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Unit testing functionality that uses the RazorFormat plugin

We have an endpoint that uses RazorFormat to render some html and we are wanting to unit test it.

When we construct a RazorFormat the format is missing the ViewEngine which is of type IRazorViewEngine

I have tried extending the plugin to allow setting the ViewEngine by fetching IRazorViewEngine but it still runs into an issue with ITempDataProvider being null.

Is there a way to instantiate the RazorFormat class while passing in the IRazorViewEngine and any requirements it has without standing up an apphost?

If it does require an app host , what is the simplest way to end up with a functional RazorFormat class ?

Solution

  • IRazorViewEngine is registered by MVC, so requires an App configured with MVC. It's not really unit testable, you'd need at least an AppHost with MVC Services registered, e.g:

    public override void Configure(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddMvc();
}

    We have an Integration Test that uses Razor Format in ServiceStack.Server.Tests/AppHost.cs which has Razor Integration tests in StatelessAuthRazorTests.cs