Rhino Mocks problems with private setter in stub

Question

Error:

You are trying to set an expectation on a property that was defined to use PropertyBehavior. Instead of writing code such as this: mockObject.Stub(x => x.SomeProperty).Return(42); You can use the property directly to achieve the same result: mockObject.SomeProperty = 42;

var x = MockRepository.GenerateStub<MyClass>();
x.Stub(s => s.Items).Return(new List<Item>());

public class MyClass
{
    public virtual IEnumerable<Item> Items
    {
        get {return _items;}
        private set {_items = value;}
    }
}

What am I doing wrong?

Found the solution. Quit the project so that I could chose a tool that works. E.g Moq — Daniel, Aug 07 '12 at 15:19

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '11 at 17:21

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I think using a Mock rather than a stub gets around the problem, but there may be a better way I'm missing.

        var x = MockRepository.GenerateMock<MyClass>();
        x.BackToRecord(BackToRecordOptions.PropertyBehavior);
        SetupResult.For(x.Items).Return(new List<Item>());
        x.Replay();

answered Apr 27 '11 at 17:21

MonkeyPushButton

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I have the same issue, and using a Mock works for me too. Don't understand this limitation on Stubs. – Sam Mackrill Oct 03 '11 at 10:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 04 '15 at 04:59

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A cleaner way than would be:

var x = MockRepository.GenerateMock<MyClass>();
x.Stub(s => s.Items).Return(new List<Item>());

I just don't get why GenerateStub doesn't work.

edited Feb 04 '15 at 04:59

slang

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answered Apr 28 '11 at 11:00

Daniel

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can confirm this, I believe it's a bug that it doesn't work with GenerateStub – xhafan Aug 07 '12 at 14:09

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 03 '12 at 16:36

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I received this same message. My issue was that I was trying to stub a non-virtual property on a concrete class.

answered Jul 03 '12 at 16:36

MoMo

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Rhino Mocks problems with private setter in stub

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