public void Test_Update_AutoActivateReferences() { // Create the mock entities TestUser user = CreateStrategy.New <TestUser>(false).Create <TestUser>(); user.ID = Guid.NewGuid(); user.FirstName = "Test"; user.LastName = "User"; TestRole role = CreateStrategy.New <TestRole>(false).Create <TestRole>(); role.ID = Guid.NewGuid(); role.Name = "Test Role"; // Assign the user to the role user.Roles = new TestRole[] { role }; // Save the entities SaveStrategy.New(role, false).Save(role); SaveStrategy.New(user, false).Save(user); // Retrieve the mock user from the data store TestUser foundUser = RetrieveStrategy.New <TestUser>(false).Retrieve <TestUser>("ID", user.ID); // Change a standard property value foundUser.FirstName = "Test2"; // Update WITHOUT having activated the user manually // This update should automatically activate the user entity before updating and // should therefore persist the references UpdateStrategy.New(foundUser, false).Update(foundUser); // Retrieve the mock user again TestUser foundUser2 = RetrieveStrategy.New <TestUser>(false).Retrieve <TestUser>("ID", user.ID); // Manually activate the user foundUser2.Activate(); // Assert that the referenced roles are found on the user which indicates // that the update strategy did automatically activate the entity and persist // the references Assert.IsNotNull(foundUser2.Roles, "Roles property is null."); Assert.AreEqual(1, foundUser2.Roles.Length, "Invalid number of roles assigned to user."); }