Comments on: I Want Assert.NotYetImplemented(); In .NET Test Frameworks

By: dotnetchris

dotnetchris — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:51:00 +0000

I had some confusion on what exactly this meant, mainly from omitting the body specifically . What James was saying is that you should omit the entire assignment of an It assertion.

It should_have_name_foo;

Will show up as inconclusive on test runners.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:31:37 +0000

We just renamed out our FactAttribute to ThenAttribute and then subclassed that to EventuallyThenAttribute and added a message for all skipped tests.

[Then] public void the_something_happens(){}

[EventuallyThen] public void the_something_happens(){}

We’re dragging out feet on moving to MSpec as well.

By: Igor Brejc

Igor Brejc — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:55:39 +0000

MbUnit has a number of different ways to achieve what you’re looking for:
see http://igorbrejc.net/development/continuous-integration/gallio-setting-test-outcome-anyway-you-like

and http://igorbrejc.net/development/continuous-integration/gallio-filter-attributes-for-test-methods

By: derick.bailey

derick.bailey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:57:59 +0000

to the peeps that suggested Assert.Fail or throwing a NotImplementedException: you might want to read the blog post you are commenting on. :)

to everyone else: good suggestions! I’m not a fan of Ignore, honestly. i think the semantics between ignore and not yet implemented are significant, but that would at least work. i’ll have to try out the Assert.Inconclusive, too. I was not aware of that assertion.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:45:53 +0000

I second (third?) the call for the [Ignore] attribute. I committed a few “stub” tests just last night using that approach. :)

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:38:08 +0000

There is also the option of making the class or method under test throw a NotImplementedException and expect that exception in your test.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:03:41 +0000

Could you create an Assert extention method that just called Assert.Ignore() ?

By: Harry Steinhilber

Harry Steinhilber — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:50:37 +0000

MSpec already has this functionality. Simply declare but don’t assign the It delegate:

It should_do_something_I_will_care_about_soon;

This will generate a not implemented message very similar to how RSpec does it.

By: Alastair Smith

Alastair Smith — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:15:12 +0000

Have you considered Assert.Inconclusive(“Not yet implemented”)? This should give you the nice yellow test result you seek, and should work with existing CI software too. It’s definitely in NUnit 2.5, maybe 2.4 also.

IgnoreAttribute is also a good option, as other commenters have mentioned. There may be important semantic differences between Assert.Inconclusive() and IgnoreAttribute that I’ve missed.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:20:58 +0000

If you wanted failing tests to remind you where you left off, you could use Assert.Fail(“Not yet implemented”) in the test body.