Run code once before and after ALL tests in xUnit.net

Question

TL;DR - I\'m looking for xUnit\'s equivalent of MSTest\'s AssemblyInitialize (aka the ONE feature it has that I like).

Specifically I\'m looking for it

Answer 1

You can use IUseFixture interface to make this happen. Also all of your test must inherit TestBase class. You can also use OneTimeFixture directly from your test.

public class TestBase : IUseFixture>
{
    protected ApplicationFixture Application;

    public void SetFixture(OneTimeFixture data)
    {
        this.Application = data.Fixture;
    }
}

public class ApplicationFixture : IDisposable
{
    public ApplicationFixture()
    {
        // This code run only one time
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        // Here is run only one time too
    }
}

public class OneTimeFixture where TFixture : new()
{
    // This value does not share between each generic type
    private static readonly TFixture sharedFixture;

    static OneTimeFixture()
    {
        // Constructor will call one time for each generic type
        sharedFixture = new TFixture();
        var disposable = sharedFixture as IDisposable;
        if (disposable != null)
        {
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DomainUnload += (sender, args) => disposable.Dispose();
        }
    }

    public OneTimeFixture()
    {
        this.Fixture = sharedFixture;
    }

    public TFixture Fixture { get; private set; }
}

EDIT: Fix the problem that new fixture create for each test class.