Get EmptyHttpResult in RDF via reflection

src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs

@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ public static partial class RequestDelegateFactory
     private static readonly MemberExpression FormFilesExpr = Expression.Property(FormExpr, typeof(IFormCollection).GetProperty(nameof(IFormCollection.Files))!);
     private static readonly MemberExpression StatusCodeExpr = Expression.Property(HttpResponseExpr, typeof(HttpResponse).GetProperty(nameof(HttpResponse.StatusCode))!);
     private static readonly MemberExpression CompletedTaskExpr = Expression.Property(null, (PropertyInfo)GetMemberInfo<Func<Task>>(() => Task.CompletedTask));
-    private static readonly NewExpression EmptyHttpResultValueTaskExpr = Expression.New(typeof(ValueTask<object>).GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(EmptyHttpResult) })!, Expression.Property(null, typeof(EmptyHttpResult), nameof(EmptyHttpResult.Instance)));
-
+    // Due to https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/41330 we cannot reference the EmptyHttpResult type
+    // but users still need to assert on it as in https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/45063
+    // so we temporarily work around this here by using reflection to get the actual type.
+    private static readonly NewExpression EmptyHttpResultValueTaskExpr = Expression.New(typeof(ValueTask<object>).GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(IResult) })!, Expression.Property(null, Type.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results")!.GetProperty("Empty")!));
+    private static readonly object? EmptyHttpResultInstance = Type.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results")!.GetProperty("Instance")!.GetValue(null, null);
     private static readonly ParameterExpression TempSourceStringExpr = ParameterBindingMethodCache.TempSourceStringExpr;
     private static readonly BinaryExpression TempSourceStringNotNullExpr = Expression.NotEqual(TempSourceStringExpr, Expression.Constant(null));
     private static readonly BinaryExpression TempSourceStringNullExpr = Expression.Equal(TempSourceStringExpr, Expression.Constant(null));
@@ -2154,32 +2157,34 @@ static async Task ExecuteAwaited(ValueTask task)
 
     private static ValueTask<object?> ExecuteTaskWithEmptyResult(Task task)
     {
+        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null);
         static async ValueTask<object?> ExecuteAwaited(Task task)
         {
             await task;
-            return EmptyHttpResult.Instance;
+            return EmptyHttpResultInstance;
         }
 
         if (task.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
         {
-            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResult.Instance);
+            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResultInstance);
         }
 
         return ExecuteAwaited(task);
     }
 
     private static ValueTask<object?> ExecuteValueTaskWithEmptyResult(ValueTask valueTask)
     {
+        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null);
         static async ValueTask<object?> ExecuteAwaited(ValueTask task)
         {
             await task;
-            return EmptyHttpResult.Instance;
+            return EmptyHttpResultInstance;
         }
 
         if (valueTask.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
         {
             valueTask.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResult.Instance);
+            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResultInstance);
         }
 
         return ExecuteAwaited(valueTask);
@@ -2507,24 +2512,6 @@ private static void FormatTrackedParameters(RequestDelegateFactoryContext factor
         }
     }
 
-    // Due to cyclic references between Http.Extensions and
-    // Http.Results, we define our own instance of the `EmptyHttpResult`
-    // type here.
-    private sealed class EmptyHttpResult : IResult
-    {
-        private EmptyHttpResult()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public static EmptyHttpResult Instance { get; } = new();
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public Task ExecuteAsync(HttpContext httpContext)
-        {
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-        }
-    }
-
     private sealed class RdfEndpointBuilder : EndpointBuilder
     {
         public RdfEndpointBuilder(IServiceProvider applicationServices)

src/Http/Http.Extensions/test/RequestDelegateFactoryTests.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Json;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Patterns;
@@ -97,7 +98,18 @@ public async Task RequestDelegateInvokesAction(Delegate @delegate)
     {
         var httpContext = CreateHttpContext();
 
-        var factoryResult = RequestDelegateFactory.Create(@delegate);
+        var factoryResult = RequestDelegateFactory.Create(@delegate, new RequestDelegateFactoryOptions()
+        {
+            EndpointBuilder = CreateEndpointBuilderFromFilterFactories(new List<Func<EndpointFilterFactoryContext, EndpointFilterDelegate, EndpointFilterDelegate>>()
+            {
+                (routeHandlerContext, next) => async (context) =>
+                {
+                    var response = await next(context);
+                    Assert.IsType<EmptyHttpResult>(response);
+                    return response;
+                }
+            }),
+        });
         var requestDelegate = factoryResult.RequestDelegate;
 
         await requestDelegate(httpContext);
@@ -7075,6 +7087,34 @@ public void Create_Populates_EndpointBuilderWithRequestDelegateAndMetadata()
         Assert.Same(options.EndpointBuilder.Metadata, result.EndpointMetadata);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RDF_CanAssertOnEmptyResult()
+    {
+        var @delegate = (string name, HttpContext context) => context.Items.Add("param", name);
+
+        var result = RequestDelegateFactory.Create(@delegate, new RequestDelegateFactoryOptions()
+        {
+            EndpointBuilder = CreateEndpointBuilderFromFilterFactories(new List<Func<EndpointFilterFactoryContext, EndpointFilterDelegate, EndpointFilterDelegate>>()
+            {
+                (routeHandlerContext, next) => async (context) =>
+                {
+                    var response = await next(context);
+                    Assert.IsType<EmptyHttpResult>(response);
+                    Assert.Same(Results.Empty, response);
+                    return response;
+                }
+            }),
+        });
+
+        var httpContext = CreateHttpContext();
+        httpContext.Request.Query = new QueryCollection(new Dictionary<string, StringValues>
+        {
+            ["name"] = "Tester"
+        });
+
+        await result.RequestDelegate(httpContext);
+    }
+
     private class ParameterListRequiredStringFromDifferentSources
     {
         public HttpContext? HttpContext { get; set; }