Class MethodInvoker

Namespace: AutoFixture.Kernel
Assembly: AutoFixture.dll

Creates a new instance of the requested type by invoking the first method it can satisfy.

public class MethodInvoker : ISpecimenBuilder

Inheritance

object ← MethodInvoker

Implements

ISpecimenBuilder

Inherited Members

object.GetType(), object.MemberwiseClone(), object.ToString(), object.Equals(object?), object.Equals(object?, object?), object.ReferenceEquals(object?, object?), object.GetHashCode()

Extension Methods

SpecimenFactory.Create<T>(ISpecimenBuilder), SpecimenFactory.CreateMany<T>(ISpecimenBuilder), SpecimenFactory.CreateMany<T>(ISpecimenBuilder, int), SpecimenCommand.Do<T>(ISpecimenBuilder, Action<T>), SpecimenCommand.Do<T1, T2>(ISpecimenBuilder, Action<T1, T2>), SpecimenCommand.Do<T1, T2, T3>(ISpecimenBuilder, Action<T1, T2, T3>), SpecimenCommand.Do<T1, T2, T3, T4>(ISpecimenBuilder, Action<T1, T2, T3, T4>), SpecimenQuery.Get<T, TResult>(ISpecimenBuilder, Func<T, TResult>), SpecimenQuery.Get<T1, T2, TResult>(ISpecimenBuilder, Func<T1, T2, TResult>), SpecimenQuery.Get<T1, T2, T3, TResult>(ISpecimenBuilder, Func<T1, T2, T3, TResult>), SpecimenQuery.Get<T1, T2, T3, T4, TResult>(ISpecimenBuilder, Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, TResult>), CustomizationExtensions.ToCustomization(ISpecimenBuilder)

Constructors

MethodInvoker(IMethodQuery)

Initializes a new instance of the MethodInvoker class with the supplied IMethodQuery.

public MethodInvoker(IMethodQuery query)

Parameters

query IMethodQuery

The IMethodQuery that defines which methods are attempted.

Properties

Query

Gets the IMethodQuery that defines which constructors will be attempted.

public IMethodQuery Query { get; }

Property Value

IMethodQuery

Methods

Create(object, ISpecimenContext)

Creates a specimen of the requested type by invoking the first constructor or method it can satisfy.

public object Create(object request, ISpecimenContext context)

Parameters

request object

The request that describes what to create.

context ISpecimenContext

A context that can be used to create other specimens.

Returns

object

A specimen generated from a method of the requested type, if possible; otherwise, null.

Remarks

This method uses the first constructor or method returned by `Query` where context can create values for all parameters.