Sharing State Amongst TestMethods in MSTest

Answer 1

Vyas, I agree with Chad that you're still doing it wrong.

That said, you can look into using the TestContext object.

See http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsqualitytools/archive/2006/01/10/511030.aspx

Answer 2

As Chad had pointed out, it seems that I have no alternative but to use a single test [For once the tool is forcing me to do the right thing ;)] to test the whole flow.

Seems that I could use TestContext.BeginTimer & EndTimer to time each call in the method.

Here's the link to MSDN Forum where I received this answer

Answer 3

You can share data between test methods using static members.

For example:

private static List<string> SharedValues = new List<string>();

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{
   SharedValues.Add("Awesome!");
}

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod2()
{
   SharedValues.Add("Thanks for the answer!");
}

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod3()
{
    Assert.IsTrue(SharedValues.Contains("Awesome!"));
    Assert.IsTrue(SharedValues.Contains("Thanks for the answer!"));
}

Copy this code and create a new ordered test, testing TestMethod1,TestMethod2,TestMethod3. It'll pass!