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Hello, I am trying to write a simple unit test to get me started with TypeMock and am 
having trouble figuring out how to mock an EF DBSet. I have looked at the "Mocking DBSet"
question and did not actually see a clear answer so I am posting my own question. 

I am trying to test the "GetReportDefinitionComboBoxItemsByReportType" method below, and 
in doing so I will need to mock the dbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities. I have pasted 
what I have tried below the function that I am trying to test so you can see what I am 
doing. When I run this test, I get a System.NullReferenceExcpetion, I am guessing on the
dbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities. 

What am I doing wrong?

Public Function GetReportDefinitionComboBoxItemsByReportType(ByVal reportType As ReportTypes) As List(Of StandardComboBoxItem)

 Using dbContext As New MyDataContext(_connectionString)

  ' ReSharper disable once AccessToDisposedClosure
  Dim query = From reportDefinitionEntity In dbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities
     Where reportDefinitionEntity.ReportType = reportType
     Order By reportDefinitionEntity.Name
     Select New StandardComboBoxItem With
     {
     .DisplayText = reportDefinitionEntity.Name,
     .Value = reportDefinitionEntity.ReportDefinitionId
     }

  Return query.ToList()

 End Using

End Function

 <TestMethod()>
Public Sub GetReportDefinitionComboBoxItemsByReportType()

 _fakeDbContext = Isolate.Fake.AllInstances(Of MyDataContext)()
 _reportsDal = New ReportsDal()


 Dim entities As DbSet(Of ReportDefinitionEntity) = _fakeDbContext.Set(Of ReportDefinitionEntity)()

 entities.Add(New ReportDefinitionEntity() With {.Name = "Name C", .ReportDefinitionId = 3, .ReportType = ReportTypes.BusinessRegistrationForm})
 entities.Add(New ReportDefinitionEntity() With {.Name = "Name A", .ReportDefinitionId = 2, .ReportType = ReportTypes.BusinessRegistrationForm})
 entities.Add(New ReportDefinitionEntity() With {.Name = "Name B", .ReportDefinitionId = 1, .ReportType = ReportTypes.BusinessRegistrationForm})

 Isolate.WhenCalled(Function() _fakeDbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities).WillReturnCollectionValuesOf(entities)
 
 Dim results = _reportsDal.GetReportDefinitionComboBoxItemsByReportType(ReportTypes.BusinessRegistrationForm)

 Assert.IsNotNull(results)
 Assert.AreEqual(results.Count, 3)

End Sub

 

Thank you!

asked by donniedarko (3.8k points)
Even trying to test a simple method like this:

Dim query = From reportDefinitionEntity In dbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities
                            Select reportDefinitionEntity

 

Gives me an "Object reference not set to an instance of an objec." error. I can hover over dbContext and see all of the empty DBSets and I can see that the ReportDefinitionEntitites DBSet is filled with the list from my test method, but it still gives this exception and it looks like it is being thrown on dbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities.Count internally.

 

 

1 Answer

+2 votes
 
Best answer
 Ok, I figured it out. I just needed to add the "AsQueryable" when calling 
.WillReturnCollectionValuesOf.

Isolate.WhenCalled(Function() _fakeDbContext.ReportDefinitionEntities) _
            .WillReturnCollectionValuesOf(entities.AsQueryable())

 

 

 

answered by donniedarko (3.8k points)
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