Fix mocking hidden generic interface methods

[thomhurst]

Description

• omit inherited constraints that C# forbids on generated explicit interface implementations
• forward generic type arguments when an explicit implementation delegates to the public mock method
• add compile and snapshot coverage for hidden generic interface methods
• add runtime regression coverage directly to TUnit.Mocks.Tests, which CI runs normally and through NativeAOT across supported target frameworks

Related Issue

Fixes #6670

Type of Change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change or feature
• Documentation update
• Performance improvement
• Refactoring (no functional changes)

Checklist

Required

• I have read the contributing guidelines
• My code follows the project's code style
• I have written tests that prove the fix is effective

TUnit-Specific Requirements

• Runtime regression lives in TUnit.Mocks.Tests
• Mock pipeline runs it normally and via NativeAOT for net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0
• Added and verified a source-generator snapshot; no .received.txt files remain
• Performance requirements are not applicable; this changes emitted method syntax only
• No reflection was added

Testing

• TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests — 390 passed across net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0
• TUnit.Mocks.Tests — 3,768 passed across net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0
• Targeted Issue6670Tests — 3 passed across net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0

Additional Notes

PublishMockTestsAOTModule and RunMockTestsAOTModule publish and execute the complete mock test project on Linux CI for every supported target framework.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved mocking for generic interface methods, including explicit implementations and inherited methods with differing return types.
  • Ensured configured generic method calls correctly forward type arguments and return expected values through both derived and parent interfaces.

• Tests

  • Added regression coverage and snapshot validation for generated mocks involving hidden generic interface methods.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The mock source generator now handles hidden generic interface methods without repeating inherited constraints. Explicit implementations forward generic type arguments. Source-generator and runtime tests cover compilation, generated output, and calls through derived and parent interfaces.

Changes

Mock constraint fix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Constraint emission and source-generator regression src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockImplBuilder.cs, tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs, tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Snapshots/...	Explicit implementations emit permitted constraints and forward generic type arguments. Tests verify compilation and generated mock output.
Runtime mock behavior regression tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs	The test configures a hidden generic method and verifies the configured result through both derived and parent interface references.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9660e

The change fixes generated mock implementations and adds coverage, but a remaining test gap may allow the regression test to pass even when generated code still fails for the affected generic interface case; this should be addressed before merge.

Poem

A rabbit checks the generic trail

Constraints now fit without a fail
Type arguments hop along
Snapshots capture generated song
Parent and child calls return true
The mock behaves as intended too

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 10 functions across 5 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue [#6670] by omitting inherited constraints from explicit interface implementations and forwarding generic type arguments. Compile, snapshot, and runtime tests cover the report…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The source change and added regression tests are directly related to issue [#6670]. No unrelated code changes are identified.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: fixing mocking for hidden generic interface methods.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The changes address issue [#6670] by omitting inherited constraints from explicit interface implementations and forwarding generic type arguments. Compile, snapshot, and runtime tests cover the reported failure.

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Greptile Summary

The PR fixes generated explicit implementations of hidden generic interface methods by emitting only compiler-permitted constraints and forwarding generic type arguments during delegation.

• Updates explicit interface method generation.
• Adds compilation, snapshot, and runtime regression coverage for hidden generic methods.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockImplBuilder.cs	Corrects explicit generic interface implementation syntax and forwards in-scope generic type arguments to the compatible public implementation.
tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs	Adds compilation and generator-output regression coverage for inherited notnull constraints.
tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Snapshots/Hidden_Generic_Interface_Method_Generation_Snapshot.verified.txt	Captures the corrected explicit implementation without forbidden constraints and with explicit generic forwarding.
tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs	Confirms derived and parent interface calls reach the configured mock behavior.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs`:
- Around line 37-40: Add explicit reflection-mode coverage in Issue6670Tests
alongside the existing source-generator test: execute the hidden generic
interface scenario through TUnit.Engine reflection mode and assert the same mock
behavior and absence of equivalent constraint errors. Keep the current
source-generator assertions unchanged and make both execution modes explicit.
- Around line 37-40: Update the assertion in Issue6670Tests to validate the
complete errors collection returned by GetGeneratedCompilationErrors, rather
than filtering it to CS0460 diagnostics, so any generated-code compilation error
fails the test.
- Around line 37-40: Extend Issue6670Tests to call VerifyGeneratorOutput for the
GenerateInterfaceMethod scenario, preserving the existing CS0460 diagnostic
assertion, and add the resulting committed .verified.txt snapshot while
excluding any .received.txt file.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add explicit reflection-mode coverage.

Line [37] exercises source-generator compilation only. Add the same hidden generic interface scenario through the TUnit.Engine reflection mode and verify equivalent mock behavior.

As per coding guidelines: tests/**/*.cs: Test both execution modes explicitly.

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs` around lines 37 -
40, Add explicit reflection-mode coverage in Issue6670Tests alongside the
existing source-generator test: execute the hidden generic interface scenario
through TUnit.Engine reflection mode and assert the same mock behavior and
absence of equivalent constraint errors. Keep the current source-generator
assertions unchanged and make both execution modes explicit.

Source: Coding guidelines

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that generated compilation has no errors.

constraintErrors contains only CS0460 diagnostics. If another compilation error occurs, this test can still pass. Assert errors directly so every generated-code compilation failure fails the regression test.

Proposed fix

-        var constraintErrors = errors.Where(error => error.Id == "CS0460").ToList();
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-        await Assert.That(constraintErrors).IsEmpty();
+        await Assert.That(errors).IsEmpty();

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	var errors = GetGeneratedCompilationErrors(source);
	var constraintErrors = errors.Where(error => error.Id == "CS0460").ToList();
	await Assert.That(constraintErrors).IsEmpty();
	var errors = GetGeneratedCompilationErrors(source);
	await Assert.That(errors).IsEmpty();

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs` around lines 37 -
40, Update the assertion in Issue6670Tests to validate the complete errors
collection returned by GetGeneratedCompilationErrors, rather than filtering it
to CS0460 diagnostics, so any generated-code compilation error fails the test.

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Add a snapshot test for the generated output. GenerateInterfaceMethod changes emitted constraint clauses, but Issue6670Tests only checks compilation diagnostics and has no corresponding .verified.txt file. Run VerifyGeneratorOutput for this case and commit the .verified.txt file. Do not commit .received.txt.

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs` around lines 37 -
40, Extend Issue6670Tests to call VerifyGeneratorOutput for the
GenerateInterfaceMethod scenario, preserving the existing CS0460 diagnostic
assertion, and add the resulting committed .verified.txt snapshot while
excluding any .received.txt file.

Source: Coding guidelines

[claude]

Code review

No issues found. Checked for bugs and CLAUDE.md compliance.

Summary: This fix routes GenerateInterfaceMethod in src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockImplBuilder.cs:591 through the existing forExplicitImplementation constraint formatter (FormatConstraintClauses, MockImplBuilder.cs:1376) whenever method.ExplicitInterfaceName is not null. That formatter already strips constraints down to only what C# permits on explicit interface implementations (class/struct/default), and it's the same helper already used unconditionally by MockBridgeBuilder.cs:100 and MockWrapperTypeBuilder.cs:110 — this PR just extends an established, already-proven pattern to a call site that had been missed, rather than introducing a new mechanism.

• The gating condition (method.ExplicitInterfaceName is not null) correctly covers both branches that emit explicit-interface syntax (delegate and engine-dispatch) while leaving the public non-explicit path unaffected.
• The regression test (tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs) follows the same SnapshotTestBase / GetGeneratedCompilationErrors pattern used by sibling regression tests (e.g. Issue6491Tests.cs, Issue6634Tests.cs), asserting no CS0460 diagnostics — a good, targeted way to validate a codegen fix like this without needing a new baseline snapshot.
• Checked other GetConstraintClauses/GetCombinedConstraintClauses call sites in MockMembersBuilder.cs that don't pass forExplicitImplementation — these generate fluent setup/verify extension methods, not actual explicit interface member implementations, so they're correctly out of scope for this fix.
• Dual-mode and AOT requirements are not applicable per the PR checklist (source-generator-only, no reflection), which matches what's in the diff.

Nicely scoped, minimal fix with good regression coverage.

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Account for mismatched constraints before delegating

When the hidden methods have compatible return types but different constraints, this explicit call can make otherwise valid interfaces fail to compile. For example, if the derived Get<T> requires class while the parent slot requires only notnull, the parent implementation inherits the weaker constraint and Get<T>() produces CS0452. ExplicitInterfaceCanDelegate currently checks only return-type compatibility, so constraint compatibility must also be checked before emitting this forwarding call; otherwise the parent slot needs separate dispatch.

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Code review

Reviewed the source-generator fix and its regression coverage — no issues found.

What was checked:

• MockImplBuilder.cs: GetConstraintClauses(method, forExplicitImplementation: ...) correctly restricts explicit-interface-implementation constraints to what C# permits (only class/struct/default, avoiding CS0460), and forwarding typeParams into the delegated call (Get{typeParams}(...)) fixes the CS0411 "cannot infer type arguments" failure for the zero-arg generic delegate case. Verified this against the committed snapshot (Hidden_Generic_Interface_Method_Generation_Snapshot.verified.txt), which shows exactly the expected global::ITestParent.Get<T>() => Get<T>(); forwarding.
• Snapshot testing rules followed: .verified.txt is committed, no .received.txt present.
• Runtime regression in TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs exercises both the derived and parent interface references, matching the bug description.

On the earlier CodeRabbit suggestions (for reviewers following along): two of the three were addressed (snapshot coverage added; runtime coverage moved into TUnit.Mocks.Tests, which the PR description confirms runs normally + NativeAOT across net8.0/9.0/10.0). The third — asserting the entire diagnostics collection instead of filtering to CS0411/CS0460 — was correctly left as-is: extension(...) blocks in the generated output aren't parseable by the test-pinned Roslyn version, a known limitation already documented in SnapshotTestBase.AssertGeneratedCodeHasNoNullableWarnings and MockGeneratorTests.Global_Namespace_Mock_Does_Not_Emit_Empty_Namespace_Prefix. Asserting zero errors here would make the test flaky/fail for unrelated reasons; targeted diagnostic filtering is the established pattern across this test file's siblings (Issue6491Tests.cs, Issue6634Tests.cs, KiotaMockTests.cs).

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)

tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs (2)

21-21: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use a collection expression for configured. Replace it with List<string> configured = ["configured"];.

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs` at line 21, Update the configured
variable initialization in Issue6670Tests to use a collection expression with
the explicit List<string> type, replacing the target-typed List constructor
while preserving the single "configured" element.

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Add CancellationToken cancellationToken to Hidden_Generic_Interface_Method_Mock_Works. TUnit injects the test cancellation token through a CancellationToken parameter, and this async test currently does not accept one.

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs` at line 18, Add a
CancellationToken parameter to the Hidden_Generic_Interface_Method_Mock_Works
async test method so TUnit can inject the test cancellation token, preserving
the existing test behavior.

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In `@tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6670Tests.cs`:
- Line 21: Update the configured variable initialization in Issue6670Tests to
use a collection expression with the explicit List<string> type, replacing the
target-typed List constructor while preserving the single "configured" element.
- Line 18: Add a CancellationToken parameter to the
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