I am currently writing a C# project and I need to do unit testing for the project. For one of the methods that I need to unit test I make use of an ICollection which is normally populated from the selected items of a list box.
When I create a unit test for the method it creates the line
ICollection icollection = null; //Initialise to an appropriate value
How can I create an instance of this ICollection and an item to the collection?
ICollection
is an interface, you can't instantiate it directly. You'll need to instantiate a class that implements ICollection
; for example, List<T>
. Also, the ICollection
interface doesn't have an Add
method -- you'll need something that implements IList
or IList<T>
for that.
Example:
List<object> icollection = new List<object>();
icollection.Add("your item here");
List<Object> list = new List<Object>();
list.Add(object1);
list.Add(object2);
// etc...
ICollection collection = list;
// further processing of collection here.
Contrary to some comments, IList<T>
does implement ICollection
, at least as far as I can tell.
Let's say you will have a collection of strings, then the code will be:
ICollection<string> test = new Collection<string>();
test.Add("New Value");
I believe you need to inherit the ICollection
interface into a new class before you can use it.
How to implement ICollection
What you can do is create a type that implements ICollection and from there make use of it in your testing. A List or Collection would work for creating an instance of the object. I guess another question would be what type are the items of the list box. Adding items to the List or Collection is pretty trivial just using the .Add(...) method.
List<T> list = new List<T>();
list.Add(item_from_your_list_box);
list.Add(item2_from_your_list_box);
Is there something more specific you need to be doing with this collection?