Mocking a type with an internal constructor using Moq

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I'm trying to mock a class from the Microsoft Sync Framework. It only has an internal constructor. When I try the following:

var fullEnumerationContextMock = new Mock<FullEnumerationContext>();

I get this error:

System.NotSupportedException: Parent does not have a default constructor. The default constructor must be explicitly defined.

This is the stack trace:

System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineDefaultConstructorNoLock(MethodAttributes attributes) System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineDefaultConstructor(MethodAttributes attributes) System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateTypeNoLock() System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateType() Castle.DynamicProxy.Generators.Emitters.AbstractTypeEmitter.BuildType() Castle.DynamicProxy.Generators.ClassProxyGenerator.GenerateCode(Type[] interfaces, ProxyGenerationOptions options) Castle.DynamicProxy.DefaultProxyBuilder.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options) Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxyType(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options) Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options, Object[] constructorArguments, IInterceptor[] interceptors) Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options, IInterceptor[] interceptors) Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, IInterceptor[] interceptors) Moq.Mock1.<InitializeInstance>b__0() Moq.PexProtector.Invoke(Action action) Moq.Mock1.InitializeInstance()

How can I work round this?

5 Answers

In your System Under Test project you need:

  • protected internal constructor visibility in your SUT class (e.g. FullEnumerationContext)
  • AssemblyInfo.cs should expose their internals to the test project:

    [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamicProxyGenAssembly2")]
    
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