ObjectContext not retrieving recent changes - asp.net-mvc-3

This code works fine, However, if I run execute a storedprocedure in my unit of work class (or any update, delete, add operation), I'm still getting original the data. Actually, I have already a solution(posted below in controller) but Im sure this is not the most elegant way, I hope someone can help me refactor the code. please help. Thanks
My unit of work
public class UnitOfWork : IUnitOfWork, IDisposable
{
private readonly ObjectContext _context;
private BookRepository _books;
public UnitOfWork(ObjectContext context)
{
if (context == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Context was not supplied");
}
_context = context;
}
public IRepository<Book> Books
{
get
{
if (_books== null)
{
_books= new BookRepository (_context);
}
return _books;
}
}
public void UpdateAuthor(int id)
{
_context.ExecuteStoreCommand("sp_UpdateAuthor #param1",
new SqlParameter("param1", id));
}
public void Commit()
{
_context.SaveChanges();
}
Book Repository
public class BookRepository : Repository<Book>
{
public BookRepository (ObjectContext context)
: base(context)
{
}
public override Machine GetById(object id)
{
return _objectSet.SingleOrDefault(s => s.Id== (int)id);
}
}
Generic Repository
public abstract class Repository<T> : IRepository<T>
where T : class, IAuditEntity
{
protected IObjectSet<T> _objectSet;
public Repository(ObjectContext context)
{
_objectSet = context.CreateObjectSet<T>();
}
public abstract T GetById(object id);
public IEnumerable<T> GetAll()
{
return _objectSet;
}
public IEnumerable<T> Query(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter)
{
return _objectSet.Where(filter);
}
public void Add(T entity)
{
_objectSet.AddObject(entity);
}
public void Remove(T entity)
{
_objectSet.DeleteObject(entity);
}
}
Controller Code
public class HomeController : Controller
{
private IUnitOfWork _unitOfWork;
#region Core Action Methods
public HomeController()
{
this._unitOfWork = new UnitOfWork(((IObjectContextAdapter)new BookContext()).ObjectContext);
}
private IEnumerable<BookViewModel> GetBookdsViewModels(int id)
{
//THE CODE WHERE ITS NOT RETURNING THE UPDATED VLAUES
//var query = _unitOfWork.Books.GetAll().Where(d => d.Id== id);
//I WANT TO CHANGE THIS CODE
ObjectContext objectContext = ((IObjectContextAdapter)new BookContext()).ObjectContext;
ObjectSet<Book> set = objectContext.CreateObjectSet<Book>();
set.MergeOption = MergeOption.OverwriteChanges;
var query = from a in set
where a.Id== id && !a.IsDeleted
select a;
return query
.Select(
c => new BookViewModel
{
Id = c.Id ,
Name = c.Name
});
}

I believe the problem is because you're executing things directly against your database, and then trying to refer back to the local copy that's stored in your repository and they're different.
public void UpdateAuthor(int id)
{
_context.ExecuteStoreCommand("sp_UpdateAuthor #param1",
new SqlParameter("param1", id));
}
When you run this query, you're making a change in your db instead of your local - why dont you do something like this:
public void UpdateAuthor(int id)
{
var book = Books.GetById(id);
/* make changes to your book object */
_unit.Save();
}
If you're wanting to make changes using store procs, you're going to have to dispose of your context, and recreate the repo's so that you're working with data from the DB instead of the local copy.

Expanding on Mark Oreta's answer, you need to ensure your Model is updated after manually executing a stored proc on your database. If you must manually call that stored proc then try this afterward:
_context.Entry<Book>(instanceOfAuthor).Reload();
Which might be:
_context.Entry<Book>(_context.Books.GetById(id)).Reload();

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EF Core 5.0 How to manage multiple entity class with one generic repository

First question here, I hope I'm doing it right.
I'm using Entity Framework Core 5.0 (Code First) with an onion architecture (data/repo/service/mvc) and so I have a service for each table (almost).
It's work well but now I need to manage (get, insert, update, delete) about 150 tables which all have the same structure (Id, name, order).
I have added each of them as Entity class and their DbSet too in my DbContext, but I don't want to make 150 services, I would like to have a generic one .
How can I bind it to my generic repository ?
public class Repository<T> : IRepository<T> where T : BaseEntity
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
private DbSet<T> entities;
private readonly RepositorySequence repoSequence;
private string typeName { get; set; }
public Repository(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
entities = context.Set<T>();
this.repoSequence = new RepositorySequence(context);
this.typeName = typeof(T).Name;
}
public T Get(long plng_Id)
{
return entities.SingleOrDefault(s => s.Id == plng_Id);
}
[...]
}
In an ideal world, would like to have something like this :
public async Task Insert(dynamic pdyn_Entity)
{
Type DynamicType = Type.GetType(pdyn_Entity);
Repository<DynamicType> vobj_Repo = new Repository<DynamicType>(mobj_AppContext);
long Id = await vobj_Repo.InsertAsync(pdyn_Entity);
}
But I can try to get type from DbSet string Name too, I just managed to retrieve some data :
public IEnumerable<object> GetAll(string pstr_DbSetName)
{
return ((IEnumerable<BaseEntity>)typeof(ApplicationContext).GetProperty(pstr_DbSetName).GetValue(mobj_AppContext, null));
}
I've tried the following method (2.0 compatible apparently) to get the good DbSet, not working neither (no Query) : https://stackoverflow.com/a/48042166/10359024
What am I missing?
Thanks a lot for your help
Not sure why you need to get type?
You can use something like this.
Repository.cs
public class Repository<T> : IRepository<T> where T : BaseEntity
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
private DbSet<T> entities;
public Repository(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
entities = context.Set<T>();
}
public List<T> Get()
=> entities.ToList();
public T Get(long plng_Id)
=> entities.Find(plng_Id);
public long Save(T obj)
{
if (obj.ID > 0)
entities.Update(obj);
else
entities.Add(obj);
return obj.ID;
}
public void Delete(T obj)
=> entities.Remove(obj);
}
Then you can use either one of these 2 options you want
Multiple repositories following your tables
UserRepository.cs
public class UserRepository : Repository<User> : IUserRepository
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
public UserRepository(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
}
}
BaseService.cs
public class BaseService : IBaseService
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
private IUserRepository user;
private IRoleRepository role;
public IUserRepository User { get => user ??= new UserRepository(context); }
public IRoleRepository Role { get => user ??= new RoleRepository(context); }
public BaseService(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
}
}
If you are lazy to create multiple repositories, can use this way also. Your service just simple call Repository with entity name.
BaseService.cs
public class BaseService : IBaseService
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
private IRepository<User> user;
private IRepository<Role> role;
public IRepository<User> User { get => user ??= new Repository<User>(context); }
public IRepository<Role> Role { get => role ??= new Repository<Role>(context); }
public BaseService(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
}
}
Finally, you can call service like this. You can use multiple services instead of BaseService if you want.
HomeController.cs
public class HomeController : Controller
{
private readonly IBaseService service;
public HomeController(IBaseService service)
{
this.service = service;
}
public IActionResult Index()
{
var user = service.User.Get();
return View(user);
}
public IActionResult Add(User user)
{
var id = service.User.Save(user);
return View();
}
}
I suggest to use first option (multiple repositories) because you may need to customise functions in own repository in future. And create service class following your controller name. For example, you have HomeController, UserController, etc. Create HomeService, UserService and link them with BaseService so that you can create customised functions in their own service class.
I assume you have a base entity like this:
public class BaseEntity
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Order { get; set; }
}
Then you can do CRUD operations in your generic repository like this:
public int Create(T item)
{
if (item == null) return 0;
entities.Add(item);////SaveChanges
return item.Id;
}
public void Update(T updatedItem)
{
context.SetModified(updatedItem);//SaveChanges
}
public IQueryable<T> All()
{
return entities();
}
And in each of the methods you have access to your 3 common fields in BaseEntity
Thank you all for your responses.
I need to have the type because I am using a blazor component which automatically binds to these tables. This component has the name of the desired entity class (in string) as a parameter. Thanks to #Asherguru's response I was able to find a way to do this:
1 - I made a 'SedgmentEntity' Class :
public abstract class SegmentEntity : ISegmentEntity
{
public abstract long Id { get; set; }
public abstract string Name { get; set; }
public abstract short? Order { get; set; }
}
2 - A SegmentRepository which is typed via Reflection:
public class SegmentRepository : ISegmentRepository
{
private readonly ApplicationContext context;
private readonly RepositorySequence repoSequence;
public SegmentRepository(ApplicationContext context)
{
this.context = context;
this.repoSequence = new RepositorySequence(context);
}
public async Task<long> Insert(string pstr_EntityType, SegmentEntity pobj_Entity)
{
Type? vobj_EntityType = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(SegmentEntity)).GetType("namespace.Data." + pstr_EntityType);
if (vobj_EntityType != null)
{
// create an instance of that type
object vobj_Instance = Activator.CreateInstance(vobj_EntityType);
long? nextId = await repoSequence.GetNextId(GetTableName(vobj_EntityType));
if (nextId == null)
{
throw new TaskCanceledException("Sequence introuvable pour " + vobj_EntityType.FullName);
}
PropertyInfo vobj_PropId = vobj_EntityType.GetProperty("Id");
vobj_PropId.SetValue(vobj_Instance, nextId.Value, null);
PropertyInfo vobj_PropName = vobj_EntityType.GetProperty("Name");
vobj_PropName.SetValue(vobj_Instance, pobj_Entity.Name, null);
PropertyInfo vobj_PropOrder = vobj_EntityType.GetProperty("Order");
vobj_PropOrder.SetValue(vobj_Instance, pobj_Entity.Order, null);
return ((SegmentEntity)context.Add(vobj_Instance).Entity).Id;
}
}
public IEnumerable<object> GetAll(string pstr_EntityType)
{
Type? vobj_EntityType = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(SegmentEntity)).GetType("namespace.Data." + pstr_EntityType);
if (vobj_EntityType != null)
{
PropertyInfo vobj_DbSetProperty = typeof(ApplicationContext).GetProperties().FirstOrDefault(prop =>
prop.PropertyType.FullName.Contains(vobj_EntityType.FullName));
return (IEnumerable<object>)vobj_DbSetProperty.GetValue(context, null);
}
return null;
}
}
I still have to handle the Get and the Delete functions but it should be fine.
Then I will be able to create a single service which will be called by my component.
Thanks again !

How to test these kinds of methods (from Service layer)

I'm fiddling around with Mockito and Spring MVC. I'm trying to write unit tests for the code I've just written.
This is my CategoryService class:
#Service
public class CategoryService {
#Autowired
#Qualifier("categoryDaoImpl")
private CategoryDao categoryDao;
public void addCategory(Category category) {
category.setId(getLastCategoryId() + 1);
categoryDao.addCategory(category);
}
public Category getCategoryById(int id) {
return categoryDao.getCategoryById(id);
}
public List<Category> getCategories() {
return categoryDao.getAllCategories();
}
public int getCategoriesCount() {
return categoryDao.getCategoriesCount();
}
public int getLastCategoryId() {
if (categoryDao.getAllCategories().size() == 0) {
return 0;
}
return Collections.max(categoryDao.getAllCategories()).getId();
}
public CategoryDao getCategoryDao() {
return categoryDao;
}
public void setCategoryDao(CategoryDao categoryDao) {
this.categoryDao = categoryDao;
}
I've already tested CategoryDao with nearly 100% coverage.
And now I want to test CategoryService, but I have no idea how to test it, I mean methods like: addCategory, getCategoryById, getAllCategories, getCategoiesCount etc.
They're just talking to the DAO pattern, but what if another person changes its logic? I'd be glad if you told me or showed how to write a tests for such short methods.
As far as CategoryService is concerned, I only wrote tests for getLastCategoryId():
#Test
public void shouldGetLastCategoryIdWhenListIsEmpty() {
//given
List<Category> list = new ArrayList<Category>();
Mockito.when(categoryDao.getAllCategories()).thenReturn(list);
//when
int lastCategoryId = categoryService.getLastCategoryId();
//then
assertThat(lastCategoryId, is(0));
}
#Test
public void shouldGetLastCategoryIdWhenListIsNotEmpty() {
//given
List<Category> list = new ArrayList<Category>();
list.add(new Category(1, "a", "a"));
list.add(new Category(3, "a", "a"));
list.add(new Category(6, "a", "a"));
Mockito.when(categoryDao.getAllCategories()).thenReturn(list);
//when
int lastCategoryId = categoryService.getLastCategoryId();
//then
assertThat(lastCategoryId, is(6));
}
Thank you very much for help :)
Best regards,
Tom
You need to verify that the service methods behave as per their contracts even if they are modified in the future.
For e.g. The addCategory(Category c) method adds the category. This can be verified by verifying the categoryDao.addCategory() method is called with the category object that has the required properties set. In this case the id should be set to the lastCategoryId. Verifying could simply be done by create a spy of CategoryDao class (would be simpler then using third party libraries like mockito.
The test cases for getCategoryById(), getCategories() and getCategoriesCount() method could verify that the values returned are the ones returned by the dao.
I understand that this would mean just one test case per method, but these test cases just confirm that if there is more logic added in the service method implementation, the contract remains intact.
Here's one test case for addCategory()
public class CategoryServiceTest {
private CategoryService service;
private CategoryDaoSpy daoSpy;
#Before
public void setUp() {
service = new CategoryService();
daoSpy = new CategoryDaoSpy();
service.setCategoryDao(daoSpy);
}
#Test
public void shouldSaveCategoryWhenCategoryPassed() {
Category category = new Category();
service.addCategory(category);
assertEquals(daoSpy.getAddCategoryCallCount(), 1);
assertEquals(daoSpy.getCategories().size(), 1);
assertEquals(daoSpy.getCategories().get(0).getId(), 1);
}
}
public class CategoryDaoSpy extends CategoryDao {
private int addCategoryCallCount = 0;
private List<Category> categories = new ArrayList<>();
#Override
public void addCategory(Category category) {
this.addCategoryCallCount++;
categories.add(category);
}
public int getAddCategoryCallCount() {
return addCategoryCallCount;
}
public List<Category> getCategories() {
return categories;
}
#Override
public List<Category> getAllCategories() {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
}

Entity framework: ObjectContext and inheritance

I need to have a CRUd operations on my class (CompetenceSpecific).
Competence has three derived classes - CompetenceFunction, CompetenceArea and CompetenceSpecifc
The error I recieved:
There are no EntitySets defined for the specified entity type 'CompetencyManagement.Domain.Entities.CompetenceFunction'. If 'CompetencyManagement.Domain.Entities.CompetenceFunction' is a derived type, use the base type instead. Parameter name: TEntity
How should I correct this? Please suggest a solution that would solve my problem. Thanks
Please check the code below, I removed some parts of the code for simplicity.
--MODEL
public class Competence
{
public int CompetenceID { get; set; }
public int CourseID { get; set; }
...
}
public class CompetenceFunction : Competence
{
}
--REPOSITORY and interfaces
public interface IRepository<T> where T : class
{
T GetById(object id);
IEnumerable<T> GetAll();
IEnumerable<T> Query(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter);
void Add(T entity);
void Remove(T entity);
}
public abstract class Repository<T> : IRepository<T>
where T : class
{
protected IObjectSet<T> _objectSet;
public Repository(ObjectContext context)
{
_objectSet = context.CreateObjectSet<T>();
}
...
}
public class CompetenceFunctionRepository : Repository<CompetenceFunction>
{
public CompetenceFunctionRepository(ObjectContext context)
: base(context)
{
}
public override CompetenceFunction GetById(object id)
{
return _objectSet.SingleOrDefault(s => s.CompetenceID == (int)id);
}
}
--UNIT oF WORK
public interface IUnitOfWork
{
IRepository<CompetenceFunction> CompetenceFunctions { get; }
IRepository<CompetenceArea> CompetenceAreas { get; }
IRepository<CompetenceSpecific> CompetenceSpecifics { get; }
void Commit();
}
public class UnitOfWork : IUnitOfWork, IDisposable
{
private CompetenceFunctionRepository _competencefunction;
private CompetenceAreaRepository _competencearea;
private CompetenceSpecificRepository _competencespecifc;
public UnitOfWork(ObjectContext context)
{
if (context == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Context was not supplied");
}
_context = context;
}
#region IUnitOfWork Members
public IRepository<CompetenceFunction> CompetenceFunctions
{
get
{
if (_competencefunction == null)
{
_competencefunction = new CompetenceFunctionRepository(_context);
}
return _competencefunction;
}
}
public IRepository<CompetenceArea> CompetenceAreas
{
get
{
if (_competencearea == null)
{
_competencearea = new CompetenceAreaRepository(_context);
}
return _competencearea;
}
}
public IRepository<CompetenceSpecific> CompetenceSpecifics
{
get
{
if (_competencespecifc == null)
{
_competencespecifc = new CompetenceSpecificRepository(_context);
}
return _competencespecifc;
}
}
--Im getting an error in this part of Repository
public Repository(ObjectContext context)
{
_objectSet = context.CreateObjectSet<T>();
}
There are no EntitySets defined for the specified entity type 'CompetencyManagement.Domain.Entities.CompetenceFunction'. If 'CompetencyManagement.Domain.Entities.CompetenceFunction' is a derived type, use the base type instead. Parameter name: TEntity
Here's how I implement in the controller
private IUnitOfWork _unitOfWork;
var a = _unitOfWork.CompetenceFunctions.GetAll();
return View(a);
You have to get derived type by the OfType function, e.g.
context.CreateObjectSet<Competence>().OfType<CompetenceFunction>()
In your case that would mean that there is only a CompetenceRepository that serves all derivatives of Competence.
Edit
(After your comment)
First, UoW is meant for temporarily storing changes that should be dealt with in one batch (like changes to be committed to the database). GetAll and similar functions are repository stuff.
But do you need repositories? I like this post. When beginning to know EF, I would focus on the ins and outs of EF without getting distracted too much by surrounding architecture. E.g. start with services that at the inside communicate directly with the context and expose methods like GetCompetenceFunctions, GetCompetenceAreas (using OfType), and SaveCompetenceFunction, ....
You can address these service methods directly from action methods in the MVC controllers.

Repository Pattern and Azure Table Storage(???)

While doing the following simple example, I found the following difficulties
As the title says, I am intending to use the Repository pattern while I am storing data in the Azure table storage.now I have couple of classes, Repository.cs, IRepository.cs, DataContext.cs and the Controller.
During my reading I found some info and been doing as follows.
IRepository.cs
public interface IRepository<T> where T: TableServiceEntity
{
T GetById(int Id);
IQueryable<T> GetAll();
}
and the DataContext.cs
public class DataContext<T>:TableServiceContext where T:TableServiceEntity
{
public DataContext(CloudStorageAccount storageaccount, StorageCredentials credentials)
: base(storageaccount.TableEndpoint.AbsoluteUri, credentials)
{
// _storageAccount = storageaccount;
var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(KEY_STORAGE));
storageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient().CreateTableIfNotExist(tableName);
}
public IQueryable<T> DeviceTable
{
get { return CreateQuery<T>(tableName); }
}
}
plus some part of the controller(I have already data in the table which I created before)
public class DeviceMeController : Controller
{
private IRepository<Entity>_repository;
public Controller() : this(new Repository<Entity>())
{
}
public Controller(IRepository<Entity> repository)
{
_repository = repository;
}
public ActionResult Index()
{
var List = _repository.GetAll();
return View(deviceList);
}
and the the Implementation of the interface Reposistory.cs, here is where I have an error and got lost somewhere
public class Repository<T>:IRepository<T> where T:TableServiceEntity
{
private DataContext<T> _serviceContext;
// here get tablename as pararameter;
// so the Enities call this function
public Repository()
{
// the same context for multiple tables ?
}
// perhaps it should take the table Name
public void Add(T item)
{
_serviceContext.AddObject(TableName,item);
_serviceContext.SaveChangesWithRetries();
}
public IQueryable<T> GetAll()
{
var results = from c in _serviceContext.Table
select c;
return results;
Error is about the null reference, the debugger shows the variable results is null?
In the end I need to know few things.
what should I do in the Repository.cs constructor? I believe the Datacontext.cs class has to be in a separate class ...
any Hint here
Hy,
first of all I presume you left out some code, because I don't see how you get your context in your repository. But supposing you do set it correctly, (injection?) taking into account the way you desinged your datacontext the repository doesn't need to know the table name because it is set in the following lines of code:
public IQueryable<T> DeviceTable
{
get { return CreateQuery<T>(Constants.DeviceTableName); }
}
So when you create a query based on the IQueryable DeviceTable, the table name is already set.
The thing is I don't see the need for your context class, especially as it can only bring over a single entity type (it is generic and based on an entity).
A basic layout of my Repository for Azure Table Storage is:
public abstract class CloudRepository<TEntity> : ICloudRepository<TEntity>
{
private TableServiceContext _tableServiceContext;
private string _tableName;
public string TableName
{
get { return _tableName ?? ( _tableName = typeof(TEntity).Name.Replace("Entity", string.Empty).ToLower()); }
}
public CloudStorageAccount StorageAccount
{
get
{
return CloudStorageAccount.Parse(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue("StorageConnectionString"));
}
}
public CloudTableClient TableClient
{
get
{
CloudTableClient cloudTableClient = StorageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
cloudTableClient.CreateTableIfNotExist(TableName);
return cloudTableClient;
}
}
public TableServiceContext ServiceContext
{
get
{
return _tableServiceContext ?? (_tableServiceContext = TableClient.GetDataServiceContext());
}
}
public IEnumerable<TEntity> FindAll()
{
return ServiceContext.CreateQuery<TEntity>(TableName).ToList();
}
}
Hope this helps you.

How to test Singleton class that has a static dependency

I have a Singleton class that uses the thread-safe Singleton pattern from Jon Skeet as seen in the TekPub video. The class represents a cached list of reference data for dropdowns in an MVC 3 UI.
To get the list data the class calls a static method on a static class in my DAL.
Now I'm moving into testing an I want to implement an interface on my DAL class but obviously cannot because it is static and has only one static method so there's no interface to create. So I want to remove the static implementation so I can do the interface.
By doing so I can't call the method statically from the reference class and because the reference class is a singleton with a private ctor I can't inject the interface. How do I get around this? How do I get my interface into the reference class so that I can have DI and I can successfully test it with a mock?
Here is my DAL class in current form
public static class ListItemRepository {
public static List<ReferenceDTO> All() {
List<ReferenceDTO> fullList;
... /// populate list
return fullList;
}
}
This is what I want it to look like
public interface IListItemRepository {
List<ReferenceDTO> All();
}
public class ListItemRepository : IListItemRepository {
public List<ReferenceDTO> All() {
List<ReferenceDTO> fullList;
... /// populate list
return fullList;
}
}
And here is my singleton reference class, the call to the static method is in the CheckRefresh call
public sealed class ListItemReference {
private static readonly Lazy<ListItemReference> instance =
new Lazy<ListItemReference>(() => new ListItemReference(), true);
private const int RefreshInterval = 60;
private List<ReferenceDTO> cache;
private DateTime nextRefreshDate = DateTime.MinValue;
public static ListItemReference Instance {
get { return instance.Value; }
}
public List<SelectListDTO> SelectList {
get {
var lst = GetSelectList();
lst = ReferenceHelper.AddDefaultItemToList(lst);
return lst;
}
}
private ListItemReference() { }
public ReferenceDTO GetByID(int id) {
CheckRefresh();
return cache.Find(item => item.ID == id);
}
public void InvalidateCache() {
nextRefreshDate = DateTime.MinValue;
}
private List<SelectListDTO> GetSelectList() {
CheckRefresh();
var lst = new List<SelectListDTO>(cache.Count + 1);
cache.ForEach(item => lst.Add(new SelectListDTO { ID = item.ID, Name = item.Name }));
return lst;
}
private void CheckRefresh() {
if (DateTime.Now <= nextRefreshDate) return;
cache = ListItemRepository.All(); // Here is the call to the static class method
nextRefreshDate = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(RefreshInterval);
}
}
}
You can use the singleton based on instance(not based on static), for which you can declare interface like this.
public interface IListItemRepository
{
List<ReferenceDTO> All();
}
public class ListItemRepository : IListItemRepository
{
static IListItemRepository _current = new ListItemRepository();
public static IListItemRepository Current
{
get { return _current; }
}
public static void SetCurrent(IListItemRepository listItemRepository)
{
_current = listItemRepository;
}
public List<ReferenceDTO> All()
{
.....
}
}
Now, you can mock IListItemRepository to test.
public void Test()
{
//arrange
//If Moq framework is used,
var expected = new List<ReferneceDTO>{new ReferneceDTO()};
var mock = new Mock<IListItemRepository>();
mock.Setup(x=>x.All()).Returns(expected);
ListItemRepository.SetCurrent(mock.Object);
//act
var result = ListItemRepository.Current.All();
//Assert
Assert.IsSame(expected, result);
}
Which DI framework are you using? Depending on your answer, IOC container should be able to handle single-instancing so that you don't have to implement your own singleton pattern in the caching class. In your code you would treat everything as instanced classes, but in your DI framework mappings you would be able to specify that only one instance of the cache class should ever be created.
One way to test it would be if you refactor your ListItemReference by adding extra property:
public sealed class ListItemReference {
...
public Func<List<ReferenceDTO>> References = () => ListItemRepository.All();
...
private void CheckRefresh() {
if (DateTime.Now <= nextRefreshDate) return;
cache = References();
nextRefreshDate = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(RefreshInterval);
}
}
And then in your test you could do:
ListItemReference listReferences = new ListItemReference();
listReferences.References = () => new List<ReferenceDTO>(); //here you can return any mock data
Of course it's just temporary solution and I would recommend getting rid of statics by using IoC/DI.

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