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Description

Creating a class mock throws NullReferenceException when its base constructor calls an overridden member, because the generated constructor assigns _engine only after base(...) returns. Wrapped mocks also initialize _wrappedInstance too late.

Initialize these instance fields before the base constructor using a generated, per-mock thread-local construction context. Factories restore the previous context in finally, including nested construction and exceptions. Constructor calls use the same engine as subsequent setup and verification, preserving call history, strict behavior, and base/wrapped fallback. The fields are assigned only by their initializers: C# specification 15.11.3 guarantees those assignments execute before the base constructor. Generated comments document this ordering. This adds no public runtime API or reflection and keeps implementation/factory syntax compatible with C# 11.

Related Issue

Fixes #6734

Type of Change

• Bug fix

Validation

• Reproduced the reported package failure on TUnit.Mocks 1.65.68 and .NET 9. The initial 18 runtime regression tests all failed against unchanged source.
• Added 20 runtime regression tests covering virtual and abstract methods, properties, indexers, events, async defaults, constructor overloads, inheritance, generics, multiple interfaces, strict behavior, nested/throwing/concurrent construction, and wrapped instances.
• Full TUnit.Mocks.Tests suites passed: 1,265 tests on .NET 8, 1,281 on .NET 9, and 1,282 on .NET 10. After refining test assertions, all 20 new tests passed again on all three frameworks.
• All 132 TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests passed on .NET 9, including the new snapshot and C# 11 implementation/factory compilation test. Reviewed and updated 18 existing snapshots.
• Roslyn 4.4, 4.7, and 4.14 generator variants built successfully.
• Native AOT publishing was attempted with dotnet publish tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests.csproj -c Release -f net9.0 -p:Aot=true --use-current-runtime. Native linking could not run because this machine lacks the Visual C++ linker (Platform linker not found). Native AOT execution remains unverified.

Checklist

• Read the contributing guidelines and followed repository code style.
• Added regression tests demonstrating the failure and corrected behavior.
• Ran the affected generator tests, reviewed snapshot changes, and committed only .verified.txt snapshots.
• Ran the relevant runtime suites across all supported target frameworks.

Core discovery/reflection paths and public runtime APIs are unchanged; their dual-mode and public API checks are not applicable.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Constructor-time callbacks now reliably access the active mock engine.
  • Improved partial and wrap mock initialization, including cleanup when construction fails.
  • Improved support for wrapped instances and nested or concurrent mock creation.

• Tests

  • Added regression coverage for constructor callbacks, partial and wrap mocks, inheritance, generics, events, async behavior, exceptions, and concurrency.
  • Added compatibility coverage for generated mocks using C# 11.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The mock source generator now uses thread-static construction contexts to initialize engine and wrapped-instance fields before base construction. Factories restore context state in finally blocks. Snapshot and runtime tests cover constructor callbacks and wrapped mocks.

Changes

Constructor-time mock initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Generator construction contexts src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockFactoryBuilder.cs, src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockImplBuilder.cs	Factories temporarily store construction state. Generated implementations read engine and wrapped-instance values from thread-static context fields.
Generated mock output updates tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Snapshots/*	Snapshots update partial, wrap, interface, abstract-class, and multi-interface mocks to use construction contexts and restore prior state.
Constructor callback regression coverage tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6734Tests.cs, tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6734Tests.cs	Tests validate generated C# 11 output and constructor callbacks across mock types, wrapped instances, nested construction, concurrency, exceptions, and member categories.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cc2f9

Mocks whose constructors invoke overridable members may still throw a NullReferenceException during construction, preventing the intended constructor-time callback behavior. This should be resolved before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Factory
  participant ConstructionContext
  participant MockImplementation
  participant BaseConstructor
  Factory->>ConstructionContext: Set engine and wrapped instance
  Factory->>MockImplementation: Create mock implementation
  MockImplementation->>ConstructionContext: Read fields before base construction
  MockImplementation->>BaseConstructor: Invoke base constructor
  BaseConstructor-->>MockImplementation: Execute constructor callbacks
  Factory->>ConstructionContext: Restore previous values in finally

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A rabbit checks the engine state,
Before base constructors activate,
Context fields hold the thread,
Finally restores what was set,
Tests keep each callback safe.

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Greptile Summary

This PR fixes constructor-time callbacks in class and wrapped mocks by transferring the active mock engine and wrapped instance through a per-generated-mock thread-local construction context.

• Initializes generated mock fields before the base constructor executes.
• Restores prior context in finally, preserving nested and exceptional construction behavior.
• Adds runtime regression, snapshot, and C# 11 compilation coverage.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with constructor context installed and restored correctly and no outstanding actionable findings.

The current generated factories establish context before object construction and restore prior values in finally, while generated instance initializers consume that context before base-constructor callbacks; the latest changes only remove repetitive generated comments and do not alter behavior.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockFactoryBuilder.cs	Scopes generated partial and wrapped mock construction with thread-local context setup and guaranteed restoration.
src/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator/Builders/MockImplBuilder.cs	Generates per-mock construction contexts and initializes callback-sensitive fields before base constructors run.
tests/TUnit.Mocks.SourceGenerator.Tests/Issue6734Tests.cs	Adds snapshot and C# 11 compilation coverage for the generated implementation and factory.
tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6734Tests.cs	Adds runtime regression coverage for constructor callbacks, wrapping, nesting, exceptions, and concurrency.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[Mock factory creates engine] --> B[Save previous thread-local context]
    B --> C[Install engine and optional wrapped instance]
    C --> D[Construct generated mock]
    D --> E[Instance field initializers read context]
    E --> F[Base constructor executes]
    F --> G[Overridden callback uses initialized mock state]
    G --> H[Complete wrapper creation]
    H --> I[Finally restores previous context]
    D -. exception .-> I

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Summary

The overall design for threading construction-time state through the factory (thread-static context + try/finally restore, including the wrap-mock instance) is a reasonable pattern for solving "the impl needs data before base() returns," and the test coverage around nesting, throwing, and concurrent construction (Nested_Construction_Keeps_Each_Instances_Call_History, Throwing_Nested_Constructor_Does_Not_Corrupt_Outer_Or_Later_Mocks, Concurrent_Construction_Keeps_Engines_Isolated) is thorough and well thought out. The C# 11 compile-compatibility test and the snapshot review discipline are also good practice.

Correctness concern: field initializers still run after base() returns, so this may not fix the reported NRE for the primary scenario

This is the one thing I'd want double-checked with a debugger/print statement before merging, because if I'm right it undermines the core premise of the fix.

MockImplBuilder.BuildPartialMockImpl (and BuildWrapMockImpl) initialize _engine via a field initializer:

private readonly global::TUnit.Mocks.MockEngine<global::ConstructorClient> _engine = ConstructorClientMockConstructionContext.Engine!;

and GeneratePartialConstructors/GenerateWrapConstructors still redundantly assign it again in the constructor body:

internal ConstructorClientMockImpl(MockEngine<ConstructorClient> engine) : base()
{
    _engine = engine;   // same value, same timing as before the fix
}

Per documented C# constructor semantics, when Derived : Base and Derived's constructor has a base(...) initializer (explicit or implicit), execution order is:

1. base(...) is invoked and runs to completion (including anything virtual it calls, dispatched to the most-derived override).
2. Only then does Derived's own instance field initializers run, in declaration order.
3. Then the rest of Derived's constructor body runs.

This is the exact mechanism behind the well-known "don't call virtual members from a constructor" pitfall (CA2214): if Base's constructor calls a method overridden in Derived, the override runs before Derived's own field initializers, so any Derived-declared field it touches is still its default value at that point.

Applied here: ConstructorClientMockImpl : ConstructorClient. base() runs ConstructorClient()'s constructor, which calls Call(). Virtual dispatch sends that to ConstructorClientMockImpl.Call(), which reads _engine. But _engine's field initializer (and the redundant body assignment) both live in ConstructorClientMockImpl's own constructor, which per the ordering above hasn't run yet at the point base() invokes Call(). So _engine should still be null at that moment, and _engine.TryHandleCall(...) should NRE just as before the fix — the thread-static context being populated ahead of time doesn't help if the field initializer that reads it executes too late to matter.

The same reasoning applies to the wrap-mock path: WrappedConstructorClientWrapMockImpl's own base(default(int)!) call invokes the mocked type's constructor before _engine/_wrappedInstance are populated.

I wasn't able to compile/run a minimal repro to verify this directly in this review environment (file writes/execution outside the checked-out repo are blocked here), so I can't be 100% certain — and the PR description states the added regression tests (e.g. Parameterless_Constructor_Records_Virtual_Call_And_Preserves_Base_Behavior, Wrap_Initializes_Engine_And_Wrapped_Instance_Before_Base_Callbacks) fail without the fix and pass with it, across three TFMs, which is a real data point against my analysis. Given that direct conflict, please double check this concretely — e.g. a breakpoint or Console.Error.WriteLine(_engine is null) at the top of the generated Call() override while constructing a plain ConstructorCallbackClient mock, or inspect the decompiled IL (sharplab.io reproduces the classic ordering very clearly). If _engine is genuinely non-null at that point, it would be worth a one-line comment on the field initializer explaining why, since a future cleanup could easily mistake it for genuinely-redundant dead code (given the ctor body reassigns the same value) and remove it, silently reintroducing the bug.

If the field initializer turns out not to help, a mechanism that would definitely work regardless of construction ordering is having the generated override read the thread-static/ambient context directly at call time as a fallback when the instance field is still unset — e.g. (_engine ?? ConstructorClientMockConstructionContext.Engine)!.TryHandleCall(...) — since that read happens when Call() executes, not when the object is constructed, so it's immune to the base-before-derived-initializer ordering entirely.

Minor

• The constructor-body reassignments (_engine = engine;, _wrappedInstance = wrappedInstance;) are redundant with the new field initializers for the final, post-construction value (same source value, and they run strictly after the initializers). If the field-initializer approach is confirmed to work as intended, these lines could be dropped for clarity — their continued presence reads a bit like a hedge against the very ordering concern raised above.

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Resolve construction context before derived initialization.

The factory sets the thread-static context before it creates the implementation, but C# runs the base constructor before derived field initializers. Therefore, _engine and _wrappedInstance are still null when a base constructor dispatches to an override. The override can then throw NullReferenceException. Use the active construction context during base construction, then use the instance fields after initialization. Add a regression test for a base constructor that calls a virtual member.

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Design: the thread-static "construction context" + factory try/finally restore is a reasonable pattern in general, and the coverage of nesting, throwing, and concurrent construction (Nested_Construction_Keeps_Each_Instances_Call_History, Throwing_Nested_Constructor_Does_Not_Corrupt_Outer_Or_Later_Mocks, Concurrent_Construction_Keeps_Engines_Isolated) is thorough. The C# 11 compile-compatibility test and reviewing/committing .verified.txt snapshots follow this repo's stated practice.

Correctness concern: the fix likely does not solve the reported bug, and a prior automated review on this PR already raised this unaddressed

MockImplBuilder.BuildPartialMockImpl/BuildWrapMockImpl now initialize _engine (and _wrappedInstance) via instance field initializers reading a thread-static construction context:

private readonly global::TUnit.Mocks.MockEngine<global::ConstructorClient> _engine = ConstructorClientMockConstructionContext.Engine!;

Per C# constructor-execution semantics (spec §15.11.3, and the exact mechanism behind the well-known "don't call virtual members from a base constructor" pitfall / CA2214): for Derived : Base, execution order is base(...) runs to completion first (including any virtual call it makes, dispatched to the most-derived override) — only then does Derived's own instance field initializers run, followed by the rest of Derived's constructor body.

Applied here: ConstructorClientMockImpl : ConstructorClient, and the generated ctor is : base(). base() invokes ConstructorClient()'s body (Call("default")), which virtually dispatches to ConstructorClientMockImpl.Call() — but _engine's field initializer belongs to ConstructorClientMockImpl's own constructor, which per the ordering above hasn't executed at that point. _engine should still be null, so _engine.TryHandleCall(...) should NRE — the same failure the PR is meant to fix. Framed differently: swapping the old _engine = engine; ctor-body assignment for a field initializer doesn't move the assignment before base() — both a field initializer and a ctor-body statement run strictly after base() completes, so this change doesn't cross the boundary that actually matters for the reported issue. The same applies to WrappedConstructorClientWrapMockImpl's base(default(int)!) call.

This exact concern was already posted on this PR by an earlier automated review (github-actions, on an earlier commit) and, based on the current diff/snapshots, does not appear to have been addressed — the implementation still relies solely on field initializers with no fallback.

I could not compile/run a repro in this review environment (process execution and file writes outside the checked-out repo are blocked here) to settle this empirically, and the PR description states the new regression tests (e.g. Parameterless_Constructor_Records_Virtual_Call_And_Preserves_Base_Behavior) pass across three TFMs, which is real evidence in tension with this analysis — so please double-check concretely (e.g. Console.Error.WriteLine(_engine is null) at the top of the generated Call() override while constructing a plain ConstructorCallbackClient mock, a debugger breakpoint, or inspecting the generated IL on sharplab.io) before merging.

Suggested fix if confirmed: don't cache the thread-static value into an instance field via an initializer — read it on demand at the point of use instead, e.g. a lazily-backed property:

private global::TUnit.Mocks.MockEngine<global::ConstructorClient>? _engineField;
private global::TUnit.Mocks.MockEngine<global::ConstructorClient> _engine
    => _engineField ??= ConstructorClientMockConstructionContext.Engine!;

This is immune to the ordering issue because the read happens when Call() actually executes (which could be during base(), during this class's own initializers, or later), and the factory has already populated the thread-static slot before calling new Impl(...) in every case.

Minor

• If the field-initializer approach turns out not to work, note that this PR also removed the old ctor-body _engine = engine; assignment entirely, so there'd be no working assignment path left at all — worth keeping in mind while fixing rather than just re-adding it (same timing, same problem).

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Summary

This PR fixes a real bug: when a mocked class's base constructor calls a virtual/abstract member overridden by the generated mock impl, the old code left _engine (and _wrappedInstance) unset until after base(...) returned, so the callback NRE'd. The fix threads the factory's MockEngine/wrapped instance through a [ThreadStatic] per-mock "construction context," consumed by instance field initializers on the generated impl class, with the factory saving/restoring the context in try/finally around construction (including the wrap-mock instance slot).

Correctness of the core mechanism — verified

A prior automated review (github-actions, posted twice, on two different commits) raised a fundamental objection: that C# runs base(...) to completion before the derived class's own field initializers, so caching the thread-static value into a field initializer wouldn't actually help — the field would still be unset when the base constructor's virtual call reaches the override.

That objection has it backwards. The actual (and well-known, if often misremembered) C# execution order for class Derived : Base with an implicit or explicit base(...) initializer is:

1. Derived's own instance field initializers run, in declaration order.
2. Base's constructor runs to completion (including any virtual dispatch back into Derived overrides).
3. Derived's own constructor body runs.

This is the exact mechanism behind the classic "don't call virtual members from a constructor" pitfall (CA2214): the override sees the derived class's field-initializer state, but not anything the derived constructor body would have assigned. It's also directly observable in the compiled IL — the compiler emits field-initializer assignments before the call instance void Base::.ctor() in the generated constructor, not after. I couldn't execute a standalone repro in this review sandbox (file writes/process execution outside the repo are blocked here too), but three independent lines of evidence agree with this reading and against the disputed comment:

• Greptile's independent review (5/5 confidence) describes the same flow: "Instance field initializers read context → Base constructor executes → Overridden callback uses initialized mock state."
• The new runtime regression suite (tests/TUnit.Mocks.Tests/Issue6734Tests.cs) asserts exactly this boundary-crossing behavior — e.g. Parameterless_Constructor_Records_Virtual_Call_And_Preserves_Base_Behavior checks GetAllCalls().Count == 1 and BaseCalls == 1 immediately after construction, which is only possible if _engine was non-null during the base-constructor-triggered callback. Per the PR description these pass on .NET 8/9/10.
• Wrap_Initializes_Engine_And_Wrapped_Instance_Before_Base_Callbacks and the nested/throwing/concurrent-construction tests specifically target the ordering and reentrancy guarantees this design depends on.

Given that, I don't think this objection should block the PR — it's based on an inverted statement of constructor-execution order, not a real gap in the fix.

Design notes

• Using [ThreadStatic] as a side-channel for constructor-time state is a bit of an unusual pattern, but it's the right shape for this problem: the field initializer that reads the thread-static value always runs synchronously on the same thread and same call stack as the factory's context.Engine = engine; new Impl(...) sequence, so there's no cross-thread race to worry about, and the try/finally restore correctly handles same-thread reentrancy (nested Mock.Of<T>()/Mock.Wrap() calls from within a constructor callback) and exceptional construction. The generic construction-context class is also correctly scoped per closed generic instantiation, so different Ts don't share state.
• Good catch removing the now-redundant _engine = engine; / _wrappedInstance = wrappedInstance; constructor-body assignments once the field initializers took over (2nd commit) — keeping both would have been confusing dead-looking code.
• The 3rd commit drops the // C# specification 15.11.3... comment from emitted mock code, but the equivalent explanation still lives as a source comment in MockImplBuilder.BuildConstructionContext (non-emitted). That's the better home for it — a future maintainer of the generator will see the invariant explained without every generated mock in every consumer's build output carrying an extra comment line.

Other

No public API, dual source-generator/reflection-engine, or AOT/trimming concerns apply here — mocks are compile-time-only source generation with no runtime-reflection counterpart. Snapshot updates are consistent with the source changes and CodeQL/Greptile/CodeRabbit all report clean.

Nice, well-tested fix — no changes requested from me.