csharp-testing

C#-Testmuster

Umfassende Testmuster für .NET-Anwendungen mit xUnit, FluentAssertions und modernen Testpraktiken.

Wann aktivieren

• Schreiben neuer Tests für C#-Code
• Überprüfen von Testqualität und -abdeckung
• Einrichten von Testinfrastruktur für .NET-Projekte
• Debuggen von flaky oder langsamen Tests

Test-Framework-Stack

Tool	Zweck
xUnit	Test-Framework (bevorzugt für .NET)
FluentAssertions	Lesbare Assertions-Syntax
NSubstitute oder Moq	Mocken von Abhängigkeiten
Testcontainers	Echte Infrastruktur in Integrationstests
WebApplicationFactory	ASP.NET Core Integrationstests
Bogus	realistische Testdatengenerierung

Unit-Test-Struktur

Arrange-Act-Assert

public sealed class OrderServiceTests
{
    private readonly IOrderRepository _repository = Substitute.For<IOrderRepository>();
    private readonly ILogger<OrderService> _logger = Substitute.For<ILogger<OrderService>>();
    private readonly OrderService _sut;

    public OrderServiceTests()
    {
        _sut = new OrderService(_repository, _logger);
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task PlaceOrderAsync_ReturnsSuccess_WhenRequestIsValid()
    {
        // Arrange
        var request = new CreateOrderRequest
        {
            CustomerId = "cust-123",
            Items = [new OrderItem("SKU-001", 2, 29.99m)]
        };

        // Act
        var result = await _sut.PlaceOrderAsync(request, CancellationToken.None);

        // Assert
        result.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
        result.Value.Should().NotBeNull();
        result.Value!.CustomerId.Should().Be("cust-123");
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task PlaceOrderAsync_ReturnsFailure_WhenNoItems()
    {
        // Arrange
        var request = new CreateOrderRequest
        {
            CustomerId = "cust-123",
            Items = []
        };

        // Act
        var result = await _sut.PlaceOrderAsync(request, CancellationToken.None);

        // Assert
        result.IsSuccess.Should().BeFalse();
        result.Error.Should().Contain("at least one item");
    }
}

Parameterisierte Tests mit Theory

[Theory]
[InlineData("", false)]
[InlineData("a", false)]
[InlineData("[email protected]", false)]
[InlineData("[email protected]", true)]
[InlineData("[email protected]", true)]
public void IsValidEmail_ReturnsExpected(string email, bool expected)
{
    EmailValidator.IsValid(email).Should().Be(expected);
}

[Theory]
[MemberData(nameof(InvalidOrderCases))]
public async Task PlaceOrderAsync_RejectsInvalidOrders(CreateOrderRequest request, string expectedError)
{
    var result = await _sut.PlaceOrderAsync(request, CancellationToken.None);

    result.IsSuccess.Should().BeFalse();
    result.Error.Should().Contain(expectedError);
}

public static TheoryData<CreateOrderRequest, string> InvalidOrderCases => new()
{
    { new() { CustomerId = "", Items = [ValidItem()] }, "CustomerId" },
    { new() { CustomerId = "c1", Items = [] }, "at least one item" },
    { new() { CustomerId = "c1", Items = [new("", 1, 10m)] }, "SKU" },
};

Mocken mit NSubstitute

[Fact]
public async Task GetOrderAsync_ReturnsNull_WhenNotFound()
{
    // Arrange
    var orderId = Guid.NewGuid();
    _repository.FindByIdAsync(orderId, Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
        .Returns((Order?)null);

    // Act
    var result = await _sut.GetOrderAsync(orderId, CancellationToken.None);

    // Assert
    result.Should().BeNull();
}

[Fact]
public async Task PlaceOrderAsync_PersistsOrder()
{
    // Arrange
    var request = ValidOrderRequest();

    // Act
    await _sut.PlaceOrderAsync(request, CancellationToken.None);

    // Assert — Überprüfen, ob das Repository aufgerufen wurde
    await _repository.Received(1).AddAsync(
        Arg.Is<Order>(o => o.CustomerId == request.CustomerId),
        Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
}

ASP.NET Core Integrationstests

WebApplicationFactory-Einrichtung

public sealed class OrderApiTests : IClassFixture<WebApplicationFactory<Program>>
{
    private readonly HttpClient _client;

    public OrderApiTests(WebApplicationFactory<Program> factory)
    {
        _client = factory.WithWebHostBuilder(builder =>
        {
            builder.ConfigureServices(services =>
            {
                // Ersetze echte DB durch In-Memory für Tests
                services.RemoveAll<DbContextOptions<AppDbContext>>();
                services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>
                    options.UseInMemoryDatabase("TestDb"));
            });
        }).CreateClient();
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task GetOrder_Returns404_WhenNotFound()
    {
        var response = await _client.GetAsync($"/api/orders/{Guid.NewGuid()}");

        response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task CreateOrder_Returns201_WithValidRequest()
    {
        var request = new CreateOrderRequest
        {
            CustomerId = "cust-1",
            Items = [new("SKU-001", 1, 19.99m)]
        };

        var response = await _client.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/orders", request);

        response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.Created);
        response.Headers.Location.Should().NotBeNull();
    }
}

Testen mit Testcontainers

public sealed class PostgresOrderRepositoryTests : IAsyncLifetime
{
    private readonly PostgreSqlContainer _postgres = new PostgreSqlBuilder()
        .WithImage("postgres:16-alpine")
        .Build();

    private AppDbContext _db = null!;

    public async Task InitializeAsync()
    {
        await _postgres.StartAsync();
        var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<AppDbContext>()
            .UseNpgsql(_postgres.GetConnectionString())
            .Options;
        _db = new AppDbContext(options);
        await _db.Database.MigrateAsync();
    }

    public async Task DisposeAsync()
    {
        await _db.DisposeAsync();
        await _postgres.DisposeAsync();
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task AddAsync_PersistsOrder()
    {
        var repo = new SqlOrderRepository(_db);
        var order = Order.Create("cust-1", [new OrderItem("SKU-001", 2, 10m)]);

        await repo.AddAsync(order, CancellationToken.None);

        var found = await repo.FindByIdAsync(order.Id, CancellationToken.None);
        found.Should().NotBeNull();
        found!.Items.Should().HaveCount(1);
    }
}

Testorganisation

tests/
  MyApp.UnitTests/
    Services/
      OrderServiceTests.cs
      PaymentServiceTests.cs
    Validators/
      EmailValidatorTests.cs
  MyApp.IntegrationTests/
    Api/
      OrderApiTests.cs
    Repositories/
      OrderRepositoryTests.cs
  MyApp.TestHelpers/
    Builders/
      OrderBuilder.cs
    Fixtures/
      DatabaseFixture.cs

Testdaten-Builder

public sealed class OrderBuilder
{
    private string _customerId = "cust-default";
    private readonly List<OrderItem> _items = [new("SKU-001", 1, 10m)];

    public OrderBuilder WithCustomer(string customerId)
    {
        _customerId = customerId;
        return this;
    }

    public OrderBuilder WithItem(string sku, int quantity, decimal price)
    {
        _items.Add(new OrderItem(sku, quantity, price));
        return this;
    }

    public Order Build() => Order.Create(_customerId, _items);
}

// Verwendung in Tests
var order = new OrderBuilder()
    .WithCustomer("cust-vip")
    .WithItem("SKU-PREMIUM", 3, 99.99m)
    .Build();

Häufige Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern	Behebung
Testen von Implementierungsdetails	Verhalten und Ergebnisse testen
Gemeinsam genutzter veränderlicher Testzustand	Neue Instanz pro Test (xUnit macht dies über Konstruktoren)
Thread.Sleep in asynchronen Tests	Task.Delay mit Timeout oder Polling-Helfer verwenden
Assertion auf ToString()-Ausgabe	Auf typisierte Eigenschaften asserten
Eine riesige Assertion pro Test	Eine logische Assertion pro Test
Testnamen, die Implementierung beschreiben	Nach Verhalten benennen: Methode_ErwartetesErgebnis_WennBedingung
Ignorieren von CancellationToken	Immer übergeben und Stornierung überprüfen

Tests ausführen

# Alle Tests ausführen
dotnet test

# Mit Abdeckung ausführen
dotnet test --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage"

# Bestimmtes Projekt ausführen
dotnet test tests/MyApp.UnitTests/

# Nach Testnamen filtern
dotnet test --filter "FullyQualifiedName~OrderService"

# Watch-Modus während der Entwicklung
dotnet watch test --project tests/MyApp.UnitTests/