private static HtmlHelper <TModel> GetHtmlHelper <TModel>( ViewDataDictionary <TModel> viewData, IUrlHelper urlHelper, ICompositeViewEngine viewEngine, IModelMetadataProvider provider, IStringLocalizerFactory localizerFactory, Func <IHtmlHelper, IHtmlHelper> innerHelperWrapper, IHtmlGenerator htmlGenerator, string idAttributeDotReplacement) { var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext(); var actionContext = new ActionContext(httpContext, new RouteData(), new ActionDescriptor()); var options = new MvcViewOptions(); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(idAttributeDotReplacement)) { options.HtmlHelperOptions.IdAttributeDotReplacement = idAttributeDotReplacement; } var localizationOptions = new MvcDataAnnotationsLocalizationOptions(); var localizationOptionsAccesor = Options.Create(localizationOptions); options.ClientModelValidatorProviders.Add(new DataAnnotationsClientModelValidatorProvider( new ValidationAttributeAdapterProvider(), localizationOptionsAccesor, localizerFactory)); var urlHelperFactory = new Mock <IUrlHelperFactory>(); urlHelperFactory .Setup(f => f.GetUrlHelper(It.IsAny <ActionContext>())) .Returns(urlHelper); var expressionTextCache = new ExpressionTextCache(); if (htmlGenerator == null) { htmlGenerator = HtmlGeneratorUtilities.GetHtmlGenerator(provider, urlHelperFactory.Object, options); } // TemplateRenderer will Contextualize this transient service. var innerHelper = (IHtmlHelper) new HtmlHelper( htmlGenerator, viewEngine, provider, new TestViewBufferScope(), new HtmlTestEncoder(), UrlEncoder.Default); if (innerHelperWrapper != null) { innerHelper = innerHelperWrapper(innerHelper); } var serviceProvider = new ServiceCollection() .AddSingleton(viewEngine) .AddSingleton(urlHelperFactory.Object) .AddSingleton(Mock.Of <IViewComponentHelper>()) .AddSingleton(innerHelper) .AddSingleton <IViewBufferScope, TestViewBufferScope>() .BuildServiceProvider(); httpContext.RequestServices = serviceProvider; var htmlHelper = new HtmlHelper <TModel>( htmlGenerator, viewEngine, provider, new TestViewBufferScope(), new HtmlTestEncoder(), UrlEncoder.Default, expressionTextCache); var viewContext = new ViewContext( actionContext, Mock.Of <IView>(), viewData, new TempDataDictionary( httpContext, Mock.Of <ITempDataProvider>()), new StringWriter(), options.HtmlHelperOptions); htmlHelper.Contextualize(viewContext); return(htmlHelper); }