#region CPL License /* Nuclex Framework Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Nuclex Development Labs This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the IBM Common Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public License along with this library */ #endregion #if UNITTEST using System; using System.IO; using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; using NUnit.Framework; namespace Nuclex.Support { /// Unit Test for the strongly typed weak reference class [TestFixture] public class WeakReferenceTest { #region class Dummy /// Dummy class for testing the shared instance provider [Serializable] private class Dummy { /// Initializes a new dummy public Dummy() { } } #endregion // class Dummy /// Tests whether the simple constructor works [Test] public void TestSimpleConstructor() { new WeakReference(new Dummy()); } /// Test whether the full constructor works [Test] public void TestFullConstructor() { new WeakReference(new Dummy(), false); } /// /// Test whether the target object can be retrieved from the weak reference /// [Test] public void TestTargetRetrieval() { Dummy strongReference = new Dummy(); WeakReference weakReference = new WeakReference(strongReference); // We can not just call GC.Collect() and base our test on the assumption that // the garbage collector will actually collect the Dummy instance. This is up // to the garbage collector to decide. But we can keep a strong reference in // parallel and safely assume that the WeakReference will not be invalidated! Assert.AreSame(strongReference, weakReference.Target); } /// /// Test whether the target object can be reassigned in the weak reference /// [Test] public void TestTargetReassignment() { Dummy strongReference1 = new Dummy(); Dummy strongReference2 = new Dummy(); WeakReference weakReference = new WeakReference(strongReference1); Assert.AreSame(strongReference1, weakReference.Target); weakReference.Target = strongReference2; Assert.AreSame(strongReference2, weakReference.Target); } /// /// Test whether the target object can be reassigned in the weak reference /// [Test] public void TestSerialization() { BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter(); using(MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream()) { WeakReference weakReference1 = new WeakReference(new Dummy()); formatter.Serialize(memory, weakReference1); memory.Position = 0; object weakReference2 = formatter.Deserialize(memory); // We cannot make any more predictions but for the type of the weak reference. // The pointee might have been garbage collected just now or the serializer // might have decided not to serialize the pointee at all (which is a valid // decision if the serializer found no strong reference to the pointee) in // another of the object graph. Assert.IsNotNull(weakReference2 as WeakReference); } } } } // namespace Nuclex.Support #endif // UNITTEST