Mocking MailController with ActionMailer.net using Moq

Question

I'm trying to mock my MailController

_mockMailController = new Mock<IMailController>();
_mockMailController.Setup(x => x.ForgotPassword("[email protected]"));

My controller takes an IMailController as a dependancy, however when I call

mailController.ForgotPassword("[email protected]").Deliver();

I get a NullReferenceException (because ForgotPassword doesn't return anything, I guess)

Ideally, we'd stub EmailResult ?

Answer 1

I created a pull request for the ActionMailer.Net that intoduces an IEmailResult interface that makes mocking very easy. Have a look at this:

https://bitbucket.org/swaj/actionmailer.net/pull-request/4/iemailresult-interface-for-better/

Until the pull request is merged you could use a custom build from my frok of the project.

https://bitbucket.org/hydr/xv-actionmailer.net

Mocking get's as easy as writing (with FakeItEasy, Moq might be similar):

//SetUp
_myMailer = A.Fake<IMyMailer>();

//Later on in Assert
A.CallTo(() => _myMailer.MyTestEmail()).MustHaveHappened(Repeated.Exactly.Once);

when the Mailer is defined like:

public class MailController : MailerBase, IMyMailer
{
    public IEmailResult MyTestEmail()
    {
        To.Add("[email protected]");
        From = "[email protected]";
        Subject = "Subject";
        return Email();
    }
}