I am currently trying to go back through and write unit tests for some code that wraps an existing class. The function I am looking for has code that looks like the following...
private OldObject oldObject
...
public Boolean method(){
Boolean returnValue = false
if(oldObject.method(100)){
returnValue = true
}
if(oldObject.method(101)){
returnValue = true
}
}
I have thought about using metaClass, something like OldObject.metaClass.method{return true} but I'm not sure how to remove this before the next tests.
Anyone have best practices/help for this kind of situation?
To mock the method use:
OldObject.metaClass.method = {return true}
Be aware that this will mock the method for all instances of OldObject, but it's also possible to mock the method just for a single instance. When you want to remove the mocked method just set the metaClass to null:
OldObject.metaClass = null
I think you need to be using at least Groovy 1.6 for this to work.
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I'm very new to testing controllers and I'm running into a problem with a method(). I believe I'm either missing something in my test or my Controller / Repository is designed incorrectly.
The application I'm writing is basically one of those secure "one time" tools. Where you create a note, the system provides you with a URL, once that url is retrieved the note is deleted. I actually have the application written but I am going back to write tests for practice (I know that's backwards).
My Controller:
use OneTimeNote\Repositories\NoteRepositoryInterface as Note;
class NoteController extends \Controller {
protected $note;
public function __construct(Note $note)
{
$this->note = $note;
}
public function getNote($url_id, $key)
{
$note = $this->note->find($url_id, $key);
if (!$note) {
return \Response::json(array('message' => 'Note not found'), 404);
}
$this->note->delete($note->id);
return \Response::json($note);
}
...
I've injected my Note interface in to my controller and all is well.
My Test
use \Mockery as M;
class OneTimeNoteTest extends TestCase {
public function setUp()
{
parent::setUp();
$this->mock = $this->mock('OneTimeNote\Repositories\EloquentNoteRepository');
}
public function mock($class)
{
$mock = M::mock($class);
$this->app->instance($class, $mock);
return $mock;
}
public function testShouldReturnNoteObj()
{
// Should Return Note
$this->mock->shouldReceive('find')->once()->andReturn('test');
$note = $this->call('GET', '/note/1234567890abcdefg/1234567890abcdefg');
$this->assertEquals('test', $note->getContent());
}
}
...
The error I'm getting
1) OneTimeNoteTest::testShouldReturnNoteObj
ErrorException: Trying to get property of non-object
/Users/andrew/laravel/app/OneTimeNote/Controllers/NoteController.php:24
Line 24 is in reference to this line found in my controller:
$this->note->delete($note->id);
Basically my abstracted repository method delete() obviously can't find $note->id because it really doesn't exist in the testing environment. Should I create a Note within the test and try to actually deleting it? Or would that be something that should be a model test? As you can see I need help, thanks!
----- Update -----
I tried to stub the repository to return a Note object as Dave Marshall mentioned in his answer, however I'm now receiving another error.
1) OneTimeNoteTest::testShouldReturnNoteObj
BadMethodCallException: Method Mockery_0_OneTimeNote_Repositories_EloquentNoteRepository::delete() does not exist on this mock object
I do have a delete() method in my repository and I know it's working when I test my route in the browser.
public function delete($id)
{
Note::find($id)->delete();
}
You are stubbing the note repository to return a string, PHP is then trying to retrieve the id attribute of a string, hence the error.
You should stub the repository to return a Note object, something like:
$this->mock->shouldReceive('find')->once()->andReturn(new Note());
Building upon Dave's answer, I was able to figure out what my problem is. I wasn't mocking the delete() method. I didn't understand the need to mock each individual method in my controller that would be called.
I just added this line:
$mock->shouldReceive('delete')->once()->andReturnNull();
Since my delete method is just deleting the note after it is found, I went ahead and mocked it but set it to return null.
As said in the title, I follow Model First method. So my Model classes are Automatically generated. If I want mock the DBContext derived MyModelContainer which contain DBSets of entity classes. Read some where that in order to unit test, you need to change it to IDBSet. Whether its possible to do it especially in a class that gets auto generated when I do "Run Custom Tool" is one concern. But as of now I modified it.
But the real problem is: when I try to Stub MyModelContainer to return a mock generated from IDBSet. Rhino mock is firing an InvalidOperationException: "Invalid call, the last call has been used, or no call has been made(make sure that you are calling a virtual(C#)/Overridable(VB) method."
Here is my unit test code.
MyModelContainer dbMock = MockRepository.GenerateMock<MyModelContainer>();
IDBSet<Models.MyEntity> entityMock = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IDBSet<Models.MyEntity>>()
dbMock.Stub( x=>x.MyEntities ).Return( entityMock );
The last statement is triggering the exception. I tried using the fake implementation of IDBSet<> specified here, But no luck!
I use MVC 4, Rhino Mocks 3.6. Any help will be appreciated.
Update:
After some trials and research, I found a fix. I changed the code to:
MyModelContainer dbMock = MockRepository.GenerateMock<MyModelContainer>();
IDBSet<Models.MyEntity> entityMock = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IDBSet<Models.MyEntity>>()
//dbMock.Stub( x=>x.MyEntities ).Return( entityMock );
dbMock.MyEntities = entityMock;
Now the InvalidOperationException is gone.
The test fails only due to ExpectationViolationException which should be normal.
As for auto generated Model class, it is found out that editing the DbContext's T4 template (.tt extension) will do the trick. Thanks to Alan's Blog
But I want to know why the previous code didn't work. Anyone?
2 reasons are possible here:
MyEntites property of MyModelContainer is not virtual.
In that case Rhino Mock can't stub this property at all. Then dbMock.Stub(x=>x.MyEntities) will fail.
MyEntites property is virtual, but has both public getter and public setter.
Then notation dbMock.Stub(x=>x.MyEntities).Return(entityMock) is not allowed. You can see explanation e.g. here.
In both cases the right fix is exactly what you did: use dbMock.MyEntities = entityMock instead of dbMock.Stub(x=>x.MyEntities).Return(entityMock).
Here is an extension method for Substituting IDbSet (with NSubstitute) to return an IQueryable
public static DbSet<T> FakeDbSet<T>(this IQueryable<T> queryable) where T : class
{
DbSet<T> fakeDbSet = Substitute.For<DbSet<T>, IQueryable<T>>();
((IQueryable<T>)fakeDbSet).Provider.Returns(queryable.Provider);
((IQueryable<T>)fakeDbSet).Expression.Returns(queryable.Expression);
((IQueryable<T>)fakeDbSet).ElementType.Returns(queryable.ElementType);
((IQueryable<T>)fakeDbSet).GetEnumerator().Returns(queryable.GetEnumerator());
fakeDbSet.AsNoTracking().Returns(fakeDbSet);
return fakeDbSet;
}
Then you can now stub the DbContext like this:
var db = NSubstitute.Substitute.For<DataContext>();
var fakeResult = emptyCustomers.FakeDbSet();
db.Customers.Returns(fakeResult);
Here is an extension method for Stubing (with RhinoMocks) IDbSet to return an IQueryable
public static class RhinoExtensions
{
public static IDbSet<T> MockToDbSet<T>(this IQueryable<T> queryable) where T : class
{
IDbSet<T> mockDbSet = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IDbSet<T>>();
mockDbSet.Stub(m => m.Provider).Return(queryable.Provider);
mockDbSet.Stub(m => m.Expression).Return(queryable.Expression);
mockDbSet.Stub(m => m.ElementType).Return(queryable.ElementType);
mockDbSet.Stub(m => m.GetEnumerator()).Return(queryable.GetEnumerator());
return mockDbSet;
}
}
Then you can now stub the DbContext like this:
_db.Stub(p => p.Customers).Return(fakeCustomers.MockToDbSet());
I've got a service, which is using sendJMSMessage method which is provided by jms-grails plugin.
I want to write some unit tests, but I'm not sure how to "mock" this method, so it just does nothing at all.
Any tips?
You can metaClass the method to have it return whatever you want.
#Test
void pluginCode() {
def myService = new MyService()
def wasCalled = false
myService.metaClass.sendJMSMessage = {String message ->
//I like to have an assert in here to test what's being passed in so I can ensure wiring is correct
wasCalled = true
null //this is what the method will now return
}
def results = myService.myServiceMethodThatCallsPlugin()
assert wasCalled
}
I like to have a wasCalled flag when I'm returning null from a metaClassed method because I don't particularly like asserting that the response is null because it doesn't really assure that you're wired up correctly. If you're returning something kind of unique though you can do without the wasCalled flag.
In the above example I used 1 String parameter but you can metaClass out any number/type of parameters to match what actually happens.
and thank you in advance for any and all your assistance.
I have a method that I'm trying to test.
Within this method is a call to UserMembership.Validate()
//custom override but the code isn't functional yet and is outside the scope of the test.
I want to therefore mock (using moq) the return result so that the actual test of the method can succeed.
Here is the code
public LoginResponse Login(LoginRequest request)
{
var response = new LoginResponse(request.RequestId);
// Validate client tag and access token
if (!ValidateRequest(request, response, Validate.ClientTag | Validate.AccessToken))
return response;
if (!UserMembership.ValidateUser(request.UserName, request.Password))
{
response.Acknowledge = AcknowledgeType.Failure;
response.Messages = "Invalid username and/or password.";
//response.MessageCode = -4;
return response;
}
_userName = request.UserName;
return response;
}
So, my test is for LoginResponse() but I want to 'fake' the UserMembership return value (bool) to true...
Simple enough I'm sure for you guys.
TIA, Hugh.
You could probably re-title your question to "How do you use a mocking framework with unit testing 99% of the time," because you're right on track for doing just that - a very typical usage.
You're going to want to extract an interface from your UserMembership class (right click inside the class, select "refactor" and then "extract interface."), then use Moq to create mock instances of that interface for use within your tests. Then you can use Moq to "setup" the behavior of that mock to do anything you want it to during your test. The syntax would look like this:
var userMembershipMock = new Mock<IUserMembership>();
userMembershipMock.Setup(m=> m.ValidateUser(It.Is<string>(str=> str == "myUserName"), It.Is<string>(str=> str == "myPassword"))).Returns(true);
Then you would create a new instance of your class, passing in your mock instance of IUserMembership (but since you'll make your class's constructor takes an argument of the interface type, your class won't care whether you're passing it a mock or an actual UserMembership instance
MyClass myClass = new MyClass(userMembershipMock.Object);
after which you could begin actually testing the behavior of your MyClass:
var request = new LoginRequest { UserName = "myUserName", Password = "myPassword" };
LoginResponse response = myClass.Login(request);
And then you can assert that your class's response is what you expect:
Assert.AreEqual(AcknowledgeType.Success, response.Acknowledge);
or you can verify that your mock's method (or property) was invoked as you expected:
userMembershipMock.Verify(m=> m.ValidateUser(It.Is<string>(str=> str == "myUserName"), It.Is<string>(str=> str == "myPassword")), Times.Once());
and so on.
The Moq quick start page is kind of sort of a one-page read, and can teach you 99% of everything that you need to know to use it.
The only way I can think of to mock UserMembership in this case (assuming it's not a property) is to use an IoC framework like Castle Windsor or Ninject. When you use an IoC container you would refactor your calls to UserMembership into an interface (IUserMembership) and use the container to provide an implementation:
if (Container.Resolve<IUserMembership>().ValidateUser(request.UserName, request.Password))
Then in your unit test Setup you would register the implementation of IUserMembership to be the mock object:
var mock = new Mock<IUserMembership>();
Container.Register<IUserMemberhip>().Instance(mock.Object);
You would have to also create a production implementation. If this is the standard UserMembership class, this implementation will probably do nothing other than UserMembership. Although, there are other ways to mimic this kind of duck typing.
Is it possible to mock a stub/mock's object member call without having to define that as a stub, and also set the return value as all seperate verbose lines?
Example:
[TestMethod]
public void AssignedPermissions_AssociateExists_ReturnsEdit_Rhino()
{
//Arrange
var fakeConfiguration = MockRepository.GenerateStub<IDomainControllerConfiguration>();
var fakeAssociateRepository = MockRepository.GenerateStub<IAssociateRepository>();
fakeConfiguration.Stub(x => x.AssociateRepository).Return(fakeAssociateRepository);
fakeAssociateRepository.Stub(x=>x.GetAssociatesByRole(null,false,null)).IgnoreArguments()
.Return(new IAssociate[]{MockRepository.GenerateStub<IAssociate>()});
var domain = new DomainController(fakeConfiguration);
const AssignedPermission expected = AssignedPermission.Edit;
//Act
AssignedPermission actual = domain.AssignedPermissions();
//Assert
Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
}
Are all those temporary variables necessary just to stub out nested method calls?
I've never used the functionality, so I'm not 100% certain that this will work, but theoretically Rhino mocks supports "recursive mocking", which should allow you to at least cut out the fakeAssociateRepository by doing something like this:
var fakeConfiguration = MockRepository.GenerateStub<IDomainControllerConfiguration>();
fakeConfiguration.Stub(x => x.AssociateRepository.GetAssociatesByRole(null,false,null))
.IgnoreArguments()
.Return(new IAssociate[]{MockRepository.GenerateStub<IAssociate>()});
var domain = new DomainController(fakeConfiguration);
(note: code not tested, or even compiled)
Just wanted to share my input on this, since I just spent the last few hours wrestling with it. The answer posted above by Alconja absolutely works, but if you plan to use it for "AssertWasCalled" type of assertion, it does not assert the way I expected it to. It seems that the AssertWasCalled methods tried to assert the "get accessor" associated with the "nested" object.
For instance, if you wanted to do this:
fakeconfiguration.AssertWasCalled(x => x.AssociateRepository.GetAssociatesByRole(null, false, null));
You would get an exception such as
System.InvalidOperationException : Previous method 'IDomainControllerConfiguration.get_AssociateRepository();' requires a return value or an exception to throw.
Because the AssertWasCalled is asserting the get-accessor of the AssociateRepository property, rather than the GetAssociatesByRole() method. In the end, for my case I had to use the OP's methodology of creating mutliple stubs.