How can I use Ninject in my ASP MVC MSpec tests? - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm trying to write an MSpec test that instantiates one of my controllers with all the correct Ninject bindings. How do I go about doing that? This is what I have so far:
[Subject(Concern.Initialization)]
public class when_permanent_employee_page_is_loaded_for_first_time
{
private static PermanentEmployeeController controller;
Establish context = () =>
{
NinjectControllerFactory controllerFactory = new NinjectControllerFactory();
ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(controllerFactory);
controller = (PermanentEmployeeController)controllerFactory.CreateController(new RequestContext(), "PermanentEmployee");
};
private Because of = () => controller.Index();
private It should_load_all_available_jobs = () =>
{
var blah = controller;
var blah3 = 3;
};
It should_load_all_available_locations;
It should_load_all_available_departments;
}
In the above code I'm simply trying to see if I can instantiate my controller with all the Ninject bindings in tact. The NinjectControllerFactory class looks like this:
public class NinjectControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
private IKernel kernel = new StandardKernel(new DefaultModule());
public IKernel Kernel
{
get
{
return kernel;
}
set
{
this.kernel = value;
}
}
protected override IController GetControllerInstance(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
{
if (controllerType == null)
{
return null;
}
return (IController)kernel.Get(controllerType);
}
}
And the DefaultModule class like this:
public class DefaultModule : NinjectModule
{
/// <summary>
/// Performs the binding of interfaces to their respective implementations. 'Tis very cool.
/// </summary>
public override void Load()
{
// Data service bindings
Bind<IJobService>().To<JobServiceImpl>().InTransientScope();
Bind<IJobWsWrapper>().To<JobWsWrapperImpl>().InTransientScope();
// View model factory bindings
Bind<IPermanentEmployeeViewModelFactory>().To<PermanentEmployeeViewModelFactoryImpl>().InTransientScope();
}
}
So my question is: is there a way to specify the bindings of my Ninject module in my MSpec test and then have my instantiated controller use those bindings? I want to avoid instantiating my Controller like this: var controller = new Controller() since that doesn't allow me to test the Ninject bindings. I've also looked into the TestControllerBuilder class from the MvcContrib library but I haven't figured out how to instantiate controllers with Ninject bindings with it. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Ok I figured out how to initialize my controller along with the Ninject Bindings in my MSpec tests! Well I didn't figure it out. A coworker did but that's irrelevant now. Here is how it's done:
public class when_permanent_employee_page_is_loaded_for_first_time
{
private static Mock<IJobService> jobServiceMock;
private static Mock<IUtilsService> utilsServiceMock;
private static PermanentEmployeeController controller;
private static ContextMocks mocks;
private static IList<Job> jobs = new List<Job>();
private static IList<string> departments = new List<string>();
private static IList<string> locations = new List<string>();
private static PermanentEmployeeJobsViewModel viewModel;
Establish context = () =>
{
jobServiceMock = new Mock<IJobService>();
jobServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetJobs(1)).Returns(jobs);
jobServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetDepartmentsFromJobs(jobs)).Returns(departments);
jobServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetLocationsFromJobs(jobs)).Returns(locations);
utilsServiceMock = new Mock<IUtilsService>();
var kernel = new StandardKernel(new DefaultModule());
kernel.Rebind<IJobService>().ToConstant(jobServiceMock.Object);
kernel.Rebind<IUtilsService>().ToConstant(utilsServiceMock.Object);
controller = kernel.Get<PermanentEmployeeController>();
mocks = new ContextMocks(controller);
};
Because of = () =>
{
PartialViewResult view = (PartialViewResult)controller.Index();
viewModel = (PermanentEmployeeJobsViewModel)view.ViewData.Model;
};
It should_load_all_available_jobs = () =>
{
jobServiceMock.Verify(x => x.GetJobs(1));
jobServiceMock.Verify(x => x.GetDepartmentsFromJobs(jobs));
jobServiceMock.Verify(x => x.GetLocationsFromJobs(jobs));
viewModel.Departments.ShouldEqual(departments);
};
It should_load_all_available_locations;
It should_load_all_available_departments;
}
Ok that's it :). Hopefully someone else can benefit from this answer. Special thanks to my coworker for figuring this out. You know who you are :D