nUnit TestFixtureSetup runs for each test

[sreekanth n]

I am trying to run Telerik Framework Test using NUnit (through visual studio). And I need to initialize some variables before the tests run. I am using [TestFixtureSetUp] and [TestFixtureTearDown] for this. But it seems that these are being executed for each and every [Test] Method ([TestFixtureSetUp] and [TestFixtureTearDown] should be only once!)

    [TestFixtureSetUp]
    public void MyTestInitialize()
    {
        SetUpAndTearDown setup = new SetUpAndTearDown();
        myDriver = setup.SetupTestEnvironment("ie");
    }

    [Test]
    public void Grid()
    {
        //code for gird
    }

    [Test]
    public void Box()
    {
        //code for Box
    }

    [TestFixtureTearDown]
    public void CleanUp()
    {
        SetUpAndTearDown teardown = new SetUpAndTearDown();
        teardown.TearDownTestEnvironment(myDriver);
    }
I am using NUnit - 2.6.2 Visul studio 2010 ultimate

[Velin Koychev]

Hello Sreekanth,

I am sorry to hear that  you are experiencing this issue.

You are right that if you have structured correctly your tests, what is inside [TestFixtureSetUp] and should be executed only once prior to executing any of the tests in the fixture as you can read in NUnit documentation. Only what is inside [SetUp] and [TearDown] will be executed for every test.

Here's a the way we recommend structuring NUnit tests:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Controls.HtmlControls;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Controls.HtmlControls.HtmlAsserts;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.ObjectModel;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.TestAttributes;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.TestTemplates;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Win32.Dialogs;

using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Silverlight;
using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Silverlight.UI;

using NUnit.Framework;
using Core = NUnit.Core;

namespace ConfirmDialog
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for TelerikNUnitTest1
    /// </summary>
    [TestFixture]
    public class TelerikNUnitTest1 : BaseTest
    {

        #region [Setup / TearDown]

        /// <summary>
        /// Initialization for each test.
        /// </summary>
        [SetUp]
        public void MyTestInitialize()
        {
            #region WebAii Initialization

            // Initializes WebAii manager to be used by the test case.
            // If a WebAii configuration section exists, settings will be
            // loaded from it. Otherwise, will create a default settings
            // object with system defaults.
            //
            // Note: We are passing in a delegate to the NUnit's TestContext.Out.
            // WriteLine() method. This way any logging
            // done from WebAii (i.e. Manager.Log.WriteLine()) is
            // automatically logged to same output as NUnit.
            //
            // If you do not care about unifying the log, then you can simply
            // initialize the test by calling Initialize() with no parameters;
            // that will cause the log location to be picked up from the config
            // file if it exists or will use the default system settings.
            // You can also use Initialize(LogLocation) to set a specific log
            // location for this test.

            // Pass in 'true' to recycle the browser between test methods
            Initialize(false, new TestContextWriteLine(Console.Out.WriteLine));

            // If you need to override any other settings coming from the
            // config section or you don't have a config section, you can
            // comment the 'Initialize' line above and instead use the
            // following:

            /*

            // This will get a new Settings object. If a configuration
            // section exists, then settings from that section will be
            // loaded

            Settings settings = GetSettings();

            // Override the settings you want. For example:
            settings.Web.DefaultBrowser = BrowserType.FireFox;

            // Now call Initialize again with your updated settings object
            Initialize(settings, new TestContextWriteLine(Console.Out.WriteLine));

            */

            #endregion

            //
            // Place any additional initialization here
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up after each test.
        /// </summary>
        [TearDown]
        public void MyTestCleanUp()
        {
            //
            // Place any additional cleanup here
            //

            #region WebAii CleanUp

            // Shuts down WebAii manager and closes all browsers currently running
            this.CleanUp();

            #endregion
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called after all tests in this class are executed.
        /// </summary>
        [TestFixtureTearDown]
        public void FixtureCleanup()
        {
            // This will shut down all browsers if
            // recycleBrowser is turned on. Else
            // will do nothing.
            ShutDown();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

In order to help you best, please provide us a sample tests against a public website that we can test and give you a solution for this issue.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Velin Koychev
Telerik