Question

I am using nBuilder to populate an object graph, but it is only populating the value types. I want it to populate the reference types (related objects).

http://nbuilder.org/

Answer 1

NBuilder doesn’t support automatically populating reference types at this time.

However, it is possible to do what you’re wanting by using a builder to create each reference type.

At the moment you are probably doing this:

var person = Builder<Person>
    .CreateNew()
    .Build();

Assert.That(person.Name, Is.EqualTo("Name1"));
Assert.That(person.Address, Is.Null);

What you want to be doing is this:

var address = Builder<Address>
    .CreateNew()
    .Build();

var person2 = Builder<Person>
    .CreateNew()
    .With(x => x.Address = address)
    .Build();

Assert.That(person2.Name, Is.EqualTo("Name1"));
Assert.That(person2.Address, Is.Not.Null);
Assert.That(person2.Address.Street, Is.EqualTo("Street1"));
Assert.That(person2.Address.Zipcode, Is.EqualTo("Zipcode1"));