How can we run a test method with multiple parameters in MSTest?

The Light picture The Light · Jan 26, 2012 · Viewed 147.2k times · Source

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 six times:

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

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

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

Answer

McAden picture McAden · Dec 4, 2012

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