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Asked 1 month ago by AuroraPioneer388

Why is my mocked EF DbSet returning an empty IQueryable?

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I'm trying to mock an EF DbSet using Moq so that it behaves as an IQueryable, but I'm getting an empty result when I query it. Here is the code I'm using:

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IQueryable<AccessPoint> testAcP = new List<AccessPoint>() { new AccessPoint() { Id = 1, Token = "testPoint", Enabled = 1 } }.AsQueryable(); var mockSet = new Mock<DbSet<AccessPoint>>(); mockSet.As<IQueryable<AccessPoint>>().Setup(m => m.Provider).Returns(testAcP.Provider); mockSet.As<IQueryable<AccessPoint>>().Setup(m => m.Expression).Returns(testAcP.Expression); mockSet.As<IQueryable<AccessPoint>>().Setup(m => m.ElementType).Returns(testAcP.ElementType); mockSet.As<IQueryable<AccessPoint>>().Setup(m => m.GetEnumerator()).Returns(testAcP.GetEnumerator()); var dbContext = new Mock<IApplicationDbContext>(); dbContext.Setup(c => c.AccessPoints).Returns(mockSet.Object); var filter = new AccessPointsFilter() { Enabled = AcPassState.Active }; var areaService = new AccessPointsService(new QuerySelector<AccessPoint>(), new QueryOrderer<AccessPoint>(), dbContext.Object); var result = dbContext.Object.AccessPoints.AsQueryable();

The expected behavior is that the DbSet returns the test data as IQueryable, but instead, the query yields an empty result. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix this issue?

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 1 month ago

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The issue is that you're returning a fixed enumerator instance when setting up GetEnumerator. When you call testAcP.GetEnumerator() once and return that enumerator, it can only be iterated one time. Subsequent iterations will effectively see an exhausted (empty) enumerator.

To fix this, update your setup to return a new enumerator on each call. For example:

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mockSet.As<IQueryable<AccessPoint>>() .Setup(m => m.GetEnumerator()) .Returns(() => testAcP.GetEnumerator());

This change ensures that every time GetEnumerator is called, you get a fresh enumerator over your test data.

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