asp.net-mvcasp.net-mvc-3unit-testingdependency-injectionroute-constraint

ASP.NET MVC Custom Route Constraints and Dependency Injection


On my ASP.NET MVC 3 App, I have a route constraint defined like below:

public class CountryRouteConstraint : IRouteConstraint {

    private readonly ICountryRepository<Country> _countryRepo;

    public CountryRouteConstraint(ICountryRepository<Country> countryRepo) {
        _countryRepo = countryRepo;
    }

    public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, Route route, string parameterName, RouteValueDictionary values, RouteDirection routeDirection) {

        //do the database look-up here

        //return the result according the value you got from DB
        return true;
    }
}

I am using Ninject as IoC container on my app which implements IDependencyResolver and I registered my dependency:

    private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel) {

        kernel.Bind<ICountryRepository<Country>>().
            To<CountryRepository>();
    }    

How can I use this route constraint with a dependency injection friendly manner?

EDIT

I cannot find a way to pass this dependency on unit test:

[Fact]
public void country_route_should_pass() {

    var mockContext = new Mock<HttpContextBase>();
    mockContext.Setup(c => c.Request.AppRelativeCurrentExecutionFilePath).Returns("~/countries/italy");

    var routes = new RouteCollection();
    TugberkUgurlu.ReservationHub.Web.Routes.RegisterRoutes(routes);

    RouteData routeData = routes.GetRouteData(mockContext.Object);

    Assert.NotNull(routeData);
    Assert.Equal("Countries", routeData.Values["controller"]);
    Assert.Equal("Index", routeData.Values["action"]);
    Assert.Equal("italy", routeData.Values["country"]);
}

Solution

  • routes.MapRoute(
        "Countries",
        "countries/{country}",
        new { 
            controller = "Countries", 
            action = "Index" 
        },
        new { 
            country = new CountryRouteConstraint(
                DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<ICountryRepository<Country>>()
            ) 
        }
    );