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test without namespace causes null ref

See original GitHub issue

The following class

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
    }
}

in this project

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.10.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.4" />
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.4" />
    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="3.0.3">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

produces

PS C:\Code\TestProject1> dotnet test
  Determining projects to restore...
  Restored C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\TestProject1.csproj (in 205 ms).
  You are using a preview version of .NET. See: https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-preview
  TestProject1 -> C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\bin\Debug\net48\TestProject1.dll
Test run for C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\bin\Debug\net48\TestProject1.dll (.NETFramework,Version=v4.8)
Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 17.0.0-preview-20210512-01
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Starting test execution, please wait...
A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.
[MSTest][Discovery][C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\bin\Debug\net48\TestProject1.dll] MSTestAdapter failed to discover tests in class 'UnitTest1' of assembly 'C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\bin\Debug\net48\TestProject1.dll' because Object reference not set to an instance of an object..
No test is available in C:\Code\TestProject1\TestProject1\bin\Debug\net48\TestProject1.dll. Make sure that test discoverer & executors are registered and platform & framework version settings are appropriate and try again.

PS C:\Code\TestProject1>

Repro

NamespacelessTest.zip

Env

Windows 10
.NET SDK (6.0.100-preview.5.21302.13)

AB#1633111

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:8 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

SimonCroppcommented, Nov 11, 2022

@Evangelink yep it now works with test that have no namespace.

1reaction

SimonCroppcommented, Sep 27, 2022

@Evangelink thanks so much. please reach out if you need someone to do some beta testing of version 3

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