How to run a test method with multiple parameters

Question

NUnit has a feature called Values, like below:

[Test]
public void MyTest(
    [Values(1,2,3)] int x,
    [Values("A","B")] string s)
{
    // ...
}

This means that the test method will run 6 times:

MyTest(1, "A")
MyTest(1, "B")
MyTest(2, "A")
MyTest(2, "B")
MyTest(3, "A")
MyTest(3, "B")

We're using MSTest now, is there any equivalent for this so that I can run the same test with multiple parameters?

[TestMethod]
public void Mytest()
{
    // ...
}

Answer 1

MSTest has a powerful attribute called DataSource, using this you can perform data driven test as you asked. You can have your test data in XML, CSV or in a database. Here are few links that will guide you

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/09/15/unit-testing-with-vsts2008-part-3.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182527.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243192.aspx

Hope this will help you.

Answer 2

MsTest does not support that feature but you can implement your own attribute to achieve that. have a look at the below:

http://blog.drorhelper.com/2011/09/enabling-parameterized-tests-in-mstest.html

Answer 3

It's very simple to implement - you should use TestContext property and TestPropertyAttribute.

Example

public TestContext TestContext { get; set; }
private List<string> GetProperties()
{
    return TestContext.Properties
        .Cast<KeyValuePair<string, object>>()
        .Where(_ => _.Key.StartsWith("par"))
        .Select(_ => _.Value as string)
        .ToList();
}

//usage
[TestMethod]
[TestProperty("par1", "http://getbootstrap.com/components/")]
[TestProperty("par2", "http://www.wsj.com/europe")]
public void SomeTest()
{
    var pars = GetProperties();
    //...
}

Answer 4

I couldn't get The DataRowAttribute to work in Visual Studio 2015, this is what I ended up with:

[TestClass]
public class Tests
{
    private Foo _toTest;

    [TestInitialize]
    public void Setup()
    {
        this._toTest = new Foo();       
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void ATest()
    {
        this.Perform_ATest(1, 1, 2);
        this.Setup();

        this.Perform_ATest(100, 200, 300);
        this.Setup();

        this.Perform_ATest(817001, 212, 817213);
        this.Setup();

    }

    private void Perform_ATest(int a, int b, int expected)
    {
        //Obviously this would be way more complex...

        Assert.IsTrue(this._toTest.Add(a,b) == expected);    
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    public int Add(int a, int b)
    {
        return a + b;
    }
}

The real solution here is to just use NUnit (unless you're stuck in MSTest like I am in this particular instance).

Answer 5

This feature is in pre-release now and works with VS 2015.

For example:

[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
    [DataTestMethod]
    [DataRow(1, 2, 2)]
    [DataRow(2, 3, 5)]
    [DataRow(3, 5, 8)]
    public void AdditionTest(int a, int b, int result)
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(result, a + b);
    }
}

Answer 6

EDIT 4: Looks like this is completed in MSTest V2 June 17, 2016: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalm/2016/06/17/taking-the-mstest-framework-forward-with-mstest-v2/

Original Answer:

As of about a week ago in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 something similar is now possible:

[DataTestMethod]
[DataRow(12,3,4)]
[DataRow(12,2,6)]
[DataRow(12,4,3)]
public void DivideTest(int n, int d, int q)
{
  Assert.AreEqual( q, n / d );
}

EDIT: It appears this is only available within the unit testing project for WinRT/Metro. Bummer

EDIT 2: The following is the metadata found using "Go To Definition" within Visual Studio:

#region Assembly Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework.dll, v11.0.0.0
// C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0\ExtensionSDKs\MSTestFramework\11.0\References\CommonConfiguration\neutral\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework.dll
#endregion

using System;

namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)]
    public class DataTestMethodAttribute : TestMethodAttribute
    {
        public DataTestMethodAttribute();

        public override TestResult[] Execute(ITestMethod testMethod);
    }
}

EDIT 3: This issue was brought up in Visual Studio's UserVoice forums. Last Update states:

STARTED · Visual Studio Team ADMIN Visual Studio Team (Product Team, Microsoft Visual Studio) responded · April 25, 2016 Thank you for the feedback. We have started working on this.

Pratap Lakshman Visual Studio

https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/330519-team-services/suggestions/3865310-allow-use-of-datatestmethod-datarow-in-all-unit