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How to unit test C# Web Service with Visual Studio 2008

Asked 2008-12-16T17:08:36.803
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How are you supposed to unit test a web service in C# with Visual Studio 2008? When I generate a unit test it adds an actual reference to the web service class instead of a web reference. It sets the attributes specified in:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243399(VS.80).aspx#TestingWebServiceLocally

Yet, it will complete without executing the test. I attempted to add the call to WebServiceHelper.TryUrlRedirection(...) but the call does not like the target since it inherits from WebService, not WebClientProtocol.

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What I usually do is not test directly against the web-service, but to try and put as little code as possible in the service, and call a different class which does all the real work. Then I write unit tests for that other class. It turns out that class can sometimes be useful outside of the web-service context, so this way - you gain twice.

answered 2008-12-16T19:14:29.343

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