PosInfoMoq2015.md

PosInfoMoq2015: The Protected().Setup() method must match the return type of the mocked method

Property	Value
Rule ID	PosInfoMoq2015
Title	The Protected().Setup() method must match the return type of the mocked method.
Category	Compilation
Default severity	Error

Cause

The method setup with Protected().Setup() must match the return type of the mocked method.

Rule description

When using the Protected().Setup(), the return type of mocked method must match of the generic argument specified in the Setup<T>() method.

[Fact]
public void Test()
{
    var service = new Mock<Service>();
    service.Protected().Setup<int>("GetData")       // OK.
        .Returns(10);
    service.Protected().Setup("GetData")            // Error: The GetData() return an int, Setup<int>() must be use.
    service.Protected().Setup<int>("SendEmail")     // Error: The SendEmail() method does not return a value, the `int` generic argument must be remove.0
        .Returns(10);
    service.Protected().Setup<string>("GetData")    // Error: The GetData() return an int, Setup<int>() must be use.
        .Returns("The data");
}

public abstract class Service
{
    protected abstract int GetData();

    protected abstract void SendEmail();
}

How to fix violations

To fix a violation of this rule, use the generic parameter of the Setup<T>() method if the protected mocked method return a value. Else do not specify a generic parameter for the Setup<T>() method of the protected mocked method does not return a value (void).

When to suppress warnings

Do not suppress an error from this rule. If bypassed, the execution of the unit test will be failed with a ArgumentException thrown with the "Can't set return value for void method xxx." message.