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How do I test an async method with NUnit, eventually with another framework?

What I would like to know is how I can assert that an asynchronous method throws an exception, in a C# unit test? I am able to write asynchronous unit tests with Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting in Visual Studio 2012, but have not figured out how to test for exceptions. I know that xUnit.net also supports asynchronous test methods in this way, although I haven’t tried that framework yet.

For an example of what I mean, the following code defines the system under test:

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class AsyncClass
{
    public AsyncClass() { }

    public Task<int> GetIntAsync()
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}    

This code snippet defines a test TestGetIntAsync for AsyncClass.GetIntAsync. This is where I need input on how to accomplish the assertion that GetIntAsync throws an exception:

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

[TestClass]
public class TestAsyncClass
{
    [TestMethod]
    public async Task TestGetIntAsync()
    {
        var obj = new AsyncClass();
        // How do I assert that an exception is thrown?
        var rslt = await obj.GetIntAsync();
    }
}

Feel free to employ some other relevant unit test framework than the Visual Studio one, such as xUnit.net, if necessary or you would argue that it’s a better option.

Answer 1

Please try mark method with:

[ExpectedException(typeof(NotImplementedException))]