C# Method as variable

Question

I have test code in C# Visual Studio with Selenium. I have there few test class and one Utility class.

using ...
namespace Test
{
    [TestClass]
    public void Test1()
    {
        //CODE
    }
    [TestClass]
    public void Test2()
    {
        //CODE
    }
    [TestClass]
    public void Test3()
    {
        //CODE
    }
    [TestClass]
    public void Utility()
    {
        IWebDriver driver;
        int a,b,c;
        string name, password;
        srting[] info = {"a","b","c"};
        //other variables
    }
}

My question is simply (there was few similar questions but they won't work for me like decaration in Dynamically assign method / Method as variable). Is there possible to create method from my variables in class Utility to use them in other classes as variable without coppying them all the time? Or there is other thing i can do for that?

Thx for help
Janer

You can create a `static` methods and you can reuse the same — Arun Chandran Chackachattil, Nov 17 '15 at 09:09
U mean 'public static void Utility' and the use or that method with variables need to be 'public static'? — Janer, Nov 17 '15 at 09:32
The method with variables need to be 'public static'...this way :) — Arun Chandran Chackachattil, Nov 17 '15 at 10:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '15 at 17:43

One solution favored by the Gang of Four is "Favor composition over inheritance" which takes this:

[TestClass]
public void Test3()
{
    //CODE
}
[TestClass]
public void Utility()
{
    IWebDriver driver;
    int a,b,c;
    string name, password;
    srting[] info = {"a","b","c"};
    //other variables
}

And converts it to this:

[TestClass]
public void Test3()
{
    var utility = new Utility();
    //do the test
}

The new utility class would look like this:

 public class Utility()
 {
    IWebDriver driver {get;set;}
    int a {get;set; int b {get;set;} int c {get;set;};
    string name {get;set;} string password {get;set;}
    string[] info {get{return new string[]{"a","b","c"}};
    //other variables
 }

Yes exactly... the tests now "contain" the utilities. The theory get's deeper but that's enough for now. — JWP, Nov 18 '15 at 19:40

C# Method as variable

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