Class MemberDataAttributeBase

Provides a base class for attributes that will provide member data. The member data must return something compatible with . Caution: the property is completely enumerated by .ToList() before any test is run. Hence it should return independent object sets.

Inheritance
Object
DataAttribute
MemberDataAttributeBase
MemberDataAttribute
Inherited Members
Namespace: Xunit
Assembly: xunit.core.dll
Syntax
public abstract class MemberDataAttributeBase : DataAttribute

Constructors

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MemberDataAttributeBase(String, Object[])

Initializes a new instance of the MemberDataAttributeBase class.

Declaration
protected MemberDataAttributeBase(string memberName, object[] parameters)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String memberName

The name of the public static member on the test class that will provide the test data
Object[] parameters

The parameters for the member (only supported for methods; ignored for everything else)

Properties

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DisableDiscoveryEnumeration

Returns true if the data attribute wants to skip enumerating data during discovery. This will cause the theory to yield a single test case for all data, and the data discovery will be during test execution instead of discovery.

Declaration
public bool DisableDiscoveryEnumeration { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Boolean
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MemberName

Gets the member name.

Declaration
public string MemberName { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
String
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MemberType

Gets or sets the type to retrieve the member from. If not set, then the property will be retrieved from the unit test class.

Declaration
public Type MemberType { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Type
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Parameters

Gets or sets the parameters passed to the member. Only supported for static methods.

Declaration
public object[] Parameters { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
Object[]

Methods

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ConvertDataItem(MethodInfo, Object)

Converts an item yielded by the data member to an object array, for return from GetData(MethodInfo).

Declaration
protected abstract object[] ConvertDataItem(MethodInfo testMethod, object item)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MethodInfo testMethod

The method that is being tested.
Object item

An item yielded from the data member.
Returns
Type Description
Object[]

An object[] suitable for return from GetData(MethodInfo).
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GetData(MethodInfo)

Declaration
public override IEnumerable<object[]> GetData(MethodInfo testMethod)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MethodInfo testMethod
Returns
Type Description
IEnumerable<Object[]>
Overrides