C# – Assigning out/ref parameters in Moq

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Is it possible to assign an out/ref parameter using Moq (3.0+)?

I've looked at using Callback(), but Action<> does not support ref parameters because it's based on generics. I'd also preferably like to put a constraint (It.Is) on the input of the ref parameter, though I can do that in the callback.

I know that Rhino Mocks supports this functionality, but the project I'm working on is already using Moq.

Best Answer

For 'out', the following seems to work for me.

public interface IService
{
    void DoSomething(out string a);
}

[TestMethod]
public void Test()
{
    var service = new Mock<IService>();
    var expectedValue = "value";
    service.Setup(s => s.DoSomething(out expectedValue));

    string actualValue;
    service.Object.DoSomething(out actualValue);
    Assert.AreEqual(expectedValue, actualValue);
}

I'm guessing that Moq looks at the value of 'expectedValue' when you call Setup and remembers it.

For ref, I'm looking for an answer also.

I found the following QuickStart guide useful: https://github.com/Moq/moq4/wiki/Quickstart