Categorized list of AutoFixture questions

Updated: June 1, 2014.

Using AutoFixture in F#

• Specifying readonly property values via constructor arguments when instantiating immutable objects with AutoFixture
• Create an instance of FormsAuthenticationTicket
• ASP.NET Web API 2 Customization (< 5.0.0.0)
• ASP.NET Web API 2 Customization (= 5.0.0.0)

AutoFixture.Auto[Moq/RhinoMocks/FakeItEasy/NSubstitute/Foq]

• Always Freeze mocks using AutoFixture, XUnit, and Moq
• Verifying a set of objects have been mapped correctly
• AutoFixture with AutoMoq and concrete object injection
• Handling specimen creation inconsistencies between AutoFixture and Moq
• How to use AutoFixture with NSubstitute?
• Why does AutoFixture stops complaining about lack of parameterless constructor when class is sealed?
• What is AutoFixture AutoMoq?
• Differences between Moq and AutoFixture
• How to verify a method was called
• Using verify to confirm expected parameter values in Moq's Mock class
• Creating a hybrid of a Mock and an Anonymous object using Moq and AutoFixture
• Test a class that takes a Factory
• Repetitive code in Unit Tests
• Integration Test an application using Castle Windsor
• AutoFixture as an Auto-mocking Container vs Auto-mocking differences
• Create an instance of a type that contains properties with an interface type
• How to return results from injected services in an instantiated object
• Mocked methods returning a Frozen instance
• Proper use of AutoFixture AutoMoq
• AutoData Theories with AutoFixture using manual fakes
• How to express a Unit Test declaratively?
• Imperative to Declarative Unit Test
• Auto-mocking using FakeItEasy
• Auto-mocking the SUT

AutoFixture.Idioms

• When I pass input to the parameter x of a method, supplying the other parameters anonymously, the result is …
• Simplifing Unit Testing DDD Value objects Equality
• Verify invalid constructor parameters

AutoFixture.Xunit

• AutoFixture mixing PropertyData with multiple entries and AutoData
• Difference between Fact and Theory?
• How to combine PropertyData and AutoNSubstituteData attributes?
• How to use AutoData in unit tests to supply N objects of a type in test arguments?
• CompositeDataAttribute does not seem to work with PropertyDataAttribute
• Inject a particular constructor argument in the SUT using xUnit Theories and AutoData
• Integration Test an application using Castle Windsor
• AutoFixture with 'weak' types
• Proxies in data integration tests
• AutoFixture with derived types
• Mocked methods returning a Frozen instance
• Proper use of AutoFixture AutoMoq
• How to express a Unit Test declaratively
• Imperative to Declarative Unit Test
• Auto-mocking using FakeItEasy
• What are the principles behind AutoFixture's declarative way of setting up a fixture?
• PropertyDataAttribute and heterogeneous parameters

Customizations

• Omitting a specific field with CreateMany from AutoFixture
• How to let AutoFixture create DateTime in UTC?
• Create an instance of FormsAuthenticationTicket
• How to fix a range on some properties?
• AutoFixture customization for creating implementations of a base type
• How can I add common postprocessing applied after customization?
• Customizations vs Residue collectors
• How can I register a generic object factory?
• Automocking Web Api 2 controller
• Web Api 2 controller conventions
• How to create property with internal setter?
• How do I assign a property on only a subrange of items in a list?
• How to generate a stub object of an arbitrary Type not known at compile time using AutoFixture
• How can I instruct AutoFixture to not bother filling out some properties?
• Constructor injection lazy loading
• Preventing Autofixture from filling child collections
• Unit testing the order of items in a list
• Empty dummy collections
• Create a float, double or decimal with remainder
• How to omit the auto properties for a whole range of types?
• How to use an enum value as seed when creating many of a certain type?
• Creating recursive tree with AutoFixture
• Two constructor parameters of the same type, but different values (SutFactory)
• How to create a list of types with predefined values
• How to set a private setter of an Automatic Property by calling a method
• Generate anonymous number for string property
• Execute a delegate at object creation time
• How to limit the length of generated strings
• Integration Test an application using Castle Windsor
• Selecting the greediest constructor by default
• How to call a base method for all instances of classes that inherit from it
• Creating ASP.NET MVC Controller instances without setting property values
• How to generate objects when there are multiple paths to a child entity
• AutoFixture with 'weak' types
• Proxies in data integration tests
• Supplying values for inherited properties
• Mocked methods returning a Frozen instance
• Creating ASP.NET MVC Controller instances
• Using Customize with seeded property
• PropertyTypeOmitter (System.Runtime.Serialization.ExtensionDataObject example)
• Customizing constructor parameter values
• Ignore virtual properties
• Creating an ISpecimenBuilder for a type
• Imperative to Declarative Unit Test

Freeze, Inject

• Freeze enum value in AutoFixture
• AutoFixture.Xunit's Frozen attribute not working
• Can't grasp the difference between Freeze/Inject/Register
• Unit testing the order of items in a list
• How to verify a method was called
• How to Freeze a Null Reference
• AutoFixture with 'weak' types
• AutoFixture with derived types
• Auto-mocking using FakeItEasy
• Supply a known value for one constructor parameter

Likeness, Likeness as Resemblance

• Compare only matching properties
• Likeness applied to sequences
• Custom Assertion
• Using verify to confirm expected parameter values in Moq's Mock class
• Likeness applied to sequences
• How to use 'EqualsWhen'

Refactoring

• Applying DRY to Autofixture “Build” statements
• Unit testing the order of items in a list
• Generating custom lists
• Minimizing the Arrange phase
• Repetitive code in Unit Tests
• Imperative to Declarative Unit Test

Procedural programming, Entity Framework, enums, etc

• Circular references related question
• DbContext exposing DbSet properties related question
• Another circular references related question (comments)
• Create anonymous enum value from a subset of all values
• Freeze enum value in AutoFixture