xamarin-macios/tests/introspection
Alex Soto 8c55dd888a Complete support for [BindAs] (#2220)
* [registrar] BindAs uses Nullable types so allow them to be registered as NSObjects

BindAsAttribute allows to bind NSValue and NSNumber into more
accurate C# types lyke bool?, int? etc. so we must teach registrar
about this.

* [tests][introspection] Teach intro about BindAs and Nullable types

Introspection will currently fail if BindAs is used, introspection
will report that the incorrect type is registered so we need to skip
this check if Nullable type is found in the signature

* [introspection] Add better type checking instead of totally skipping the type when Nullable type is encountered

Introspection will currently fail if BindAs is used. Introspection
will report that the incorrect type is registered so we need verify
if a Nullable type is found in the signature and check against of
a withelist of BindAs supported types

* Revert "[registrar] BindAs uses Nullable types so allow them to be registered as NSObjects"

This reverts commit 911eab97b7.

* [tests] Add comment about where to find BindAs types
2017-06-26 10:56:10 -05:00
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Mac Revert API breaking changes for non-XAMCORE_4_0 (#1747) 2017-02-23 21:22:25 -05:00
iOS [test][introspection] Enable MtouchNoSymbolStrip for device builds in order to avoid linking symbols meeded by test (#2196) 2017-06-09 14:48:31 -07:00
ApiBaseTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiCMAttachmentTest.cs [tvos][videotoolbox] Enable VideoToolbox.framework on tvOS (#1626) 2017-03-28 09:22:10 -05:00
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 [AVFoundation] Update bindings for Xcode 8.3 (#1713) 2017-03-28 09:56:48 -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 [tests][intro] Add validation for methods decorated with [MonoPInvokeCallback] (#1751) 2017-03-04 19:40:35 -05:00
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 [modelio] Add missing MDLMesh constructors and fix xtro (#1826) 2017-03-28 10:08:12 -05:00
ApiSignatureTest.cs Complete support for [BindAs] (#2220) 2017-06-26 10:56:10 -05:00
ApiStructTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiTypoTest.cs [AVFoundation] Update bindings for Xcode 8.3 (#1713) 2017-03-28 09:56:48 -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