Re: Updates to NUnit 2.5

2008/7/4 Charlie Poole <[email protected]>:
> It's not (entirely) automagical. If you don't specify
> where the arguments are to be found, then they must be
> provided by one or more members of the same class,
> annotated with TestCaseFactoryAttribute( Type, Type... )
> where the types match the required types of the method.
>
> Whether this is a normal use case is probably a matter
> of style. Some folks may want to specify all their
> test case factories by name, others may want NUnit
> to find them. Personally, I have only used this in
> order to test it. :-)

Are these two methods of specifying "test case sets" equivalent?
Or is one of them more general than the other?

>
> FWIW, I should mention that this is an approach that is
> familiar to mbUnit users, although the use of an array
> of types to characterize a factory is new to NUnit.
>
> Charlie
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Olof Bjarnason [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 2:05 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: Charlie Poole
>> Subject: Re: [nunit-developer] 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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