xamarin-macios/tests/introspection
Chris Hamons 73bb8aa876 [XM] Fix XM bindings to include Notifications and update test (#1307)
- Teach test to check SkipNotification since a number of corrections require XAMCORE_4_0
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Mac [XM] Fix XM bindings to include Notifications and update test (#1307) 2016-12-06 12:29:50 -06:00
iOS Merge branch 'xcode8.1' 2016-10-26 15:56:34 -04:00
ApiBaseTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiCMAttachmentTest.cs [tests] Fix intro failures reported from iOS 6.1 and 7.1 devices (#629) 2016-08-18 23:02:42 -04:00
ApiClassPtrTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiCoreImageFiltersTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiCtorInitTest.cs [networkextension] Fix some API that works only from an extension with specific entitlements (#1158) 2016-11-29 14:20:48 -05:00
ApiFieldTest.cs [XM] Fix XM bindings to include Notifications and update test (#1307) 2016-12-06 12:29:50 -06:00
ApiPInvokeTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiProtocolTest.cs [modelio] Fix several incorrect (headers) availability on new API (only in iOS10, not 9) (#726) 2016-08-31 17:59:53 -04:00
ApiSelectorTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiSignatureTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiStructTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiTypoTest.cs [Mac] Add ApiTypoTest (#1190) 2016-11-21 16:35:57 -05:00
ApiWeakPropertyTest.cs [generator] Don't output ArgumentSemantic when they are not required (#1278) 2016-12-01 17:25:30 -05:00
CoreSelectorTest.cs [macos] Fix introspection tests (typo + NSUrlSession* test sharing) 2016-09-06 13:32:51 -04:00
EnvironmentVariable.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
README.md [tests] Move linker tests from maccore (#69) 2016-05-20 14:07:34 -04:00
xamarin1.png Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00

README.md

Introspection Tests

Introspection tests are executed on target (both simulator and device for iOS) or a specific version of OSX. The application proceed to analyze itself using:

  • System.Reflection for managed code; and
  • the ObjectiveC runtime library for native code

and compare the results. E.g. if using .NET reflection it can see a binding for a NSBundle type then it should be able to find a native NSBundle type using the ObjC runtime functions. Otherwise an error is raised...

Since the application analyze itself it must contains everything we wish to test. That's why the introspection tests needs to be built with the managed linker disable, i.e. "Don't link".

Pros

  • The tests always tell the truth, which can differ from documentation or header files;

Cons

  • Incomplete - Not everything is encoded in the metadata / executable;
  • Too complete - Not every truth is good to be known (or published), which requires creating special cases in the tests