Scaffolding properties on object/input

Question

Is there a way (via Visual Studio add-on or an extension) to automatically expand properties of an complex type that is used to feed input into a method call under test.

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod()
{
	var foo = new Foo
        {
		Property1 = 3,
		Property2 = 1.68m,
		Property3 = EnumValue.Value1,
		Property4 = new Bar
		{
			PropertyB1 = 1,	
			PropertyB2 = "test",
		},
		Property5 = "Abc"
	};
	var restult = Method(foo);
	Assert.AreEqual(1, restult);
}

Visual Studio Unit Test Wizard does create a TestMethod scaffolding; but leaves complex types will a null assignment.  It would be desirable to have all the properties written out; such that only the values then would have to be typed in.

Answer 1

Hi Mike,

Thank you for posting in the MSDN forum.

Based on your description, you want to extend the Visual Studio Unit Test, I did some research about this issue, I don’t find a complete solution, but I find a blog about Extending the Visual Studio Unit Test Type, hope it can provide useful information.

If no help, you can send the feature request via: http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio  Microsoft engineers will evaluate them seriously, thanks for your understanding.

Best Regards,

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Jack Zhai [MSFT]
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