Unit testing with WhereBulkContains

[paulabazalgette-dayshape]

Hello,

I'm looking for advice on unit testing when using WhereBulkContains.

We normally use another one of your products, Entity Framework Effort, for unit testing our repositories. However, because it's InMemory database, it's not compatible with WhereBulkContains. This is putting us in the position where in order to use the feature we need to sacrifice our test coverage, which is not always acceptable and therefore is limiting our ability to use the it. Could you advise how we can unit test methods that utilise WhereBulkContains?

[JonathanMagnan]

Hello @paulabazalgette-dayshape ,

There are not a lot of alternatives you can do. To test this method, you must have a real "test" database. That's and will always be the best way for you to test your project/our library.

Best regards,

Jon

[paulabazalgette-dayshape]

Thanks @JonathanMagnan for a speedy reply.

We were hoping to mock the functionality in order to be able to unit test our repository logic, rather than testing the WhereBulkContains itself. Normally we use another of zzzprojects library - Effort for this purpose, so it's a bit of a shame that WhereBulkContains isn't compatible with this product.

[JonathanMagnan]

Thank you for your feedback @paulabazalgette-dayshape

Unfortunately, time is limited, so that's impossible to do everything we wish. We currently move very slowly and already have a very big backlog list, so the support for this will never happen in all honestly.

Best Regards,

Jon