mvccontrib test helper and verifying http post routes and parameters

Question

In my Asp.net MVC app, I have two methods on a controller, one for when the user first arrives on the view and then one when they submit the form on said view.

Answer 1

Here's an example. Assuming you have the following action:

public AccountController : Controller
{
    [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult Foo(string id) 
    {
        return View();
    }
}

And the following route registered:

RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { controller = "home", action = "index", id = "" }
);

You could test it like this:

var routeData = "~/account/foo".WithMethod(HttpVerbs.Post);
routeData.Values["id"] = "123";
routeData.ShouldMapTo<AccountController>(c => c.Foo("123"));

Some tweaking might be necessary to include the second Account argument you have.

Answer 2

Using the mvccontrib helper syntax:

"~/account/foo".WithMethod(HttpVerbs.Post).ShouldMapTo<AccountController>(a => a.foo(null));

You pass null as the Foo(string id, Account accountToFoo) method is never executed as part of the routing test.