Mock a Field

[Colan]

Trying to mock a class provided by a vendor that contains a number of public fields.

Either I'm not arranging the mock properly or JustMock does not support mocking fields. 

Sample code

// sample class to mock
public class HasFields
{
      public string FieldA;
}

// code to set up mokc
    var mock = Mock.Create<HasFields>();
    Mock.Arrange (() => mock.FieldA).Returns("it works");

When executed the Mock.Arrange call throws the error:

Telerik.JustMock.MockAssertionException: Lambda must contain a valid method to procceed

In the test code if the field is changed to a property, the Mock.Arrange works. 

Unfortunately changing the field to a property isn't an option with the classes provided by a vendor.

[Ricky]

Hi Colan,

Thank you for bringing up the question. Unfortunately, you can not mock a field since mocking happens by intercepting method body therefore you can mock properties (which has a get/ set method), events (add / remove method) and other methods.

This is not something limited for JustMock but it is more or less general and the nature of .net IL.

Kind Regards,
Mehfuz
the Telerik team