Mocking ICountryFactory is impossible

[gharizanov]

I’m trying to mock ICountryFactory but with no luck. Here is the code:

    var _countryFactory = new Mock<ICountryFactory>();

        _countryFactory
            .Setup(f => f.CreateCountry(It.IsAny<string>()))
            .Returns(new Country
            {
                Name = "Switzerland"
            });

And then I get these errors:

• The type 'PostalCodes.Country' has no constructors defined
• Property or indexer 'Name' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only

[istanishev]

As a work around you can do something like this:

        var _countryFactory = new Mock<ICountryFactory>();

        _countryFactory
            .Setup(f => f.CreateCountry(It.IsAny<string>()))
            .Returns( CountryFactory.CreateCountry("CH") );

Not sure if this actually helps so I'm curious to understand what is the use case?