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The HighestNumberFinder is designed to return an integer representing the number in a group of numbers. This can easily be stubbed out.Here is the Stub

Begin by creating a new test

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namespace TopicManagerService
{[Test]
      public class HighestNumberFinderpublic void find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one_using_stub()
  {      {
  public int findHighestNumber(int[] values)       //  {Arrange
            returnint[] scores = { 56, 67, 45, 89 };
        }
    }
}

But when you try and use this class in the tests, you should see type errors. This is because, in the implementation unit of TopicManager, it's typed against HighestNumberFinder in a namespace called FindHighestNumberService.v6. So namespaces do not offer us the solution we are looking for.

Here are the modified tests

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using NUnit.Framework;

namespace TopicManagerService
{
    public class TopicManagerTests
    {
        [Test]
    string topicName = "Physics";
            TopicScores[] topicScores = { new TopicScores(topicName, scores) };
            IHighestNumberFinder hnf = new TopicManagerServiceStubs.HighestNumberFinder();
            TopicManager cut = new TopicManager(hnf);
            TopicTopScore[] expectedResult = { new TopicTopScore(topicName, 89) };

      public void find_heighest_score_in_empty_array_return_empty_array()         {
            // ArrangeAct
            TopicScoresTopicTopScore[] topicScoresresult = Arraycut.Empty<TopicScores>findTopicHighScores(topicScores);

           HighestNumberFinder hnf// =Assert
new HighestNumberFinder();             TopicManager cut = new TopicManager(hnfAssert.AreEqual(result[0].TopicName, expectedResult[0].TopicName);
            TopicTopScoreAssert.AreEqual(result[0].TopScore, expectedResult = Array.Empty<TopicTopScore>([0].TopScore);
        }
    // Act
            TopicTopScore[] result = cut.findTopicHighScores(topicScores);

}

Here is the Stub. We have put it in a different namespace in the test project

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namespace TopicManagerServiceStubs
{
    public class HighestNumberFinder
    {
      // Assert public int findHighestNumber(int[] values)
        Assert.That(result, Is.EqualTo(expectedResult));{
         }   return 89;
     [Test]   }
     public void find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one()
        {
  }
}

But when you try and use this class in the tests, you should see type errors in all the tests. This is because, in the implementation unit of TopicManager, it's typed against HighestNumberFinder in a namespace called FindHighestNumberService.v6. So namespaces do not offer us the solution we are looking for.

Here are the updated tests. Alternatively, you could modify TopicManager so it has a default constructor, but you will need to think about different issues and more tests for if TopicManager default constructor is used.

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using NUnit.Framework;

namespace TopicManagerService
{
    public class TopicManagerTests
    {
    // Arrange   [Test]
        public int[] scores = { 56, 67, 45, 89 };
 void find_heighest_score_in_empty_array_return_empty_array()
        {
          string topicName = "Physics";// Arrange
            TopicScores[] topicScores = { new TopicScores(topicName, scores) };Array.Empty<TopicScores>();
               HighestNumberFinder hnf = new HighestNumberFinder();
            TopicManager cut = new TopicManager(hnf);
            TopicTopScore[] expectedResult = {new TopicTopScore(topicName, 89)}Array.Empty<TopicTopScore>();

            // Act
            TopicTopScore[] result = cut.findTopicHighScores(topicScores);

            // Assert
            Assert.AreEqualThat(result[0].TopicName, expectedResult[0].TopicNameIs.EqualTo(expectedResult));
        }

  Assert.AreEqual(result[0].TopScore, expectedResult[0].TopScore);     [Test]
   }     }
}

Observe errors on lines 14 and 32.

We need to use interfaces. And the interface needs to be in a place that is available to both production code and tests.

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Create a new interface that is part of the HighestNumberFinder project

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public void find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one()
     

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Copy HighestNumberFinder.v6 to HighestNumberFinderFinal and refactor the class so that it implements the interface above

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      string topicName = 

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  TopicScores[] topicScores = { new TopicScores(topicName, scores) };
     

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TopicManager cut = new TopicManager(hnf);
        

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    TopicTopScore[] expectedResult = {new TopicTopScore(topicName, 89)};

     

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TopicTopScore[] result = cut.findTopicHighScores(topicScores);

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Assert.AreEqual(result[0].TopicName, expectedResult[0].TopicName);
            

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Assert.AreEqual(result[0].TopScore, expectedResult[0].TopScore);
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}

To give us more flexibility, we need to use an interface. And the interface needs to be in a place that is available to both production code and tests.

  1. Create a new interface that is part of the HighestNumberFinder production project

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    namespace FindHighestNumberService
    {
        public interface IHighestNumberFinder
        {
            int result = values[i]findHighestNumber(int[] values);
        }
           }
          }
  3. Copy HighestNumberFinder.v6 to HighestNumberFinderFinal

  4. Refactor the class so that it implements the interface above

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    using System;
    using FindHighestNumberService;
    
    namespace FindHighestNumberServiceFinal
    {
        public returnclass result;EmptyArrayException : Exception
         {
    }     }
    }
  6. Refactor the tests so that the HighestNumberFinder is instantiated as follows

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        IHighestNumberFinder hnf = new FindHighestNumberServiceFinal.HighestNumberFinder();
  8. Refactor TopicManager so it now works with the interface IHighestNumberFinder and not directly with the implementation class

  9. Rerun all your tests they should still be passing.

Tip

The tests have given us the confidence to refactor the code and begin to think more clearly about our implementation.

Now let’s substitute a stub in place of the real implementation of HighestNumberFinder.

  1. Create a new called find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one_using_stub(), it's a copy of find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one()

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       public EmptyArrayException(string message):base(message)
            {
            }
        }
        public class HighestNumberFinder : IHighestNumberFinder
        {
            public int findHighestNumber(int[] values)
            {
                [Test]
     if (values.Length < 1)
          public void find_heighest_score_with_array_of_one_return_array_of_one_using_stub()        throw {new EmptyArrayException("Array is empty");
    
            // Arrange   int result = Int32.MinValue;
    
         int[] scores = { 56, 67, 45, 89for };(int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
         string topicName = "Physics";    {
            TopicScores[] topicScores = { new TopicScores(topicName, scores) }; if (values[i] > result)
            IHighestNumberFinder hnf = new FindHighestNumberServiceFinal.HighestNumberFinder();        result = values[i];
      TopicManager cut = new TopicManager(hnf);      }
          TopicTopScore[] expectedResult = { new TopicTopScore(topicName, 89) } return result;
            }
        // Act
     }
    }
  3. Modify the Stub version so it also implements IHighestNumberFinder

  4. Refactor TopicManager so it now works with the interface IHighestNumberFinder and not directly with the implementation class

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    namespace TopicManagerServiceStubs
    {
        public class TopicManager
       TopicTopScore[] result{
    = cut.findTopicHighScores(topicScores);       private IHighestNumberFinder highestNumberFinder;
    
       // Assert    public  TopicManager( IHighestNumberFinder      Assert.AreEqual(result[0].TopicName, expectedResult[0].TopicName);hnf )
            {
        Assert.AreEqual(result[0].TopScore, expectedResult[0].TopScore);        highestNumberFinder = hnf;
     }       }
  6. Modify line 8 to

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        IHighestNumberFinder hnf = new TopicManagerService.HighestNumberFinder();
    The error is because of TopicManagerTests
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    HighestNumberFinder does not implement the IHighestNumberFinder interface. Modify it so that it does.Rerun the tests, they should all pass
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  8. Rerun all your tests they should still be passing.

Tip

The tests have given us the confidence to refactor the code and begin to think more clearly about our implementation.

Info

We’ve now created a controlled environment for our tests

QLC-2.3 Limitations of Stubs, complete

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this TopicManager

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requirement

Add more tests to handle the last two requirements

•If the input is [{“Physics”, {56, 67, 45, 89}}, {“Art”, {87, 66, 78}], the result should be [{“Physics”, 89}, {“Art”, 87}]

Only one of the tests passes. Why?

Sample Solution

QLC-2.4 Mocks, complete the last TopicManager requirement

•If the input is [{“Physics”, {56, 67, 45, 89}}, {“Art”, {87, 66, 78}}, {“Comp Sci”, {45, 88, 97, 56}}], the result should be [{“Physics”, 89}, {“Art”, 87}, {“Comp Sci”, 97}]

Sample Solution