MSTest Data source - pass on a custom object collection

Question

I am creating a selenium framework using MSTest. The data which is being used is quite complex and it is a collection of objects. The objects are in a List.

Each of the item in the list represent a test case. During the [TestInitialize] phase, I create this list.

Given this scenario, could any one please help me as how to pass on this list data to the [testmethod] function.

I googled it and I found we can use [DataSource("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataSource")]

But not sure how to pass this list to the testmethod

Any pointers on how this can be achieved will be very helpful.

Many thanks

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure this isn't possible with MSTest, you can currently only hook up DataSource() with a connection string to a datasource (eg. sql).

It is possible with Nunit to achieve this using TestCaseSource

There is also a NuGet package to extend MSTest to include this functionality

I have also read they are going to be adding this feature to MSTest, it is currently in preview and possibly only supports UWP and Desktop Apps.