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Catel - Part 4 of n: Unit testing with Catel

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This article explains how to write unit tests for MVVM using Catel.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="IMessageService.cs" company="Catel development team">
//   Copyright (c) 2008 - 2011 Catel development team. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
// <summary>
//   Available message results.
// </summary>
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System;

namespace Catel.MVVM.Services
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Available message results.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// Although directly extracted from the WPF <see cref="MessageBoxResult"/>, this enum provides more flexibility to use
	/// other ways to show messages to the user instead of the default <see cref="MessageBox"/>.
	/// </remarks>
	public enum MessageResult
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// No result available.
		/// </summary>
		None,

		/// <summary>
		/// Message is acknowledged.
		/// </summary>
		OK,

		/// <summary>
		/// Message is canceled.
		/// </summary>
		Cancel,

		/// <summary>
		/// Message is acknowledged with yes.
		/// </summary>
		Yes,

		/// <summary>
        /// Message is acknowledged with no.
		/// </summary>
		No
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Available message buttons.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// Although directly extracted from the WPF <see cref="MessageBoxButton"/>, this enum provides more flexibility to use
	/// other ways to show messages to the user instead of the default <see cref="MessageBox"/>.
	/// </remarks>
	public enum MessageButton
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// OK button.
		/// </summary>
		OK,

		/// <summary>
		/// OK and Cancel buttons.
		/// </summary>
		OKCancel,

		/// <summary>
		/// Yes and No buttons.
		/// </summary>
		YesNo,

		/// <summary>
		/// Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
		/// </summary>
		YesNoCancel
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Available message images.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// Although directly extracted from the WPF <see cref="MessageBoxImage"/>, this enum provides more flexibility to use
	/// other ways to show messages to the user instead of the default <see cref="MessageBox"/>.
	/// </remarks>
	public enum MessageImage
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Show no image.
		/// </summary>
		None,

		/// <summary>
		/// Information image.
		/// </summary>
		Information,

		/// <summary>
		/// Question image.
		/// </summary>
		Question,

		/// <summary>
		/// Exclamation image.
		/// </summary>
		Exclamation,

		/// <summary>
		/// Error image.
		/// </summary>
		Error,

		/// <summary>
		/// Stop image.
		/// </summary>
		Stop,

		/// <summary>
		/// Warning image.
		/// </summary>
		Warning
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Interface for the message service.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IMessageService
	{
        /// <summary>
        /// Shows the error.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="exception">The exception.</param>
	    void ShowError(Exception exception);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the error.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		void ShowError(string message);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the error.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
		void ShowError(string message, string caption);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the warning.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		void ShowWarning(string message);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the warning.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
		void ShowWarning(string message, string caption);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the information.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		void ShowInformation(string message);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the information.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
		void ShowInformation(string message, string caption);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the specified message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="MessageResult"/>.</returns>
		MessageResult Show(string message);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the specified message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="MessageResult"/>.</returns>
		MessageResult Show(string message, string caption);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the specified message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
		/// <param name="button">The button.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="MessageResult"/>.</returns>
		MessageResult Show(string message, string caption, MessageButton button);

		/// <summary>
		/// Shows the specified message.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
		/// <param name="caption">The caption.</param>
		/// <param name="button">The button.</param>
		/// <param name="icon">The icon to show.</param>
		/// <returns>The <see cref="MessageResult"/>.</returns>
		MessageResult Show(string message, string caption, MessageButton button, MessageImage icon);
	}
}

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