System API / MsCorLib Mocking

Telerik® JustMock allows you to mock everything, including the .NET system types as part of mscorlib.dll or any other library or DLL. Even more, with JustMock you are able to arrange any System member/function without additional setups.

This feature is available only in the commercial version of Telerik JustMock. Refer to this topic to learn more about the differences between the commercial and free versions of Telerik JustMock.

Mocking System.DateTime Class

In Example 1 you can see how to mock the DateTime.Now property to always return the date April 12, 2010.

Example 1: Mock DateTime.Now

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldAssertCustomValueForDateTimeNow() 
{ 
    // Arrange 
    Mock.Arrange(() => DateTime.Now).Returns(new DateTime(1900, 4, 12)); 
 
    // Act 
    var now = DateTime.Now; 
 
    // Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(1900, now.Year); 
    Assert.AreEqual(4, now.Month); 
    Assert.AreEqual(12, now.Day); 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldAssertCustomValueForDateTimeNow() 
    ' Arrange 
    Mock.Arrange(Function() DateTime.Now).Returns(New DateTime(1900, 4, 12)) 
 
    ' Act 
    Dim now = DateTime.Now 
 
    ' Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(1900, now.Year) 
    Assert.AreEqual(4, now.Month) 
    Assert.AreEqual(12, now.Day) 
End Sub

Note that you can directly arrange the DateTime.Now without any prerequisites.

The setup in Example 1 will also work even if the call to DateTime.Now is in a member in another class. For example, take the NestedDateTime class:

Example 2: Nested DateTime sample usage

public class NestedDateTime 
{ 
    public DateTime GetDateTime() 
    { 
        return DateTime.Now; 
    } 
}

Public Class NestedDateTime 
    Public Function GetDateTime() As DateTime 
        Return DateTime.Now 
    End Function 
End Class

In this case, the test will look like this:

Example 3: Arrange DateTime in nested class

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldArrangeCustomValueForDateTimeNowInCustomClass() 
{ 
    // Arrange 
    Mock.Arrange(() => DateTime.Now).Returns(new DateTime(1900, 4, 12)); 
 
    // Act 
    var now = new NestedDateTime().GetDateTime(); 
 
    // Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(1900, now.Year); 
    Assert.AreEqual(4, now.Month); 
    Assert.AreEqual(12, now.Day); 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldArrangeCustomValueForDateTimeNowInCustomClass() 
    ' Arrange 
    Mock.Arrange(Function() DateTime.Now).Returns(New DateTime(1900, 4, 12)) 
 
    ' Act 
    Dim now = New NestedDateTime().GetDateTime() 
 
    ' Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(1900, now.Year) 
    Assert.AreEqual(4, now.Month) 
    Assert.AreEqual(12, now.Day) 
End Sub

Mocking System.IO.FileInfo Class

Using JustMock, you can mock virtually any System type from MsCorLib without any prerequisites. To demonstrate mocking of framework methods, we will take the FileInfo class and mock its Delete method.

Example 4: Mock FileInfo.Delete method

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldMockFileInfoDelete() 
{ 
    var filename = this.GetType().Assembly.ManifestModule.FullyQualifiedName; 
    var myFileInfo = new FileInfo(filename); 
 
    bool isCalled = false; 
 
    // Arrange 
    // When myFileInfo.Delete is called, set the isCalled variable to true 
    Mock.Arrange(() => myFileInfo.Delete()).DoInstead(() => isCalled = true); 
 
    //Act 
    myFileInfo.Delete(); 
 
    //Assert 
    Assert.IsTrue(isCalled); 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldMockFileInfoDelete() 
    'Arrange 
    Dim filename = Me.GetType.Assembly.ManifestModule.FullyQualifiedName 
    Dim myFileInfo = New FileInfo(filename) 
 
    Dim isCalled As Boolean = False 
 
    ' Arrange 
    ' When myFileInfo.Delete is called, set the isCalled variable to true 
    Mock.Arrange(Sub() myFileInfo.Delete()).DoInstead(Sub() isCalled = True) 
 
    'Act 
    myFileInfo.Delete() 
 
    'Assert 
    Assert.IsTrue(isCalled) 
End Sub

Mocking System.IO.DriveInfo Class

Let's look at another example - we want to mock the static GetDrives method of DriveInfo:

Example 5: Mock DriveInfo.GetDrives static method

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldMockDriveInfoGetDrives_StaticMember() 
{ 
    bool isCalled = false; 
 
    // Arrange 
    // When GetDrives() is called, set isCalled to true 
    Mock.Arrange(() => DriveInfo.GetDrives()).DoInstead(() => isCalled = true); 
 
    // Act 
    DriveInfo.GetDrives(); 
 
    // Assert 
    Assert.IsTrue(isCalled); 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldMockDriveInfoGetDrives_StaticMember() 
    Dim isCalled As Boolean = False 
 
    ' Arrange 
    ' When GetDrives() is called, set isCalled to true 
    Mock.Arrange(Sub() DriveInfo.GetDrives()).DoInstead(Sub() isCalled = True) 
 
    ' Act 
    DriveInfo.GetDrives() 
 
    ' Assert 
    Assert.IsTrue(isCalled) 
End Sub

Mocking System.IO.File Class

This section shows how to mock the File.ReadAllBytes method. The setup you can see in Example 6 ignores the actual implementation of ReadAllBytes and returns a custom fake content for the file.

Example 6: Mock File.ReadAllBytes method

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldMockStaticFileForReadOperaton() 
{ 
    byte[] fakeBytes = "byte content".ToCharArray().Select(c => (byte)c).ToArray(); 
 
    // Arrange  
    // When File.ReadAllBytes is invoked with any string parameter, return fakeBytes as a result 
    Mock.Arrange(() => File.ReadAllBytes(Arg.IsAny<string>())).Returns(fakeBytes); 
 
    // Act 
    var returnedBytes = File.ReadAllBytes("ping"); 
 
    // Assert - both have the same length 
    Assert.AreEqual(fakeBytes.Length, returnedBytes.Length); 
 
    // Assert - both have the same content 
    var same = true; 
 
    for (var i = 0; i < fakeBytes.Length; i++) 
    { 
        if (fakeBytes[i] != returnedBytes[i]) 
        { 
            same = false; 
            break; 
        } 
    } 
 
    Assert.AreEqual(true, same); 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldMockStaticFileForReadOperaton() 
    Dim fakeBytes As Byte() = "byte content".ToCharArray().Select.ToArray() 
 
    ' Arrange  
    ' When File.ReadAllBytes is invoked with any string parameter, return fakeBytes as a result 
    Mock.Arrange(Function() File.ReadAllBytes(Arg.IsAny(Of String)())).Returns(fakeBytes) 
 
    ' Act 
    Dim returnedBytes = File.ReadAllBytes("ping") 
 
    ' Assert - both have the same length 
    Assert.AreEqual(fakeBytes.Length, returnedBytes.Length) 
 
    ' Assert - both have the same content 
    Dim same = True 
 
    For i As Integer = 0 To fakeBytes.Length - 1 
        If fakeBytes(i) <> returnedBytes(i) Then 
            same = False 
            Exit For 
        End If 
    Next 
 
    Assert.AreEqual(True, same) 
End Sub

Mocking System.IO.FileStream Class

This section shows a more complicated example. It demonstrates how to mock the FileStream.Write method.

Example 7: Mock the FileStream.Write method

[TestMethod] 
public void ShouldMockFileOpenWithCustomFileStream() 
{ 
    byte[] actual = new byte[255]; 
 
    // Writing fake bytes into the actual variable 
    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(new MemoryStream(actual))) 
    { 
        writer.WriteLine("Hello world"); 
        writer.Flush(); 
    } 
 
    // Create a mocked instance of FileStream 
    FileStream fs = Mock.Create<FileStream>(Constructor.Mocked); 
 
    // Mocking the specific call and setting up expectations.  
    // Calling the Write method will result in copying the content  
    // of 'actual' to the passed byte array. 
    Mock.Arrange(() => fs.Write(null, 0, 0)).IgnoreArguments() 
        .DoInstead((byte[] content, int offset, int len) => actual.CopyTo(content, offset)); 
 
    // Arranging File.Open. Invoking the method will always return a custom file stream. 
    Mock.Arrange(() => File.Open(Arg.AnyString, Arg.IsAny<FileMode>())).Returns(fs); 
 
    // Act - 'fileStream' is assigned with the custom stream returned from File.Open. 
    var fileStream = File.Open("hello.txt", FileMode.Open); 
    byte[] fakeContent = new byte[actual.Length]; 
 
    // Original task 
    // After this, as arranged, the content of 'actual' and 'fakeContent' will be the same. 
    fileStream.Write(fakeContent, 0, actual.Length); 
 
    // Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(fakeContent.Length, actual.Length); 
 
    for (var i = 0; i < fakeContent.Length; i++) 
    { 
        Assert.AreEqual(fakeContent[i], actual[i]); 
    } 
}

<TestMethod> _ 
Public Sub ShouldMockFileOpenWithCustomFileStream() 
    Dim actual As Byte() = New Byte(254) {} 
 
    ' Writing locally, can be done from resource manifest as well. 
 
    Using writer As New StreamWriter(New MemoryStream(actual)) 
        writer.WriteLine("Hello world") 
        writer.Flush() 
    End Using 
 
    ' Arrange the file stream. 
    Dim fs As FileStream = Mock.Create(Of FileStream)(Constructor.Mocked) 
 
    ' Mocking the specific call and setting up expectations.  
    ' We replace the actual implementation. 
    ' Calling the Write method will result in copying the content  
    ' of 'actual' to the passed byte array. 
    Mock.Arrange(Sub() fs.Write(Nothing, 0, 0)).IgnoreArguments() _ 
        .DoInstead(Sub(content As Byte(), offset As Integer, len As Integer) actual.CopyTo(content, offset)) 
 
    ' Arranging File.Open. We return a custom file stream. 
    Mock.Arrange(Function() File.Open(Arg.AnyString, Arg.IsAny(Of FileMode)())).Returns(fs) 
 
    ' Act - 'fileStream' is assigned with the custom stream returned from File.Open. 
    Dim fileStream = File.Open("hello.txt", FileMode.Open) 
    Dim fakeContent As Byte() = New Byte(actual.Length - 1) {} 
 
    ' Original task 
    ' After this, as arranged, the content of 'actual' and 'fakeContent' will be the same. 
    fileStream.Write(fakeContent, 0, actual.Length) 
 
    ' Assert 
    Assert.AreEqual(fakeContent.Length, actual.Length) 
 
    For i As Integer = 0 To fakeContent.Length - 1 
        Assert.AreEqual(fakeContent(i), actual(i)) 
    Next 
End Sub

This is what happens in Example 7 step by step:

Write "hello world" in actual.
Set expectation for Write method. We replace the actual implementation so that it will result in copying the content of actual to the passed byte array.
Arrange File.Open to return a custom file stream.
Mimic opening a file - fileStream is assigned with the custom stream from the previous step.
Call the Write method. This is our original task.
Finally, we assert that both files have the same content.

System API / MsCorLib Mocking

Mocking System.DateTime Class

Example 1: Mock DateTime.Now

Example 2: Nested DateTime sample usage

Example 3: Arrange DateTime in nested class

Mocking System.IO.FileInfo Class

Example 4: Mock FileInfo.Delete method

Mocking System.IO.DriveInfo Class

Example 5: Mock DriveInfo.GetDrives static method

Mocking System.IO.File Class

Example 6: Mock File.ReadAllBytes method

Mocking System.IO.FileStream Class

Example 7: Mock the FileStream.Write method

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System API / MsCorLib Mocking

Mocking System.DateTime Class

Example 1: Mock DateTime.Now

Example 2: Nested DateTime sample usage

Example 3: Arrange DateTime in nested class

Mocking System.IO.FileInfo Class

Example 4: Mock FileInfo.Delete method

Mocking System.IO.DriveInfo Class

Example 5: Mock DriveInfo.GetDrives static method

Mocking System.IO.File Class

Example 6: Mock File.ReadAllBytes method

Mocking System.IO.FileStream Class

Example 7: Mock the FileStream.Write method

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