I ran into this today when using the “extract interface” refactoring ability
in Visual Studio 2005…Object Test Bench? What is that about? Well, it’s pretty slick.
Let’s say I make a class called SeanMath and develop the the best, most original
function called Add to add a couple of integers together.
public class SeanMath
{
public static int Add(int a, int b) {
return a + b;
}
}
If I want to test my really cool Add method (see
Figure 1)
- I go to Class View
- Right-click SeanMath
- Point to “Invoke Static Method”
- Point to my Add method
Then it prompts me to enter in my parameters as shown in
Figure 2…After
I click OK, my results are displayed as shown in
Figure 3.
Of course, you can do this with non-static methods as well. There is one extra
step to do that, and that is to use the “Create Instance” command first as
illustrated in
Figure 4.
Next, I assign the instance an object name as shown in
Figure 5. After
I name my object, it appears in the Object Test Bench (on the bottom of the IDE
by default) as shown in
Figure 6.
Next, I right click on my object, and invoke the Add method as shown in
Figure 7. From this point, it works just like the “Invoke Static Method” functionality
I described above.
Pretty slick, huh? :-)
