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unit testing - How to mock static methods in c# using MOQ framework?

I have been doing unit testing recently and I've successfully mocked various scenarios using MOQ framework and MS Test. I know we can't test private methods but I want to know if we can mock static methods using MOQ.

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Moq (and other DynamicProxy-based mocking frameworks) are unable to mock anything that is not a virtual or abstract method.

Sealed/static classes/methods can only be faked with Profiler API based tools, like Typemock (commercial) or Microsoft Moles (free, known as Fakes in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate /2013 /2015).

Alternatively, you could refactor your design to abstract calls to static methods, and provide this abstraction to your class via dependency injection. Then you'd not only have a better design, it will be testable with free tools, like Moq.

A common pattern to allow testability can be applied without using any tools altogether. Consider the following method:

public class MyClass
{
    public string[] GetMyData(string fileName)
    {
        string[] data = FileUtil.ReadDataFromFile(fileName);
        return data;
    }
}

Instead of trying to mock FileUtil.ReadDataFromFile, you could wrap it in a protected virtual method, like this:

public class MyClass
{
    public string[] GetMyData(string fileName)
    {
        string[] data = GetDataFromFile(fileName);
        return data;
    }

    protected virtual string[] GetDataFromFile(string fileName)
    {
        return FileUtil.ReadDataFromFile(fileName);
    }
}

Then, in your unit test, derive from MyClass and call it TestableMyClass. Then you can override the GetDataFromFile method to return your own test data.

Hope that helps.


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