Visual Studio debugger arrowhead pointer is messed when profiler is enabled with .Net Core 2.1, in VS2107/2019

Steps

• Use elevated features like static mocking using JustMock
• Enable profiler from VS JustMock extension
• Run the test in debug mode

Code Snippet

Mock.SetupStatic(typeof(ElasticOperationsHelper), Behavior.Strict, StaticConstructor.Mocked);

Mock.Arrange(() => elasticRepository.IndexDocumentInElastic<IndexDocText>(Arg.IsAny<IndexDocText>(), Arg.IsAny<string>(), null)).Returns(response);

 

While debugging it's found the arrowhead pointer of VS debugger is messed up and pointing to wrong line numbers. It's quite difficult to develop unit tests at this situation. Is there any resolution of this problem.

I found an article in the support page has been declined due to same problem. Is this totally dependent on "CLR" fix and .Net profiler. If so could you please provide me the Bug details of Microsoft for the same?

I would also like to know why it's necessary to have profiler enabled for scenarios like "Static Mocking", "Non virtual method mocking", "Private Mocking" etc. 

Is this only happening for .Net core? 

Hyland Software is evaluating this product as their Mocking framework for unit testing of all .net core projects.

If there is no solution, how can any prospective customer consider this as a good fit for their usage? If there is any workaround possible at this moment?

The debugger arrowhead pointer is not positioned to the correct execution line when debugging .Net Core. Stepping the code line by line advances the yellow arrowhead pointer based on the initial offset/messed position. When the arrowhead leaves the method the remaining lines are executed at once.

Mocking a method that is not used in the test execution logic could lead to unwanted recursive mocking behavior for the rest of the methods in the class. 
The unwanted behavior could later result in an exception if the affected methods are called during the arrangement of another method.

After upgrading to .NET Core 3.0 an exception is thrown for some of the JustMock methods like DoNothing() and Throw(). In the case for DoNothing() the exception is thrown only for methods that are returning value.

Here is the full exception:
System.InvalidCastException : Unable to cast object of type 'System.AppDomainSetup' to type 'YourType' 

I just installed it onto desktop, loaded Visual Studio 2019 (Ent) and i see no visual reference or otherwise to JustMock.

Honestly If i had have spent the $$ by now i'd have uninstalled and given up.

The execution of JustMock tests stoped working in Visual Studio. The exact version is 16.2.1. The error message is: "The profiler must be enabled to mock, arrange or execute the specified target."

The scenario includes two async tests executed synchronously. The first test doesn't have an await task call and in some random runs fails to call Mock.Reset. This messes the mocked objects of the second async test.

Values from already mocked methods are not taken into account when initializing a static constructor from the Telerik.JustMock.PrivateAccessor class.

Here is an example: PrivateAccessor.ForType(typeof(Foo)).SetField("someStringField", "stringvalue");

A workaround is to call the: Mock.Intercept(typeof(Foo)); before calling the PrivateAccessor.

There is a different behaviour when mocking the same method using the following two Arrange overrides:

public static FuncExpectation<TResult> Arrange<TResult>(Expression<Func<TResult>> expression);
public static FuncExpectation<TResult> Arrange<T, TResult>(T obj, Func<T, TResult> func);

Repro project attached. Steps to reproduce:
1. Open attached solution
2. In Tests.cs, run JustMockArrangeQueryableTest - it passes
3. Run JustMockArrangeQueryableTest2 - it fails with a invalid cast exception on the Residents collection.

The integration between JustMock and dotCover stopped working with R2 2019. The result when code coverage is started is that all tests remain in pending state and does not finish while the CPU is idle.

I have a .Net Core solution and want to see the code coverage in VS 2019. However, when I run the tests with code coverage, I get the error message, that the profiler is not enabled, although it is enabled. The test is green without code coverage (and with enabled profiler). It is also green and the coverage is displayed with JustMock commented out and the profiler disabled.

Mocking an async calls alse triggers hidden mocking of the return type. Depending of the type it might cause unexpected behavior or exception.

Basically calling Mock.Reset at the end of the method is not safe.
It seems like the the way JustMock iterates over an IEnumerable is not correct.
Log:
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z Warning: System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidOperationException(ExceptionResource resource)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Enumerator.MoveNext()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.MocksRepository.CopyConfigurationFromParent()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.MocksRepository.Reset()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.RepositoryOperationsStrongRef.RetireRepository(Object key, MocksRepository repo)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.FindRepositoryInOps(RepositoryOperationsBase entryOps, Object entryKey)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.RetireRepository()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.MockingContext.RetireRepository()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.ProfilerInterceptor.GuardInternal(Action guardedAction)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at Sap.Tests.<MyTests_DoAsync_ReturnTrue>d__26.MoveNext() in E:\Builds\_work\9\s\Tests\MyTests.cs:line 476
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9254819Z    at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.MoveNextRunner.Run()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidOperationException(ExceptionResource resource)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Enumerator.MoveNext()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.MocksRepository.CopyConfigurationFromParent()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.MocksRepository.Reset()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.RepositoryOperationsStrongRef.RetireRepository(Object key, MocksRepository repo)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.FindRepositoryInOps(RepositoryOperationsBase entryOps, Object entryKey)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.HierarchicalTestFrameworkContextResolver.RetireRepository()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.Context.MockingContext.RetireRepository()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Telerik.JustMock.Core.ProfilerInterceptor.GuardInternal(Action guardedAction)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at Sap.Tests.<MyTests_DoAsync_ReturnTrue>d__26.MoveNext() in E:\Builds\_work\9\s\Tests\MyTests.cs:line 476
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.MoveNextRunner.Run()
2019-01-25T09:23:53.9410972Z    at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()

A class property get wrongly mocked when used as parameter for arranging other class methods. The following sample demonstrates the scenario:

class Foo
{
	public string Prop{ get; set; }

	public void Bar(string val)
	{
	}
}

[TestMethod]
public void Sample()
{
	var sut = Mock.Create<Foo>(Behavior.CallOriginal);

	Mock.Arrange(() => sut.Bar(sut.Prop)).DoNothing();
}

The JustMock tests are failing when the "Test platform version" option in the JustMock VSTest v.2 task is set to value "Installed by Tools Installer".

Types that implement ISerializable can't be mocked anymore with the 2019.1.115.2 version resulting in System.ArgumentException. The issue is a regression compared to older versions of JustMock.

Example of such type is System.Reflection.Assembly. 

A simple WinForms application crashes on start when JustMock(2019.1.115.2) profiler is enabled.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new WinForms Application.
2. Start the application. In Debug it is most visible. 
3. After the application is started move the mouse in the middle of the application. The exact location is not important.
4. A FieldAccessExceptionis is thrown.



Temporary workaround: disable the JustMock Profiler from the JustMock menu while developing the application and enable it while running the tests.
A fix can be expected with the next official release. You can follow this item in order to receive status updates.

If there are more that one mock objects existing in the test, Mock.Assert wrongly succeeds while evaluating arrangements for each mock, but not the very first one. This is a regression compared to an older version from 2012. The following sample demonstrates the case:
public interface IFoo
{
    void Bar();
}

[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
        var bar = Mock.Create<IFoo>();
        Mock.Arrange(() => bar.Bar()).OccursOnce();

        var foo = Mock.Create<IFoo>();
        Mock.Arrange(() => foo.Bar()).OccursOnce();

        Mock.Assert(foo); // Would wrongly succeed
        Mock.Assert(bar); // Would fail as expected
    }
}

Creating a share link with Visual Studio Live Share does not work if you have the JustMock profiler enabled. We specifically have to disable the JustMock profiler in order for VS Live Share to create sharing links. This has been reproduced by several different members of our team.

Could this please be looked into? Thanks!

When using Mock.CreateLike<> we've found that trying to directly mock anything lower than two layers down on a concrete class (e.g. x => x.Layer1.Layer2.Property == "test") throws a NullReferenceException unless the profiler is enabled. It wasn't clear in the exception or the documentation relating to this method that the real issue was the profiler being disabled, and only by trial and error did we find the solution.