Can not instantiate proxy...Could not find a parameterless constructor

Question

I am trying to create a unit test using Moq which tests the MongoDB.AspNet.Identity V2 provider. This line is giving me grief:

var appUser = new Mock<PreRegistrationMVC.Models.ApplicationUser>();
var userStore = new Mock<MongoDB.AspNet.Identity.UserStore<PreRegistrationMVC.Models.ApplicationUser>>();

It seems the userStore won't instantiate properly here is the error.

Castle.DynamicProxy.InvalidProxyConstructorArgumentsException was unhandled by user code
  HResult=-2147024809
  Message=Can not instantiate proxy of class: MongoDB.AspNet.Identity.UserStore`1[[MVC.Models.ApplicationUser, MVC, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]].
Could not find a parameterless constructor.
  Source=Moq
  StackTrace:
       at Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxyInstance(Type proxyType, List`1 proxyArguments, Type classToProxy, Object[] constructorArguments)
       at Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options, Object[] constructorArguments, IInterceptor[] interceptors)
       at Moq.Proxy.CastleProxyFactory.CreateProxy(Type mockType, ICallInterceptor interceptor, Type[] interfaces, Object[] arguments)
       at Moq.Mock`1.<InitializeInstance>b__2()
       at Moq.PexProtector.Invoke(Action action)
       at Moq.Mock`1.InitializeInstance()
       at Moq.Mock`1.OnGetObject()
       at Moq.Mock.GetObject()
       at Moq.Mock.get_Object()
       at Moq.Mock`1.get_Object()
       at MVC_Tests.Identity.Accounts.AccountController_Test.TestSuccessfulRegister() in c:\Users\Tim\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\PreRegistrationApp\MVC_Tests\Identity\Accounts\AccountController_Test.cs:line 108
  InnerException: 

I am completely new to Moq so I am looking for: What type of settings are needed for Moq to instantiate this? Is there something about the UserStore class that won't play well with Moq?

Thanks for reading.

Answer 1

MOQ is good for mocking interfaces, but does not work so well with concrete classes. So instead of mocking concrete class, ask for the inteface:

var userStore = new Mock<IUserStore<PreRegistrationMVC.Models.ApplicationUser>>();

Also ApplicationUser should be POCO, so no need to mock it, just create its instance without MOQ and use in tests.

Answer 2

You can try referring Mock behavior,as shown below

Mock<testClass>(MockBehavior.Strict, new object[] {"Hello"}); 

Answer 3

I had this problem. I had written...

var x = new Mock<Concrete>();

... instead of ...

var x = new Mock<IConcrete>();