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Mocking an IQueryable Return Value‏

When following the Repository pattern it’s often a good idea to return an IQueryable representing the data you wish to expose. But how can you mock this data when writing your unit tests? The AsQueryable() method provides a way.  In the example below, I create a short list of mock data to be returned from my mock repository. I then setup my mock repository to return that list as an IQueryable using the AsQueryable () method. List  mockContacts =  new  List (6); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 1, Email =  "bonscott@acdc.com"  }); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 2, Email =  "brianjohnson@acdc.com"  }); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 3, Email =  "angusyoung@acdc.com"  }); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 4, Email =  "malcolmyoung@acdc.com"  }); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 5, Email =  "cliffwilliams@acdc.com"  }); mockContacts.Add( new  Contact { Id = 6, Email =  "philrudd@acdc.com"  });   _