Hi Guys,

Sorry to bump, I just wondered whether I had commited a terrible sin,
or maybe my question is a little dumb!!

Cheers!

On Nov 16, 2:52 pm, Goatified Creature <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi, I have been trying to write a unit test in C# for a Manager
> method. I am mocking two DAOS. However, the parameter passed to the
> manager method will be further populated by the manager and passed as
> an argument to one DAO. I wish to place a constraint on the DAO call
> to ensure this property was populated correctly. Maybe this is easier
> to demonstrate through code....
>
> // the manager to test
>             SearchManager managerToTest = new SearchManager();
>
>             // mock the two DAOs
>             MockRepository mocks = new MockRepository();
>             ISearchDAO mockedSearchDAO = mocks.StrictMock<ISearchDAO>
> ();
>             IServiceAreaDAO mockedServiceAreaDAO =
> mocks.StrictMock<IServiceAreaDAO>();
>
>             // create a search criteria object that does not have it's
> ServiceAreas collection populated
>             ArticleSearchCriteria criteria = new ArticleSearchCriteria
> ();
>
>             // now the manager method will populate the ServiceAreas
> property of criteria with a collection of
>             // matching ServiceArea objects matching the below int
> array
>             int[] serviceAreaIds = { 345435 };
>             ServiceArea serviceArea = new ServiceArea();
>
>             // and these will be the pretend results
>             ArticleSearchResult resultFromDAO = new ArticleSearchResult
> ();
>
>             using (mocks.Record())
>             {
>                 Expect.Call(mockedServiceAreaDAO.GetById
> (345435)).Return(serviceArea);
>
>                 // Now, here, I want a contraint to say
>                 // ensure criteria.ServiceAreas contains the above
> serviceArea object. This will be
>                 // set before calling the below DAO method.
>                 Expect.Call(mockedSearchDAO.SearchForArticles
> (criteria)).Return(resultFromDAO);
>
>             }
>             using (mocks.Playback())
>             {
>                 // inject DAO dependencies
>                 managerToTest.SearchDAO = mockedSearchDAO;
>                 managerToTest.ServiceAreaDAO = mockedServiceAreaDAO;
>
>                 // call the method ensuring correct results. This
> works fine
>                 Assert.That(managerToTest.SearchForArticles(criteria,
> serviceAreaIds), Is.SameAs(resultFromDAO));
>
>                 // Now, I shouldn't be validating the ServiceAreas
> collection was populated through the assert methodology
>                 Assert.That(criteria.ServiceAreas, Has.Member
> (serviceArea));
>             }
>
> I have been tearing my receding hair out all afternoon through the
> Rhino Mocks documentation to understand how to test this scenario.
>
> Cheers!!!
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Rhino.Mocks" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/rhinomocks?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to