Unit testing custom RoleProvider with Moq?

Question

I created a custom RoleProvider in a custom library. I would like to unit test it. Via Moq I created a fake HttpContextBase. How to pass this to the to be tested RoleProvider?

The Identity is a custom test implementation class. This works fine. I only don't know how to pass in the fake context in my provider. This is not an MVC application but standard Webforms if that's information needed.

Grz, Kris.

At the moment I'm giving this a try: http://haacked.com/archive/2005/06/11/Simulating_HttpContext.aspx. — Kris van der Mast, Jul 27 '09 at 15:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '09 at 14:04

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You could use Dependency Injection (DI) and pass it through your custom RoleProvider's constructor.

public MyRoleProvider(HttpContextBase httpContext)
{
    // ...
}

This would allow you to pass the Moq instance via the constructor.

answered Jul 27 '09 at 14:04

Mark Seemann

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Save it as a member variable. – Mark Seemann Jul 27 '09 at 14:09
Sorry I don't get it. The roleprovider can't be hassled with (codewise). Is there another workaround possible? – Kris van der Mast Jul 27 '09 at 14:11
If you can't create a RoleProvider via code, you may alternatively be able to use a ServiceLocator to get an instance of HttpContextBase for you from the inside. It's not as nice, but sometimes it is necessary. – Mark Seemann Jul 27 '09 at 14:42

Unit testing custom RoleProvider with Moq?

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