moq objects Returns method, should return a null object
Solution 1
You don't indicate what the error was, but this should work:
unitOfWork.Setup(m => m.PhysicalTests).Returns((IRepository<PhysicalTest>)null);
I suspect you tried to call it with Returns(null)
, which causes the compiler to complain since Returns
is overloaded and it doesn't know which method should be called. Casting to a specific type removes the ambiguity.
Solution 2
rt
is a return type of method: FindById
repository.Setup(r => r.FindById(It.IsAny<int>())).Returns(Task.FromResult((rt)null));
Solution 3
If you are receiving an error like this:
You just need to specify the input parameter of 'Returns' method. Take a look in my example:
_ = _fileStorage.Setup(x => x.LoadDocument(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(value: null);
Solution 4
Organization
is a return type of method: Get
mockCache
.Setup(cache => cache.Get(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(),It.IsAny<string>()))
.Returns(value: null as Organization);
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Daniel
Updated on April 09, 2022Comments
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Daniel about 2 years
I'm developing a Web API, and one of the test I came up with is that, if client makes a GET operation with a Physical Test ID (Physical Test is the resource I'm looking for) and that physical test is not found, the web API should return a 404 status.
Now, I'm using moq framework for my tests and I have the following code:
[TestMethod] public void then_if_physical_test_not_found_return_not_found_status() { var unitOfWork = new Mock<IUnitOfWork>(); var repository = new Mock<IRepository<PhysicalTest>>(); repository.Setup(r => r.FindById(It.IsAny<int>())).Returns(); unitOfWork.Setup(m => m.PhysicalTests).Returns(repository.Object); var pt = new PhysicalTestResource(unitOfWork.Object); HttpResponseMessage<PhysicalTest> response = pt.GetPhysicalTest(43); Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, response.StatusCode) }
I need the Returns() method to return a null object, which is going to be what the actual API method would return if the resource is not found.
I tried sending null as a parameter in the Returns() method but had no success.
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Daniel over 12 yearsit worked, but I had to make this modification: unitOfWork.Setup(m => m.PhysicalTests).Returns((PhysicalTest)null);
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Jeff Ogata over 12 yearsah, ok... I assumed that since you were trying to return
repository.Object
that was the type returned byPhysicalTests
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Dan Csharpster over 7 yearsI tried the same thing and I'm getting a System.NotSupportedException. {"Invalid setup on a non-virtual (overridable in VB) member: x => x.GetFoo(.value.Id)"} Any ideas?
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bcr about 7 years@DanCsharpster You can only use Moq on interfaces or abstract classes with virtual members. Whatever class you're using that is the type of
x
is either a concrete class or an abstract class that hasGetFoo()
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Jeppe Stig Nielsen over 5 yearsI can recommend this way of resolving the overload ambiguity. I just want to mention that, since the two non-generic overloads of
Returns
which are important here, have different names for their parameter, you can also resolve the ambiguity by writing:... .Returns(value: null)
(herevalue
is just the name of the parameter in the overload we want, it is not a keyword).