How to mock an activatedRoute parent Route in angular2 for testing purposes?
AcitvatedRoute is an interface according to angular2 docs, so what I did is implements a MockActivatedRoute
import {Observable} from 'rxjs';
import {Type} from '@angular/core';
import {ActivatedRoute,Route,ActivatedRouteSnapshot,UrlSegment,Params,Data } from '@angular/router';
export class MockActivatedRoute implements ActivatedRoute{
snapshot : ActivatedRouteSnapshot;
url : Observable<UrlSegment[]>;
params : Observable<Params>;
queryParams : Observable<Params>;
fragment : Observable<string>;
data : Observable<Data>;
outlet : string;
component : Type<any>|string;
routeConfig : Route;
root : ActivatedRoute;
parent : ActivatedRoute;
firstChild : ActivatedRoute;
children : ActivatedRoute[];
pathFromRoot : ActivatedRoute[];
toString() : string{
return "";
};
}
and just replace the ActivatedRoute
in my tests for MockActivatedRoute
like this
beforeEach(()=>{
route = new MockActivatedRoute();
route.parent = new MockActivatedRoute();
route.parent.params = Observable.of({id:"testId"});
questionnaireService = jasmine.createSpyObj('QuestionnaireService', ['getQuestionsForQuestionnaire']);
questionnaireService.getQuestionsForQuestionnaire.and.callFake(() => Observable.of(undefined));
component = new QuestionnaireQuestionsComponent(route, questionnaireService);
});
Using TestBed
beforeEach(async(() => {
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
declarations: [YourComponent],
imports: [],
providers: [
{
provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: {
params: Observable.of({ id: 'test' })
}
}
]
})
.compileComponents();
}));
For anyone new to this question the angular docs cover this scenario.
As per documentation above:
Create ActivatedRouteStub
class to be used as test double for ActivatedRoute
import { ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs/ReplaySubject';
import { convertToParamMap, ParamMap, Params } from '@angular/router';
/**
* An ActivateRoute test double with a `paramMap` observable.
* Use the `setParamMap()` method to add the next `paramMap` value.
*/
export class ActivatedRouteStub {
// Use a ReplaySubject to share previous values with subscribers
// and pump new values into the `paramMap` observable
private subject = new ReplaySubject<ParamMap>();
constructor(initialParams?: Params) {
this.setParamMap(initialParams);
}
/** The mock paramMap observable */
readonly paramMap = this.subject.asObservable();
/** Set the paramMap observables's next value */
setParamMap(params?: Params) {
this.subject.next(convertToParamMap(params));
};
}
And then use the stub in the test class as follows:
activatedRoute.setParamMap({ id: '1234' });