InMemoryDb unit test exception

Question

I try to write unit test for repository. I use InMemoryDb (https://www.nuget.org/packages/FakeDbSet) set to mock DbSet but I get exception

"Expression is not a method invocation: p => p".

What do I there wrong?

        try
        {
            var userDbSet = new InMemoryDbSet<UserModel>();
            userDbSet.Add(new UserModel { Id = 1, Username = "jacek_001@wp.pl" });
            userDbSet.Add(new UserModel { Id = 1, Username = "jacek_002@wp.pl" });
            userDbSet.Add(new UserModel { Id = 1, Username = "jacek_003@wp.pl" });

            var repositoryMock = new Mock<IDbSet<UserModel>>();
            repositoryMock.Setup(p => p).Returns(() => userDbSet); // <= this line throw exception

            var entitiesMock = new Mock<Entities>();
            entitiesMock.Setup(p => p.Users).Returns(() => repositoryMock.Object);

            return entitiesMock.Object;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new Exception(ex.Message);
        }

What are you trying to do with this line `repositoryMock.Setup(p => p).Returns(() => userDbSet);`? — Sriram Sakthivel, May 18 '15 at 07:07
You need to specify expression correctly at - repositoryMock.Setup(p => p.SomePropertyHere).... — realnero, May 18 '15 at 07:09
I use Moq as mocking library. I want to substite/mock for UserModel — Jacek, May 18 '15 at 07:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '15 at 07:13

InMemoryDbSet already implements IDbSet so you don't need to do a mock of it. Simply pass userDbSet to the method/constructor which requires IDbSet instance.

As for the error you get, Setup method requires an expression which results in method(or property getter) invocation but you have provided an "instance" result expression. E.g. should be:

var repositoryMock = new Mock<IDbSet<UserModel>>();
repositoryMock.Setup(p => p.SomeMethod()).Returns(() => stubData);

InMemoryDb unit test exception

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