Get name of running test in Xunit

Question

Using Xunit, how can I get the name of the currently running test?

  public class TestWithCommonSetupAndTearDown : IDisposable
  {
    public TestWithCommonSetup         


        

Answer 1

You can use BeforeAfterTestAttribute to resolve your case. There are some ways to address your issue using Xunit, which would be to make sub-class of TestClassCommand, or FactAttribute and TestCommand, but I think that BeforeAfterTestAttribute is the simplest way. Check out the code below.

public class TestWithCommonSetupAndTearDown
{
    [Fact]
    [DisplayTestMethodName]
    public void Blub()
    {
    }

    private class DisplayTestMethodNameAttribute : BeforeAfterTestAttribute
    {
        public override void Before(MethodInfo methodUnderTest)
        {
            var nameOfRunningTest = "TODO";
            Console.WriteLine("Setup for test '{0}.'", methodUnderTest.Name);
        }

        public override void After(MethodInfo methodUnderTest)
        {
            var nameOfRunningTest = "TODO";
            Console.WriteLine("TearDown for test '{0}.'", methodUnderTest.Name);
        }
    }
}