Writing Unit Test for methods that use User.Identity.Name in ASP.NET Web API

Question

I am writing test cases using the Unit Test for ASP.NET Web API.

Now I have an action which makes a call to some method I have defined in the service layer, where I

Answer 1

With WebApi 5.0 this is slightly different. You can now do:

controller.User = new ClaimsPrincipal(
  new GenericPrincipal(new GenericIdentity("user"), null));