public void Post_ShouldCreateNewEntityAndReturnSuccess()
{
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Arrange
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var releaseToCreate = new NewsReleaseViewModel
{
Key = TestData.TestNewsRelease.Key,
PublishDateTime = DateTime.Now
};
var mockRepository = CreateDataStore();
mockRepository.Setup(r => r.AddEntity(It.IsAny <NewsRelease>())).Verifiable();
var controller = new NewsReleasesController(mockRepository.Object, _logger.Object, _mapper.Object);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Act
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var result = controller.Post(releaseToCreate) as StatusCodeResult;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Assert
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
result.Should().BeOfType(typeof(StatusCodeResult), "because the create operation should go smoothly");
result.StatusCode.Should().Be(201, "because HTTP Status 201 should be returned upon creation of new entity");
// this will throw if the System-Under-Test (SUT) i.e. the controller didn't call repository.AddEntity(...)
mockRepository.Verify();
}
public void Post_ShouldReturnBadRequest_WhenGivenInvalidModel()
{
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Arrange
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var mockRepository = CreateDataStore();
var controller = new NewsReleasesController(mockRepository.Object, _logger.Object, _mapper.Object);
controller.ModelState.AddModelError("error", "some validation error");
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Act
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var result = controller.Post(model: null) as BadRequestObjectResult;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Assert
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
result.Should().BeOfType(typeof(BadRequestObjectResult), "because the create operation should not work with invalid data");
result.StatusCode.Should().Be(400, "because HTTP Status 400 should be returned to signal a Bad Request");
}