moq Mocking properties Properties with private setters
Example
Sometimes you want to create a mock of a class that has a private setter:
public class MockTarget
{
public virtual string PropertyToMock { get; private set; }
}
Or an interface that only defines a getter:
public interface MockTarget
{
string PropertyToMock { get; }
}
In both cases, you can ignore the setter and simply Setup the property getter to return a desired value:
var mock = new Mock<MockTarget>();
mock.SetupGet(x => x.PropertyToMock).Returns("ExpectedValue");
Assert.AreEqual("ExpectedValue", mock.Object.PropertyToMock);
