How to get the unit test method name at runtime from within the unit test?

Question

How to get the unit test name from the within unit test?

I have the below method inside a BaseTestFixture Class:

public string GetCallerMethodName() {     var stackTrace = new StackTrace();     StackFrame stackFrame = stackTrace.GetFrame(1);     MethodBase methodBase = stackFrame.GetMethod();     return methodBase.Name; } 

My Test Fixture class inherits from the base one:

[TestFixture] public class WhenRegisteringUser : BaseTestFixture { } 

and I have the below system test:

[Test] public void ShouldRegisterThenVerifyEmailThenSignInSuccessfully_WithValidUsersAndSites() {     string testMethodName = this.GetCallerMethodName();     // } 

When I run this from within the Visual Studio, it returns my test method name as expected.

When this runs by TeamCity, instead _InvokeMethodFast() is returned which seems to be a method that TeamCity generates at runtime for its own use.

So how could I get the test method name at runtime?

Answer 1

If you are using NUnit 2.5.7 / 2.6 you can use the TestContext class:

[Test] public void ShouldRegisterThenVerifyEmailThenSignInSuccessfully() {     string testMethodName = TestContext.CurrentContext.Test.Name; }