IMHO it would be helpful in scenario 2, to output something like:

"
IFoo.Method(equal to tim); Expected #1, Actual #0.
However, the method has been called with these parameters:
- larry
"

On 27 Aug., 02:46, Tim Barcz <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is really hard to do.  Consider the following:
>
> *Scenario 1:*
> [Test]
> public void Test()
> {
>     var view = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IFoo>();
>
>     view.Method("tim");
>
>     view.AssertWasCalled(x=>x.Method("tim"));
>
> }
>
> *Scenario 2:*
> [Test]
> public void Test()
> {
>     var view = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IFoo>();
>
>     view.Method("larry");
>
>     view.AssertWasCalled(x=>x.Method("tim"));
>
> }
>
> *Scenario 3:*
> [Test]
> public void Test()
> {
>     var view = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IFoo>();
>
>     view.AssertWasCalled(x=>x.Method("tim"));
>
> }
>
> Scenario 1 passes just fine and is the example.  Scenarios 2 & 3 however
> will fail.
>
> When trying to report back all RhinoMocks knows is that something didn't get
> called.  It doesn't know that "you were close" that your parameter was off
> by a single character.  The reason is it could be false positive.  In the
> above there are two very different things going on between #2 and #3.  In #2
> the wrong param is called, in #3 the method isn't called at all.
>
> The best Rhino could do in my mind is tell give you a list of what was
> called.  It would then be up to the end user to reconcile that list to what
> was expected, and in some ways that's already going on when the error
> message tells you something was expected but never called.
>
> Tim
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM, NetSplinter <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > If I set an expectation on a call in a DynamicMock, when the
> > expectation is not met by any call, I get an exception like the below:
>
> > Rhino.Mocks.Exceptions.ExpectationViolationException :
> > YourClass.YourMethod(equal to Information, equal to MainOrchestration,
> > equal to System.Exception: foo); Expected #1, Actual #0.
>
> > Without stepping into the the test case in the debugger, is there a
> > way to get Rhino Mocks to include information about what calls &
> > parameters were made to the mocked method, so I can see why I failed
> > to meet the expectation just from inspecting the exception text?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> --
> Tim Barcz
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