C# InternalsVisibleTo() attribute for VBNET 2.0 while testing?
- by Will Marcouiller
I'm building an Active Directory wrapper in VBNET 2.0 (can't use later .NET) in which I have the following:
IUtilisateur
IGroupe
IUniteOrganisation
These interfaces are implemented in internal classes (Friend in VBNET), so that I want to implement a façade in order to instiate each of the interfaces with their internal classes. This will allow the architecture a better flexibility, etc.
Now, I want to test these classes (Utilisateur, Groupe, UniteOrganisation) in a different project within the same solution. However, these classes are internal. I would like to be able to instantiate them without going through my façade, but only for these tests, nothing more.
Here's a piece of code to illustrate it:
public static class DirectoryFacade {
public static IGroupe CreerGroupe() {
return new Groupe();
}
}
// Then in code, I would write something alike:
public partial class MainForm : Form {
public MainForm() {
IGroupe g = DirectoryFacade.CreerGroupe();
// Doing stuff with instance here...
}
}
// My sample interface:
public interface IGroupe {
string Domaine { get; set; }
IList<IUtilisateur> Membres { get; }
}
internal class Groupe : IGroupe {
private IList<IUtilisateur> _membres;
internal Groupe() {
_membres = new List<IUtilisateur>();
}
public string Domaine { get; set; }
public IList<IUtilisateur> Membres {
get {
return _membres;
}
}
}
I heard of InternalsVisibleTo() attribute, recently. I was wondering whether it is available in VBNET 2.0/VS2005 so that I could access the assmebly's internal classes for my tests? Otherwise, how could I achieve this?
