Mocking DbContext.Set<T>()?

ef-code-first, entity-framework-4

Solution

interface ISalesContext
{
    IDbSet<T> GetIDbSet<T>();
}

class SalesContext : DbContext, ISalesContext
{
    public IDbSet<T> GetIDbSet<T>()
    {
        return Set<T>();
    }
}

I used a different name, but you can use the `new` operator if you prefer to hide the regular implementation.

Problem

We're using EF Code first, and have a data context for our sales database. Additionally, we have a class that sits on top of our data context and does some basic CRUD operations. For example, we have the following function: ``` public static T Create<T>(int userId, T entity) where T : class, IAllowCreate { if (entity == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("entity"); using (SalesContext dc = new SalesContext()) { dc.Set<T>().Add(entity); dc.SaveChanges(); return entity; } } ``` I found an example of how to create fake contexts and IDBset properties. I started implementing that, but I ran in to an issue. We use dc.Set() quite liberally (as seen above) in our code, as we attempt to create generic CRUD methods. Instead of having a ReadCustomer, ReadContact etc, we would just do Read(). However, dc.Set returns a DbSet, not an IDbSet, so I'm not able to mock that. Has anyone been able to mock or fake DbContext and still use the Set functionality?

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