asp.net mvc - How to create fake test objects quickly and efficiently
- by Simon G
Hi,
I'm currently testing the controller in my mvc app and I'm creating a fake repository for testing. However I seem to be writing more code and spending more time for the fakes than I do on the actual repositories. Is this right?
The code I have is as follows:
Controller
public partial class SomeController : Controller
{
IRepository repository;
public SomeController(IRepository rep)
{
repository = rep;
}
public virtaul ActionResult Index()
{
// Some logic
var model = repository.GetSomething();
return View(model);
}
}
IRepository
public interface IRepository
{
Something GetSomething();
}
Fake Repository
public class FakeRepository : IRepository
{
private List<Something> somethingList;
public FakeRepository(List<Something> somethings)
{
somthingList = somthings;
}
public Something GetSomething()
{
return somethingList;
}
}
Fake Data
class FakeSomethingData
{
public static List<Something> CreateSomethingData()
{
var somethings = new List<Something>();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
somethings.Add(new Something
{
value1 = String.Format("value{0}", i),
value2 = String.Format("value{0}", i),
value3 = String.Format("value{0}", i)
});
}
return somethings;
}
}
Actual Test
[TestClass]
public class SomethingControllerTest
{
SomethingController CreateSomethingController()
{
var testData = FakeSomethingData.CreateSomethingData();
var repository = new FakeSomethingRepository(testData);
SomethingController controller = new SomethingController(repository);
return controller;
}
[TestMethod]
public void SomeTest()
{
// Arrange
var controller = CreateSomethingController();
// Act
// Some test here
// Arrange
}
}
All this seems to be a lot of extra code, especially as I have more than one repository. Is there a more efficient way of doing this? Maybe using mocks?
Thanks
