So I have a controller that returns json to my views that I need to test. I have tried using reflection with a dynamic data type to access a sub property of a list but I keep getting something similar to 'unable to cast' errors. Basically I have a list within a list that I want to access and verify things about but I can't access it. Has anyone tested json returned from their controller before in MVC4 and have advice?
Code:
// arrange
var repositoryMock = new Mock<IEdwConsoleRepository>();
var date = -1;
var fromDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(date);
EtlTableHistory[] tableHistories =
{
new EtlTableHistory
{
Table = new Table(),
RelatedStatus = new BatchStatus(),
BatchId = 1
}
};
EtlBatchHistory[] batchHistories = { new EtlBatchHistory
{
Status = new BatchStatus(),
TableHistories = tableHistories
} };
repositoryMock.Setup(repository => repository.GetBatchHistories(fromDate)).Returns((IEnumerable<EtlBatchHistory>)batchHistories);
var controller = new EdwController(new Mock<IEdwSecurityService>().Object, repositoryMock.Object);
// act
ActionResult result = controller.BatchHistories(1);
// assert
Assert.IsInstanceOfType(result, typeof(JsonResult), "Result type was incorrect");
var jsonResult = (JsonResult)result;
var resultData = (dynamic)jsonResult.Data;
var returnedHistories = resultData.GetType().GetProperty("batchHistories").GetValue(resultData, null);
var returnedTableHistoriesType = returnedHistories.GetType();
Assert.AreEqual(1, returnedTableHistoriesType.GetProperty("Count").GetValue(returnedHistories, null), "Wrong number of logs in result data");
Here's an example:
Controller:
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult AddNewImage(string buildingID, string desc)
{
ReturnArgs r = new ReturnArgs();
if (Request.Files.Count == 0)
{
r.Status = 102;
r.Message = "Oops! That image did not seem to make it!";
return Json(r);
}
if (!repo.BuildingExists(buildingID))
{
r.Status = 101;
r.Message = "Oops! That building can't be found!";
return Json(r);
}
SaveImages(buildingID, desc);
r.Status = 200;
r.Message = repo.GetBuildingByID(buildingID).images.Last().ImageID;
return Json(r);
}
public class ReturnArgs
{
public int Status { get; set; }
public string Message { get; set; }
}
Test:
[TestMethod]
public void AddNewImage_Returns_Error_On_No_File()
{
// Arrange
ExtendedBuilding bld = repo.GetBuildings()[0];
string ID = bld.Id;
var fakeContext = new Mock<HttpContextBase>();
var fakeRequest = new Mock<HttpRequestBase>();
fakeContext.Setup(cont => cont.Request).Returns(fakeRequest.Object);
fakeRequest.Setup(req => req.Files.Count).Returns(0);
BuildingController noFileController = new BuildingController(repo);
noFileController.ControllerContext = new ControllerContext(fakeContext.Object, new System.Web.Routing.RouteData(), noFileController);
// Act
var result = noFileController.AddNewImage(ID, "empty");
ReturnArgs data = (ReturnArgs)(result as JsonResult).Data;
// Assert
Assert.IsTrue(data.Status == 102);
}
In your example it looks to me that the problem is here:
var resultData = (dynamic)jsonResult.Data;
var returnedHistories = resultData.GetType().GetProperty("batchHistories").GetValue(resultData, null);
The resultData object would be the exact type of the object that you returned in your action. So if you did something like:
List<String> list = repo.GetList();
return Json(list);
Then your resultData would be of type:
List<String>
Try making sure that you are returning your Object using the Json(obj) function.
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