NUnit attributes

Question

I'm using NUnit and apply on some of my test the category attribute:

[Category("FastTest")]

These are tests that must run very fast ,less than 10 seconds. so I also decorate them with

[Timeout(10000)]

And now the question:

How can I do that every time I decorate a method with [Category("FastTest")] behind the scenes it will be decorated automatically with [Timeout(1000)] ?

Answer 1

Create a Resharper live-template that spits out both attributes when writing "catfast" for example. Or buy PostSharp and let postshart AOP-adorn all methods which are marked with the specified category.

Answer 2

I don't think it's very good idea.

1. Category attribute used for grouping tests, not for setting tests expectations.
2. How will other developer know, that tests from group "FastTest" should run within 10 seconds? Why not 2 seconds? Or maybe 100 milliseconds?
3. You will stuck with fixed timeout for all tests in category. How to set one test for 2 seconds, other for 10 seconds?
4. You will not save much time doing this.

Of course you can do it. AOP. Reflection. But simplest way - group all fast tests in one test fixture and decorate it with [Timeout] attribute.