I'd like to use Verify to test that a deserilized test XML document can be re-serialized and matches the original test document.
Given that the test document is the 'gold' version to test against is there a simple way to say verify against this instead of a generated one (.verified.txt)
For example, given a class like this:
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
and a test method like this:
[Fact]
public async void Person_CanRoundTrip()
{
var filePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop), "MyPerson.xml");
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
Person? p;
// Deserialize xml
await using (var fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open))
{
p = (Person?)serializer.Deserialize(fs);
}
// Reserialize to test that the two xml documents match
var generatedXDoc = new XDocument();
await using (var xmlWriter = generatedXDoc.CreateWriter())
{
serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, p);
};
//How can we tell Verify to use the original 'MyPerson.xml' to test against
await Verify(generatedXDoc);
}
I guess one way is to copy the original file and append the .verified.txt suffix, but I'd also like to avoid being able to override this if a difference is found.
