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Tests and linting

Mapperly is continuously tested by GitHub Actions. Tests are separated into integration and unit tests located in the test directory and use xUnit and VerifyTests. You can run the tests by running

dotnet test

or by running the discovered tests in your IDE.

Unit tests​

The unit tests are located in the tests/Riok.Mapperly.*.Tests projects. These unit tests usually test exactly one unit of code or one type of mapping by isolating its code and verifying the reported diagnostics and the emitted code. Unit tests are easy to debug (you can debug them like any other code), but be reminded that these kind of tests only run on the latest supported target framework.

The TestSourceBuilder class can be used to generate the source code of a Mapper class. The TestHelper class can be used to run the source generator and assert or snapshot the result.

Integration tests​

The integration tests are located in tests/Riok.Mapperly.IntegrationTests. Integration tests are implementations of "a bit of everything" mappers. The generated code as well as the mapped objects are verified. These tests run locally by referencing the source generator as an analyzer. In the CI pipeline, the integration tests reference the built NuGet package and are run on several supported target frameworks (including .NET 7.0 but also .NET Framework).

If the content of the snapshot is different depending on the target framework used, [VersionedSnapshot(...)] can be applied on a test class or method. The version of each version, which produces a changed snapshot content should be passed to the VersionedSnapshotAttribute. Eg. if a snapshots content is different for .NET 6.0, .NET 7.0 and .NET Framework 4.8 but .NET 8.0 is the same as .NET 7.0, [VersionedSnapshot(Versions.NET6_0 | Versions.NET7_0)] can be applied. The resulting snapshot is then stored three times: in default for .NET Framework 4.8, in NET6_0 for .NET 6.0 and in NET7_0 for .NET 7.0 and later. You may need to manually update older versions. The received snapshots of the tests are saved in the GitHub Actions as artifacts and can be downloaded.

Debugging integration tests is a lot harder than debugging unit tests. Therefore if an integration test needs to be debugged, it is often easier to implement an unit test for the to be tested behaviour and debug the unit test instead of the integration test. See also the debugging documentation topic on how to debug Mapperly.

VerifyTests​

Several tests use VerifyTests/Verify and VerifyTests/Verify.SourceGenerators to verify reported diagnostics and snapshot emitted code. To work with the tests of Mapperly you may find it helpful to read the documentation of it.

Linting​

The source of Mapperly is linted with multiple dotnet analyzers. To fix issues locally run

dotnet csharpier .
dotnet format style
dotnet format analyzers

and to verify there are no issues run

dotnet csharpier --check .
dotnet format style --verify-no-changes
dotnet format analyzers --verify-no-changes

CSharpier should be run automatically via a git hook on commit.