Question

OK – So I started out like this,

public ViewResult Index()
{
   return View(service.GetProjects());
}

And here is my test.

[TestMethod]
public void Index_Will_Return_A_List_Of_Active_Projects()
{
   var view = controller.Index();
   Assert.AreEqual(view.ViewData.Model.GetType(), typeof(List<Project>));
}

All that is rocken with dokken but then I added login and if the user isn’t authenticated I redirect them to the login page. Here is what the new method looks like.

   public ActionResult Index()
   {
      if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
          return View(service.GetProjects());
      return RedirectToAction("Login", "Account");
   }

My problem is this – I can’t figure out how to fix the unit test for the life of me. I can’t return a ViewResult anymore so I can’t check the .ViewData.Model property but I can’t figure out how to redirect while still returning a viewresult. I have been trolling the site and I found this How do I redirect within a ViewResult or ActionResult function? but that doesn’t really help.

If someone can tell me what to here that would rule – I am stumped.

Answer 1

I would remove that logic from your action and use the AuthorizeAttribute instead. Then your test doesn’t change and you can create a seperate test that asserts the action is being decorated by the attribute.

[Authorize]
public ViewResult Index() 
{ 
    return View(service.GetProjects()); 
}