Sailfish Variables

Sailfish variables allow you to create multiple test cases with different test class states.

Create a variable by appling one of two variable attributes to a public property:

SalifishVariable Attribute

[Sailfish]
public class Example
{
    [SailfishVariable(10, 100, 1000)] // params object[]
    public int SleepPeriod { get; set; }

    [SailfishMethod]
    public void Method()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(SleepPeriod)
    }
}

SailfishRangeVariable Attribute

[Sailfish]
public class Example
{
    [SailfishRangeVariable(start: 1, count: 3, step: 100)]
    public int SleepPeriod { get; set; }

    [SailfishMethod]
    public void Method()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(SleepPeriod)
    }
}

start

The starting number for the range.

count

The number of elements to create.

step

The number of values to skip before taking the next value

Variable Types

Sailfish variables can be any type that is compatible the base Attribute class.

Here is an example of a test that defines a single test variable:

[SailfishVariable(10, 100, 1000)]
[SailfishVariable(0.24, 1.6)]
[SailfishVariable("ScenarioA", "ScenarioB")]
[SailfishVariable(MyEnum.First, MyEnum.Second)]

Complexity Estimation (ScaleFish)

When applying a variable attribute, you may choose to specify that variable for ScaleFish complexity estimation and modeling. To do so set the first optional parameter to true:

[SailfishVariable(scalefish: true, 10, 100, 1000)]

NOTE: When using Scalefish, variables must be of type (int).