Mocked Method not returning correct object

2 posts, 1 answers
  1. Chris
    Chris avatar
    21 posts
    Member since:
    Oct 2012

    Posted 22 Oct 2012 Link to this post

    I have a unit test that is attempting to test a very simple method.  The method under test simply calls two other methods (interface methods that are marked as virtual in the implementation).  I use the following code in the unit test....
    IEnumerable<byte> passedMessage1 = new byte[16];
     
                Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.PrimaryReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 3))
                    .DoNothing()
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
     
                Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.AlternateReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 25))
                    .DoNothing()
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
     
                Target.PrimaryReportingAddress = LocalTestScenarios.TestIPAddress1;
                Target.AlternateReportingAddress = LocalTestScenarios.TestIPAddress2;
     
                Target.InsertNetworkAddressesIntoPart(passedMessage1);
     
                Mock.Assert(MessageOperationsMock);


    The Target method is....
    internal virtual IEnumerable<byte> InsertNetworkAddressesIntoPart(IEnumerable<byte> messageBeingCreated)
            {
                messageBeingCreated = MessageOperationsHelper.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage(PrimaryReportingAddress, messageBeingCreated, 3);
                messageBeingCreated = MessageOperationsHelper.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage(AlternateReportingAddress, messageBeingCreated, 25);
     
                return messageBeingCreated;
            }

    and here is the mocking setup....

    protected HardCodedMonitoringSettingsEntity Target;
            protected IDependencyInjection InjectorMock;
            protected IValidationOperations ValidatorMock;
            protected IMessageOperations MessageOperationsMock;
     
            [SetUp]
            public void InitializeBase()
            {
                Target = Mock.Create<HardCodedMonitoringSettingsEntity>(Behavior.CallOriginal);
                InjectorMock = Mock.Create<IDependencyInjection>();
                ValidatorMock = Mock.Create<IValidationOperations>();
                MessageOperationsMock = Mock.Create<IMessageOperations>();
     
                Target.DependencyInjector = InjectorMock;
                Target.ValidationOperationsHelper = ValidatorMock;
                Target.MessageOperationsHelper = MessageOperationsMock;
            }


    The problem is the test says that expected called once but was called 0 times.  What I see when I debug the code is that my passedMessage variable goes from a byte array to some other type of object (goes from saying byte[16] to count = 0 after the first method is called.

    Any thoughts?
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  3. Answer
    Kaloyan
    Admin
    Kaloyan avatar
    880 posts

    Posted 24 Oct 2012 Link to this post

    Hello Chris,

     Thank you for contacting Telerik support.

     There is one thing I was able to notice in your test method:
    Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.PrimaryReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 3))
                    .DoNothing()
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
      
                Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.AlternateReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 25))
                    .DoNothing()
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
     You are using the "DoNothing()" method before "Returns()". We do not recommend this approach anymore. Using the newest version of JustMock, your test should look like this:
    Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.PrimaryReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 3))
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
      
                Mock.Arrange(() => MessageOperationsMock.InsertNetworkAddressIntoMessage
                    (Target.AlternateReportingAddress, passedMessage1, 25))
                    .Returns(passedMessage1)
                    .OccursOnce();
     The "DoNothing()" method is applicable only for methods without a return value and property sets. You can read more about it here:
     - http://www.telerik.com/help/justmock/basic-usage-mock-do-nothing.html

     Also, I would recommend you to update your JustMock references inside your solution.

     Let me know if this solves your problem.

    Kind regards,
    Kaloyan
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