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tmaj
tmaj

Reputation: 35037

Writing testable code with Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.DeviceClient

The signature for DeviceClient class in Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client is

public sealed class DeviceClient : IDisposable.

This doesn't really suggest ideas for how to write testable code for the class that uses the client.

The client depends on a transport layer which sounds promising ("let's provide the transport and then mock it in tests; something like HttpClient and HttpMessageHandler") but the factory methods DeviceClient.Create take the transport as an enum so this angle of attack seem to be closed.

Is an adapter pattern (i.e. re-implement the interface) the way to go?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 435

Answers (1)

Paul H
Paul H

Reputation: 41

With a sealed class and no virtual methods, an interface and adapter pattern may be the best (though high maintenance) solution. You need interception and so have you looked at Microsoft Fake framework and use a shim to isolate that assembly when testing.

Upvotes: 3

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