--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/MetroWpf/Stocks.Common/WebClientShim.cs	Tue Mar 20 13:37:46 2012 +0000
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+using System.Net;
+using System;
+
+namespace Stocks.Common
+{
+  // Shim to wrap WebClient component to allow the shim to 
+  // be mocked or stubbed for unit tests.
+  // Favours injection and composition over inheritence
+  public class WebClientShim : IWebClientShim
+  {
+    private WebClient _webClient;
+
+    public WebClientShim(WebClient webClient)
+    {
+      _webClient = webClient;
+    }
+
+    public string DownloadString(string address)
+    {
+      return _webClient.DownloadString(address).ToString();
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+      _webClient.Dispose();
+    }
+  }
+}
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