Re: Updates to NUnit 2.5

Is "Factory without arguments" a ubique use case or an esoteric one? I
for one would like to clearly state were my Test Case data came from
(the Source)

I always think twice before making things "automagical" ...

2008/7/4 Charlie Poole <[email protected]>:
> Sounds like a good possibility, although it seems to share
> with "Factory" the deficiency of not making much sense when
> used without arguments.
>
> Maybe I should leave the attribute off in that case...
>
> What if
>  [Test]
>  public void Method(int x, int y) { ... }
> automatically searched for a factory within the class?
>
> Would that lead to confusion?
>
> Charlie
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Olof Bjarnason
>> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 1:27 PM
>> To: Charlie Poole
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [nunit-developer] Updates to NUnit 2.5
>>
>> What about "Source"? Or maybe that's already taken?
>>
>> 2008/7/4 Charlie Poole <[email protected]>:
>> > I just updated the online documentation to match what's in CVS.
>> > See for example:
>> >   http://nunit.org/?p=testCase&r=2.5
>> >   http://nunit.org/?p=factory&r=2.5
>> >   http://nunit.org/?p=testCaseFactory&r=2.5
>> >
>> > I'm still looking for suggestions regarding renaming
>> FactoryAttribute.
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: [email protected]
>> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of
>> >> Charlie Poole
>> >> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:27 PM
>> >> To: [email protected]
>> >> Subject: Re: [nunit-developer] Updates to NUnit 2.5
>> >>
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> Latest checkin finishes work on TestCaseFactories, which
>> are methods,
>> >> properties or fields that provide test cases to a
>> parameterized test.
>> >> There's one outstanding question I could use some ideas on
>> - see the
>> >> end of this note.
>> >>
>> >> TestCaseFactoryAttribute is an optional attribute that can
>> be used to
>> >> mark these factories. If used, it should specify the types of the
>> >> arguments provided... e.g.:
>> >>   [TestCaseFactory(typeof(int), typeof(int), typeof(string))]
>> >>
>> >> FactoryAttribute is used on the parameterized test itself
>> and has the
>> >> following forms:
>> >>   [Factory]
>> >>   [Factory(Type factoryType)]
>> >>   [Factory(string factoryNames)]
>> >>   [Factory(Type factoryType, string factoryNames)]
>> >>
>> >> factoryType is the type of the object that holds the factory,
>> >> defaulting to the same class as the test.
>> >>
>> >> factoryName is the name of the method, property or field
>> that serves
>> >> as a factory - or several names separated by commas.
>> >> It defaults to "find all compatible test factories in the type".
>> >>
>> >> If you are looking for compatible test factories, that's when you
>> >> need to mark them with the TestCaseFactoryAttribute.
>> >> Compatible means that the types match the argumets of the
>> test method.
>> >>
>> >> Here's the question: I'm still not happy with "Factory" to
>> identify
>> >> indicate that factories should be used, especially the
>> form without
>> >> any arguments. MbUnit uses "UsesFactories"
>> >> for a similar situation, so that might work. Any ideas?
>> >> Note that we will want to use the same attribute on individual
>> >> arguments as well as on methods.
>> >>
>> >> Charlie
>> >>
>> >>
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