assistance with writing a unit test for a method with rhino mocks

Question

I need some assistance with writing a unit test for the following class using Rhino Mocks 3.5. The following overrided method in my class:

    public override void Initialize(params object[] messages)
    {
        var data = new ViewData
        {
            Name = this.GetName()
        };

        this.Notify(data);
    }

I want to be write a test to validate that when the Initialize method is called, the method calls the Notify method and has a parameter of type ViewData. Also I want to check that the GetName method which is a private method is called within this method. I use an accessor to access the GetName private method.

Any help would be great with this as I am new to writing tests and need assistance.

Answer 1

What you want is called a partial mock.

[Test]
public void UsingPartialMocks()
{
  MockRepository mocks = new MockRepository();
  YourClass partialMock =  mocks.PartialMock<YourClass>();
  Expect.Call(partialMock.Notify(null)).IgnoreArguments();
  mocks.ReplayAll();
  partialMock.Initialize(null);
  mocks.VerifyAll();
}