How do I setup this (Moq Setup)

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I want to test my part of code that returns the users password question. So I have made a mockup of the Membership provider using Moq. I don't think I need to show you the actual code just the test part of it. ``` // Arrange var membershipMock = new Mock(); membershipMock.Setup(m => m.GetUser("test", false).PasswordQuestion).Returns("Password"); authentication.Authenticate.Provider = membershipMock.Object; // Act var actual = authentication.PasswordRecoveryStep1(It.IsAny()); // Assert Assert.That(actual, Is.EqualTo("Password")); ``` So when I run this in Nunit I get this: ``` Test.Controllers.AuthenticationControllerTest.Test_If_Password_Recovery_Setp1_Returns_Users_PasswordQuestion: System.NotSupportedException : Only property accesses are supported in intermediate invocations on a setup. Unsupported expression m.GetUser("test", False). at Moq.Mock.AutoMockPropertiesVisitor.VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression m) at Moq.ExpressionVisitor.Visit(Expression e…

Accepted Answer

The answer is in exception message:

... Only property accesses are supported in intermediate invocations on a setup ...

Try this:

```
var user = new Mock<MemberShipUser>();
user.SetupGet(x => x.PasswordQuestion).Returns("Password");

membershipMock.Setup(m => m.GetUser("test", false)).Returns(user.Object);
```

How do I setup this (Moq Setup)

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