Register a concrete type in the auto-mocking container

By default, SpecsFor's auto-mocking container will create mock objects for your class's dependencies. However, you can easily change this behavior to inject your own mock or fake object or to inject a concrete type. Consider this trivial domain:

C#

public class CarFactory
	{
		private readonly IEngineFactory _engineFactory;

		public CarFactory(IEngineFactory engineFactory)
		{
			_engineFactory = engineFactory;
		}

		public Car BuildMuscleCar()
		{
			return new Car
			{
				Engine = _engineFactory.GetEngine("V8")
			};
		}
	}

	public class Car
	{
		public Engine Engine { get; set; }
	}

	public class Engine
	{
    public string Maker { get; set; }
		public string Type { get; set; }
	}

	public interface IEngineFactory
	{
		Engine GetEngine(string engineType);
	}

	public class RealEngineFactory : IEngineFactory
	{
		public Engine GetEngine(string engineType)
		{
			return new Engine
			{
				Maker = "Real Engines, Inc",
				Type = engineType
			};
		}
	}

Now let's say we wanted to write integration specs against our CarFactory, so we want our specs to also use RealEngineFactory. We can tell SpecsFor to use RealEngineFactory instead of a mock by overriding the ConfigureContainer method:

C#

protected override void ConfigureContainer(IContainer container)
			{
				container.Configure(cfg =>
				{
					cfg.For<IEngineFactory>().Use<RealEngineFactory>();
				});
			}

Now our system under test will receive an instance of RealEngineFactory instead of a mock.

Here's what our full specs look like:

C#

public class ContainerConfigurationSpecs
	{
		public class when_a_concrete_type_is_registered_in_the_container : SpecsFor<CarFactory>
		{
			private Car _car;

			protected override void ConfigureContainer(IContainer container)
			{
				container.Configure(cfg =>
				{
					cfg.For<IEngineFactory>().Use<RealEngineFactory>();
				});
			}

			protected override void When()
			{
				_car = SUT.BuildMuscleCar();
			}

			[Test]
			public void then_the_cars_engine_was_made_by_the_real_engine_factory()
			{
				_car.Engine.Maker.ShouldEqual("Real Engines, Inc");
			}
		}
	}