupGet(x => x.Request).Returns(request.Object);
context.SetupGet(x => x.Response).Returns(response.Object);
context.SetupGet(x => x.Response.Cookies).Returns(new HttpCookieCollection()); // still can't call the Clear() method
context.SetupGet(p => p.User.Identity.Name).Returns("blah");
context.SetupGet(p => p.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated).Returns(true);
return context.Object;
}
private static void SetupMockRequestQuerystringValues( Mock<HttpRequestBase> request, NameValueCollection queryStringCollection)
{
request.SetupGet(x => x.QueryString).Returns(queryStringCollection);
}
public static ViewContext MockViewContext()
{
return CreateSimpleGenericMock<ViewContext>();
}
public static T MockWebViewPage<T>() where T : WebViewPage
{
var mock = new Mock<T>(MockBehavior.Loose) { CallBase = true };
mock.SetupGet(x => x.Context).Returns(MockHttpContext());
mock.SetupGet(x => x.Layout).Returns("layoutName");
mock.SetupGet(x => x.VirtualPath).Returns("virtualPathName");
mock.SetupGet(x => x.Page).Returns(new object{});
mock.SetupGet(x => x.PageData).Returns(new Dictionary<object, dynamic>()
{
{new object(), new object()}
});
var page = mock.Object;
//var helper = new HtmlHelper<object>(new ViewContext { ViewData = CreateSimpleGenericMock<ViewDataDictionary>() }, page, CreateSimpleGenericMock<RouteCollection>());
var helper = new HtmlHelper<object>(new ViewContext { ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary() }, page, new RouteCollection());
page.ViewContext = MockViewContext();
page.Html = helper;
return page;
}
public static T CreateSimpleGenericMock<T>() where T : class
{
var mock = new Mock<T>();
return mock.Object;
}
}
In the MockWebViewPage method you can see all that I have faked. My test method looks like so
[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{
var coreMasterTestClass = MockHelpers.MockWebViewPage<CoreMaster<object>>();
coreMasterTestClass.ExecutePageHierarchy();
var output = coreMasterTestClass.Html;
}
Is it possible to test the output that will be generated with mocking, and if not does anyone have any possible clues how I could test this. Please note that I'm not testing actual chstml pages but core pages within our own framework.