Specify a mock return regardless of parameters passed into the method call

[LeahDWood]

Would it be possible to implement a feature that allows a test to contain a mock setup that specifies a return regardless of the passed in parameters, something along the lines of "mock.SetupMethodsNamed("Add").Returns(5);"?

I asked if the feature already existed here and was prompted to open an issue.

[kzu]

That's the purpose of It.IsAny.

See https://github.com/Moq/moq4/wiki/Quickstart#matching-arguments

[LeahDWood]

I know about It.IsAny already but that requires specifying per parameter. I was wondering if there is any possibility of a feature that allows similar functionality without relying on specifying each parameter via It.IsAny.

[pjquirk]

In other words, given these methods:

int Add(int x, int y);
float Add(float x, float y);
double Add(double x, double y);

And then performing a setup as mentioned:

mock.SetupMethodsNamed("Add").Returns(5);

Would be (more or less) equivalent to:

mock.Setup(m => m.Add(It.IsAny<int>(), It.IsAny<int>()).Returns((int)5);
mock.Setup(m => m.Add(It.IsAny<float>(), It.IsAny<float>()).Returns((float)5);
mock.Setup(m => m.Add(It.IsAny<double>(), It.IsAny<double>()).Returns((double)5);

[LeahDWood]

That's the idea exactly, thanks for the example.

[kzu]

I don't think there's a lot of value in that, especially since it will break badly if you add overloads of Add that have a different return value. And you lose the ability to refactor your APIs since now those "magic strings" will get out of date.

So, too many drawbacks to save a couple lines of code.

[pjquirk]

@kzu In general I agree, though the nameof operator addresses your second point.

[kzu]

That would only give you the name of one of the overloads. If you happen to rename the others, you won't notice.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:58 AM Patrick Quirk notifications@github.com wrote:

In general I agree, though the nameof operator addresses your second point.

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[j03INTHECLOUD]

This would really help for mocking Microsoft methods because they love to put in option params with a default of null

[stakx]

@j03INTHECLOUD there is nothing stopping you from creating an extension method on Mock<T> that, given a string methodName, will look for all methods of that name and create a setup for each of them, filling in It.IsAny<>() for all parameters. This doesn't need to be in the main library, though (and it won't be, since it goes counter to Moq's stated design goals).