我正在构建一个类库,它将有一些公共和私有方法。我希望能够对私有方法进行单元测试(主要是在开发过程中,但也可以用于将来的重构)。
正确的做法是什么?
我正在构建一个类库,它将有一些公共和私有方法。我希望能够对私有方法进行单元测试(主要是在开发过程中,但也可以用于将来的重构)。
正确的做法是什么?
当前回答
一种方法是保护您的方法,并编写一个继承要测试的类的测试fixture。这样,您既没有将方法公开,但是启用了测试。
其他回答
I don't agree with the "you should only be interested in testing the external interface" philosophy. It's a bit like saying that a car repair shop should only have tests to see if the wheels turn. Yes, ultimately I'm interested in the external behavior but I like my own, private, internal tests to be a bit more specific and to the point. Yes, if I refactor, I may have to change some of the tests, but unless it's a massive refactor, I'll only have to change a few and the fact that the other (unchanged) internal tests still work is a great indicator that the refactoring has been successful.
You can try to cover all internal cases using only the public interface and theoretically it's possible to test every internal method (or at least every one that matters) entirely by using the public interface but you may have to end up standing on your head to achieve this and the connection between the test cases being run through the public interface and the internal portion of the solution they're designed to test may be difficult or impossible to discern. Having pointed, individual tests that guarantee that the internal machinery is working properly is well worth the minor test changes that come about with refactoring - at least that's been my experience. If you have to make huge changes to your tests for every refactoring, then maybe this doesn't make sense, but in that case, maybe you ought to rethink your design entirely. A good design should be flexible enough to allow for most changes without massive redesigns.
我还使用了InternalsVisibleToAttribute方法。值得一提的是,如果你为了达到这个目的而将你之前的私有方法变成内部方法,那么也许它们不应该成为直接单元测试的对象。
毕竟,您是在测试类的行为,而不是它的具体实现——您可以在不更改前者的情况下更改后者,并且您的测试仍然应该通过。
CC -Dprivate=public
“CC”是我使用的系统上的命令行编译器。-Dfoo=bar相当于#define foo bar。因此,这个编译选项有效地将所有私有内容更改为公共。
测试私有方法可能没有用处。然而,我有时也喜欢从测试方法调用私有方法。大多数时候为了防止代码重复用于测试数据生成…
微软为此提供了两种机制:
访问器
转到类定义的源代码 右键单击类名 选择“创建私有访问器” 选择要在其中创建访问器的项目 你将得到一个名为foo_accessor的新类。 该类将在编译期间动态生成,并提供所有公共成员。
然而,当涉及到原始类的接口更改时,该机制有时有点棘手。所以,大多数时候我避免使用这个。
PrivateObject类 另一种方法是使用microsoft。visualstudio。testtools。unittest。privateobject
// Wrap an already existing instance
PrivateObject accessor = new PrivateObject( objectInstanceToBeWrapped );
// Retrieve a private field
MyReturnType accessiblePrivateField = (MyReturnType) accessor.GetField( "privateFieldName" );
// Call a private method
accessor.Invoke( "PrivateMethodName", new Object[] {/* ... */} );
我使用PrivateObject类。但如前所述,最好避免测试私有方法。
Class target = new Class();
PrivateObject obj = new PrivateObject(target);
var retVal = obj.Invoke("PrivateMethod");
Assert.AreEqual(retVal);