asp mvc unit test HttpContext.Current.Cache?
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Here is the first part of my controller code:
public class ControlMController : Controller
    {
        IControlMService _controlMservice;
        public IList<User> Users
        {
            get
            {
                if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache["users"] == null)
                {
                    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache["users"] = _controlMservice.GetUsers();
                }
                return (IList<User>)System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache["users"];
            }
        }
        public ControlMController(IControlMService controlMservice)
        {
            this._controlMservice = controlMservice;
            var users = Users;
            ViewData["Users"] = users;
            ViewData["jqSelectUsers"] = string.Join(";", users.Select(x => x.UserID + ":" + x.Name).ToArray());
        }
I'm trying to test it, and because i'm caching using the HttpContext, i'm struggling with null reference exceptions. I've tried using MvcContrib.TestHelper; here is my sample test...
    [TestMethod]
    public void EventDetails_Returns_view_with_correct_event()
    {
        var builder = new TestControllerBuilder();
        var controller = builder.CreateController<ControlMController>(
                                     new ControlMService(
                                           new MockControlMRepository()
                                                         ));
        var view = (controller.EventDetails(1) as ViewResult);
        Assert.AreEqual(1, (view.ViewData.Model as Event).EventId);
    }
(I haven't quite got round to using DI for my tests!
I'm still getting the same null reference exception when the code hits the httpcontext:
Error   1   TestCase 'SupportTool.Tests.Services.ControlM.ControlMControllerTests.EventDetails_Returns_view_with_correct_event'
failed: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at SupportTool.web.Controllers.ControlMController.get_Users()
Any ideas?
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