Question

Here is a piece of code from one of the controller inside my ASP.NET MVC 3 App :

_destinationdetailRepository.Add(new DestinationDetail { 

    DestinationID = destination.DestinationID,
    CreatedOn = DateTime.Now,
    CreatedBy = User.Identity.Name
});

What is important here is the CreatedBy property value which is User.Identity.Name. It works great and I use this on another parts of my app as well. But, I guess this is not a unit test firendly way of doing things.

So, what is the way of using Membership data inside the controller so that I will be happy when I am unit testing my app.

Answer 1

But, I guess this is not a unit test firendly way of doing things.

No, it’s unit test friendly and it is correct code. The User property is an IPrincipal interface that can be mocked in an unit test.