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Unit Testing For Dependey Attributes in Unity

I am currently using Unity, Rhinomocks, MVC4, MS Test.

Is it possible to unit test a class that uses dependency attributes such as the following?

`

public class MyClass
{
 [Dependency]
 public IMyInterface MyObject { get; set; }
}

`
Or is constructor injection the only viable approach?

Solution

  • Why do you want to use the DependencyResolver within a unit test?

    If you want to test MyClass with a real IMyInterface implementation eg

    MyClass instance = new MyClass
{
    // instantiate MyObject
}

    or if you want to mock MyObject, use RhinoMocks:

    var mocks= new MockRepository();
MyClass instance = new MyClass
{
    MyObject = mocks.DynamicMock<IMyInterface>();
}

    A DynamicMock is a Stub that will return default values unless you set up expectations. Or you can use a StrictMock that will throw an exception if it is used in any way for which no Expectation is set up. Have a look at this article