EpiServer - easy way to mock UrlResolver

Question

Is there an easy way to mock UrlResolver class? I pass it as a parameter to the constructor.

public Service(UrlResolver urlResolver){
    _urlResolver = urlResolver;
}

EDIT: According to Henrik N. comment, this issue had been addressed in EpiServer 8.

But until I have an EpiServer 8 in my solution I will use custom interface + adapter.

Note that the problem with mocking UrlResolver was addressed in EPiServer.CMS.Core 8.0.0 by changing the class to be an abstract base class without any dependencies. — Henrik N, May 22 '15 at 02:54
If so, then this question is obsolete. Please add an answer and I will mark it as a correct answer. — gringo_dave, May 22 '15 at 07:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '15 at 10:50

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The dependency that is causing the issue was removed in version 8.0.0 of EPiServer.CMS.Core so if you can update to the latest version you should be fine.

answered May 22 '15 at 10:50

Henrik N

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '15 at 10:12

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I've ended up creating my own IUrlResolver interface and adapter for UrlResolver.

public interface IUrlResolver
{
    string GetUrl(ContentReference contentReference, Language language);
}

public class UrlResolverAdapter : IUrlResolver
{
    public string GetUrl(ContentReference contentReference, Language language)
    {
        return UrlResolver.Current.GetUrl(contentReference, language);
    }
}

answered May 21 '15 at 10:12

gringo_dave

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Yes, this is the way to go for most (if not all) of EPiServers tightly coupled mess... – Apr 06 '16 at 14:22

StackExchange saddens dancek · Answer 3 · 2015-05-21T10:04:31.790

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Yes. Using the excellent FakeItEasy mocking library, it's as easy as:

UrlResolver fakeUrlResolver = A.Fake<UrlResolver>();

Then use it to instantiate your Service.

var myService = new Service(fakeUrlResolver);

If you need the fake to return on specific method calls, that's possible too. Say, the code fetches the public URL for a PageReference.

PageReference myLink = new PageReference(123);
UrlResolver fakeUrlResolver = A.Fake<UrlResolver>();
A.CallTo(() => fakeUrlResolver.GetUrl(myLink)).Returns("my/fake/url");

// probably initialize some other code with myLink at this point

var myService = new Service(fakeUrlResolver);

edited May 21 '15 at 10:04

answered May 21 '15 at 09:59

StackExchange saddens dancek

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Did you tested this code? I'vetried to use Rhino Mocks to Mock it but it throws exception, because the default constructor for UrlResolver , resolve couple of dependencies from ServiceLocator and it cause trouble. – gringo_dave May 21 '15 at 10:10
I wrote this answer based on code that works. What does Rhino Mocks have to do with this? – StackExchange saddens dancek May 24 '15 at 07:06
Oh, I read the other comments. I obviously have tested this only on some versions. – StackExchange saddens dancek May 24 '15 at 07:08

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