File Release Notes and Changelog
Release Name: V2.5.1
Notes:
NUnit 2.5.1 - Version 2.5.1.9189 - July 8, 2009
New Features
Framework
* A new TestResult state has been defined for tests cancelled by the user.
Results with ResultState.Cancelled are reported as a type of failure and
no longer generate an ApplicationException.
* Parameterized test fixtures with TestCaseSource or ValueSource data are
now constructed using the appropriate parameterized constructor when test
cases are being created. This avoids the need for a default constructor
and permits use of member data initialized from the fixture parameters
in creating the test data.
* The TestCaseData class now supports use of a string or other array type
as the sole argument value, without the need to nest that array in an
object array.
* Abstract classes marked with TestFixtureAttribute are no longer reported
as ignored or non-runnable.
Note: This was changed in 2.5 but was omitted from the release notes.
* The methods in the Text class are now marked as obsolete. For string
constraints, use one of the following at the start of an expression:
o Is.StringContaining
o Is.StringStarting
o Is.StringEnding
o Is.StringMatching
Within an expression (afer Not, Some, All, And, Or, etc.) you may use
o Contains or ContainsSubstring
o StartsWith
o EndsWith
o Matches
* ThrowsConstraint now has a constructor taking an ActualValueDelegate
in addition to the constructor that takes a TestDelegate. This allows
simpler use of Lambda expressions under C# 3.0, but requires users of
pre-3.0 compilers to disambiguate their delegates by use of an explicit
return expression.
Core
* Individual test cases under a parameterized test are no longer sorted
by name within the test group but are run (and shown in the Gui) in the
order in which the data is retrieved.
Note: Since the order of retrieval of custom attributes is not
guaranteed by the CLR, the order of test cases will not necessarily
match the textual ordering of attributes in the source code. The
order of tests will vary across different compilers and CLR
versions as well.
* The XML test result file now contains a count of inconclusive results.
Gui
* The default icons in the Gui tree have been updated.
* Alternative icons placed by the user in the directory containing
nunit.uikit.dll may now be in PNG format. Icons are now recognized
for Skipped and Inconclusive status in addition to Success, Failure
and Ignored.
* A new setting option allows the user to disable checking for the
existence of files in the Recent Files list before listing them.
This prevents NUnit from appearing to freeze when the file is on
a network path that is no longer connected.
Extensibility
* The ITestCaseProvider2 and IDatapointProvider2 interfaces extend
ITestCaseProvider and IDatapointProvider with methods that include
the fixture for which the test case is being built. Providers may
implement either the old or the new interface, but the new interface
is required if the data source is contained in the test fixture
itself so that the fixture may be constructed with the proper
parameters in the case of a parameterized fixture.
Bug Fixes
* Lambda in Throws constraint was not compiling correctly.
* Null reference exception is no longer thrown when adding an
assembly to a new project that has not yet been saved.
* Dispose is now called on disposable types created while
loading test case parameters.
* Installations that copy NUnit to a single folder (no lib or
framework folders) now work correctly.
* Test Assemblies menu item is no longer enabled when no test
has been loaded
* The Text Output tab of the Settings dialog no longer causes an
exception when invoked from the mini-gui.
* Errors in various copyright statements were fixed and the year
updated to 2009.
* Control characters in test arguments are now escaped in the display.
* Additional control characters are now escaped in error messages.
* Miscellaneous typographic corrections were made to the documentation.
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