How to write unit test for a controller about zf2-restful-module-skeleton

[nXqd]

@scaraveos can you provide me a good template to write test for restful service in zf2. Thanks a lot :)

[scaraveos]

@nXqd I suggest that you code your application logic in library package/classes. In my opinion the controller should be doing something very simple as instantiating a library object, feeding it with data, calling a method to fulfill a specific request and finally returning the method result.

If you do that, you do not need to test the controller but the library which is much more straight forward and you keep your code tidy.

If you still want to test your controller you need to instantiate the controller and call the right action. Ie:

$event = new \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent();
$event->setRouteMatch(new \Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteMatch(array()));

$controller = new \Main\Controller\TestController();
$controller->setEvent($event);

$routeMatch = $controller->getEvent()->getRouteMatch();
$routeMatch->setMatchedRouteName('restful');

$result = $controller->getList();

..... assert $result data ....

[nXqd]

I use angularJS as front end and zf2 as restful webservice only. So I think it's still best to test restful resource. Since I'm quite new to zf2 so I'm open for any suggestions.

In your example, it seems to take care the result but I want to test the request and response status as well. I come up with a small unit test but it doesn't seem to work. Can you help me :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14210463/restful-controller-in-zendframework-2-how-does-its-parameter-work

[scaraveos]

I gave a brief explanation (at the above link) of how ZF2 internally calls the controller methods. I am closing this issue as it is not related with this module but rather it's a general ZF2 question.