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Reputation: 7297

How do you create an echoing mock using Moq?

I am creating a mock for my ITransformer interface.

public interface ITransformer
{
    String Transform( String input );
}

I can create a mock that returns an given string based on a specific input:

var mock = new Mock<ITransformer>();
mock.Setup(s => s.Transform("foo")).Returns("bar");

What I would like to do is create a mock with a Transform() method that echoes whatever is passed to it. How would I go about doing this? Is it even possible?

I realise my question might be subverting the way that Moq and mocks in general are supposed to work because I'm not specifying a fixed expectation.

I also know that I could easily create my own class to do this, but I was hoping to find a generic approach that I could use in similar circumstances without having to define a new class each time.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 410

Answers (2)

Klaus Byskov Pedersen
Klaus Byskov Pedersen

Reputation: 120927

var mock = new Mock<ITransformer>();
m.Setup(i => i.Transform(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns<string>((string s) => { return s;});

Upvotes: 4

Rob Levine
Rob Levine

Reputation: 41298

var mock = new Mock<ITransformer>();
mock.Setup(t => t.Transform(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns((String s) => s);

This should echo back whatever was supplied to the method.

Upvotes: 2

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