Tag Archives: Rhino mocks

System.Random isolation

Posted on September 23, 2013 by erictummers

Writing a unit test is all about isolating the code under test. The best way to do this is by using interfaces. An interface only described the methods and properties, but lets you change the implementation as long as you … Continue reading →

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Test async webservice call with a Task

Posted on February 11, 2013 by erictummers

We have a number of services in our project. Our clients include WPF, iOS, Android and Web. To have the best interoperability we communicate over http and expose WSDL for proxy generation. This means we cannot change the contracts or … Continue reading →

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Implement Interface as virtual methods

Posted on January 18, 2013 by erictummers

A best pratice in Object Oriented Programming is the use of Interfaces. When applied correctly it simplifies unit testing. But watch out for the pitfall of default implementation by Visual Studio. Below is an example how this can bite you. … Continue reading →

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AmbiguousMatchException on mock creation

Posted on December 12, 2012 by erictummers

See simple code below of ClassToTest with two public constructors with one parameter. My favorite mocking framework (Rhino Mocks) is unable to determine which constructor to use for mocking. The CreatePartialMock method throws an AmbiguousMatchException. The workaround for this is … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure SDK better with wrappers

Posted on May 25, 2012 by erictummers

Since Windows Azure SDK 1.2 back in 2010 I’m trying to get my unittests up and running. I posted about it on the Microsoft forum and consulted the JustMock forum. Nobody was able to provide the solution as it looks … Continue reading →

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