MVC 5

[AnthonySteele]

Apparently MvcRouteTester the nuget package does not work with the latest release of MVC - VS2013 and MVC5 A nuget package can include multiple binaries for different .Net versions, but not for different dependant library versions.

People seem to get around this by making different packages, e.g. http://www.nuget.org/packages/StructureMap.MVC4/ or http://www.nuget.org/packages/Ninject.Web.Mvc2/

I think I should do the same, using git branches here on github to track the different versions.

It seems that the minimum .Net framework version for MVC5 is .Net 4.5

[AnthonySteele]

It's mostly working now, but there is this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20034983/mapmvcattributeroutes-this-method-cannot-be-called-during-the-applications-pre

[AnthonySteele]

I have put out a beta verions 0.0.1: http://www.nuget.org/packages/MvcRouteTester.MVC5/

[AnthonySteele]

Looks like getting Attribute routes working on Web controllers in ASP MVC 5 is going to be hard https://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/workitem/1445

Oddly, it works fine on Api controllers.

[stevenkuhn]

@AnthonySteele I don't know if it helps, but I was able to circumvent this exact problem. When I used dotPeek I discovered that there was an internal MapMvcAttributeRoutes extension method that took in an IEnumerable<Type> which is supposed to be a list of controller types. I'm not sure why that method isn't public instead of internal, but using reflection I was finally able to use MvcRouteTester with ASP.NET MVC 5. Here's my new extension method:

public static class RouteCollectionExtensions
{
    public static void MapMvcAttributeRoutesForTesting(this RouteCollection routes)
    {
        var controllers = (from t in typeof(HomeController).Assembly.GetExportedTypes()
                            where
                                t != null &&
                                t.IsPublic &&
                                t.Name.EndsWith("Controller", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
                                !t.IsAbstract &&
                                typeof(IController).IsAssignableFrom(t)
                            select t).ToList();

        var mapMvcAttributeRoutesMethod = typeof(RouteCollectionAttributeRoutingExtensions)
            .GetMethod(
                "MapMvcAttributeRoutes",
                BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
                null,
                new Type[] { typeof(RouteCollection), typeof(IEnumerable<Type>) },
                null);

        mapMvcAttributeRoutesMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { routes, controllers });
    }
}

And here is how I use it:

public class HomeControllerRouteTests
{
    [Fact]
    public void RequestTo_Root_ShouldMapTo_HomeIndex()
    {
        // Arrange
        var routes = new RouteCollection();

        // Act
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(routes);
        routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutesForTesting();

        // Assert
        routes.ShouldMap("~/").To<HomeController>(x => x.Index());
    }
}

The main issue now is that inside RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(routes) I can't call routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes(), but instead I moved that call to my Global.asax.cs file. It's a hack, but it was the only way I could get it to work with a minimal amount of work.

Again, I don't know if it helps at all, but I thought I would share it anyway.

[AnthonySteele]

I'm trying this out, thanks so much! It seems to work, I'll see if anything can be done about the usability https://github.com/AnthonySteele/MvcRouteTester/commit/6d6fcf587598b570e3fd8638d0b653114e53721e

[stevenkuhn]

Awesome! MapAttributeRoutesInAssembly() is a much better name than what I had. :+1:

My only concern is if the developers change/remove the method in RouteCollectionAttributeRoutingExtensions since it is internal. I suppose you could check if mapMvcAttributeRoutesMethod is null and give an appropriate error message if it is (e.g. "The implementation used for ASP.NET MVC 5 is no longer valid. Please update the MvcRouteTester NuGet package to get the latest version."). Hopefully by that time, the issue you mentioned above will have been resolved.

[AnthonySteele]

tidied up and pushed to nuget as MvcRouteTester.MVC5 v 0.0.2 http://www.nuget.org/packages/MvcRouteTester.MVC5/

[AnthonySteele]

chartek, would you like to put the code on the Stackoverflow question? IMHO it's good enough to be an accepted answer.

[stevenkuhn]

Cool, thanks! I went ahead and added the solution to Stackoverflow. Thanks for an awesome library! :smile:

[WaltRitscher]

@chartek How are you calling it from global.asax?