I have implemented a "claims-based" authorization approach using the CSLA 4 authorization objects. I am trying to unit test the various relationships at the object level between what is requested and what is authorized for object CRUD operations. In each test method, I am setting up the rule object such that it permits Read, Edit, Creae, or Delete, and then calling the one of the Class.CanGet, CanEdit, CanCreate, and CanDelete methods to see if I get the correct result. This results in 16 seperate tests in a single test class.
My problem is that the individual tests ([TestMethod]) work if run by themselves, using VS2010 MSTest. If I run the tests as a batch, some but not all of them fail. I have tracked down the cause of the problem to the fact that CSLA is caching the rules. The result is that while I am setting up new rules for each test method, CSLA is caching the first one that it sees and re-using it.
I am not sure of how I would get around this. Before I charge off in all directions, I thought that I would ask the forum for advice. I have other unit tests of the authorization rules to ensure that the rules work. These tests were to ensure that the wiring between the objects and the rules was working. I could reduce this to a single test but it would be nice to have these tests working as well.
Any thoughts?
Jon Stonecash
CSLA will clear the cache if the principal is different. I think it uses ReferenceEquals - so all you need to do is make sure there's a new principal object set at the top of each test method.
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