MbUnit Re: XmlDataProvider attribute

[David Strickland]

To tag on to what Jay said.  Attributes are handled at compile time and are emitted as part of the intermediate code and therefore cannot be determined dynamically.  I ran a test here using the “const string attrName” and that works fine, but only moves the const from one form/ place to another.   Attributes are a little funny since they can be queried dynamically but are actually static.     From: MbUnitUser@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Flowers Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:12 AM To: MbUnitUser@googlegroups.com Subject: MbUnit Re: XmlDataProvider attribute   Nope.  That is a limitation of attributes. On 5/18/06, Ranji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Folks - I am attempting to use the "DataFixture" attribute - specifically I am having problem with the string resource I specify for the XML file in the XmlDataProvider attribute. If I use a constant _expression_ for the first argument, MbUnit is able to parse the specified XML file resource and spit out the test cases. Unfortunately, these tests are designed to be run on the build machine (and possibly other machines) where the path of the XML resource is not absolute - it can be located (and found in a fixed location) relative to the application home directory. So in effect if I tried this - class UnitTestSuite {      public static readonly String OSP_HOME = FindHomeDirectory();      public static readonly String REG_PATH = OSP_HOME + some string;      public static readonly String XML_FILE = REG_PATH + "test.xml";      .... } If I used UnitTestSuite.XML_FILE  as the first argument to the XmlDataProvider() attribute, I receive the following error messge - "An attribute argument must be a constant _expression_, typeof _expression_ or array creation _expression_" Is there any way I can circumvent this problem by not using a constant _expression_? Would like to avoid it at all costs - would really be my last resort though. Cheers Ranji -- Jay Flowers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jayflowers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MbUnit.User" group. To post to this group, send email to MbUnitUser@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MbUnitUser -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---