test-context/README.md
Andreas Vilinski 5ce361bc24
docs: explain why #[test_context] must come before #[tokio::test]; clarify attribute expansion order (#49)
Co-authored-by: Andreas Vilinski <andreas.vilinski@ifm.com>
2025-09-23 17:10:59 +02:00

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# test-context
A library for providing custom setup/teardown for Rust tests without needing a test harness.
```rust
use test_context::{test_context, TestContext};
struct MyContext {
value: String
}
impl TestContext for MyContext {
fn setup() -> MyContext {
MyContext { value: "Hello, World!".to_string() }
}
fn teardown(self) {
// Perform any teardown you wish.
}
}
#[test_context(MyContext)]
#[test]
fn test_works(ctx: &mut MyContext) {
assert_eq!(ctx.value, "Hello, World!");
}
struct MyGenericContext<T> {
value: T
}
impl TestContext for MyGenericContext<u32> {
fn setup() -> MyGenericContext<u32> {
MyGenericContext { value: 1 }
}
}
#[test_context(MyGenericContext<u32>)]
#[test]
fn test_generic_type(ctx: &mut MyGenericContext<u32>) {
assert_eq!(ctx.value, 1);
}
```
Alternatively, you can use `async` functions in your test context by using the
`AsyncTestContext`.
```rust
use test_context::{test_context, AsyncTestContext};
struct MyAsyncContext {
value: String
}
impl AsyncTestContext for MyAsyncContext {
async fn setup() -> MyAsyncContext {
MyAsyncContext { value: "Hello, World!".to_string() }
}
async fn teardown(self) {
// Perform any teardown you wish.
}
}
#[test_context(MyAsyncContext)]
fn test_works(ctx: &mut MyAsyncContext) {
assert_eq!(ctx.value, "Hello, World!");
}
```
The `AsyncTestContext` works well with async test wrappers like
[`actix_rt::test`](https://docs.rs/actix-rt/1.1.1/actix_rt/attr.test.html) or
[`tokio::test`](https://docs.rs/tokio/1.0.2/tokio/attr.test.html).
```rust
#[test_context(MyAsyncContext)]
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_works(ctx: &mut MyAsyncContext) {
assert_eq!(ctx.value, "Hello, World!");
}
```
### Attribute order
Place `#[test_context(...)]` before other test attributes like `#[tokio::test]` or `#[test]`.
Why: Attributes expand in source order. `#[test_context]` generates a wrapper and reattaches
the remaining attributes to it. It must run first so the test attribute applies to the wrapper
that runs setup/teardown.
Valid:
```rust
#[test_context(MyAsyncContext)]
#[tokio::test]
async fn my_test(ctx: &mut MyAsyncContext) {}
```
Invalid:
```rust
#[tokio::test]
#[test_context(MyAsyncContext)]
async fn my_test(ctx: &mut MyAsyncContext) {}
```
## Using AsyncTestContext in sync tests that require Tokio
By default, when you use an `AsyncTestContext` in a synchronous test (no `#[tokio::test]`),
this crate runs `setup`/`teardown` using the `futures` executor. If your context calls
Tokio-only APIs (e.g., `tokio::time::sleep`, timers, or Tokio sockets) during setup/teardown,
enable the optional `tokio-runtime` feature so those steps run inside a Tokio runtime:
```toml
[dependencies]
test-context = { version = "0.4", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
```
With this feature, the crate tries to reuse an existing runtime; if none is present, it creates
an ephemeral current-thread Tokio runtime around `setup` and `teardown` for sync tests. Async
tests annotated with `#[tokio::test]` continue to work as usual without the feature.
## Skipping the teardown execution
If what you need is to take full **ownership** of the context and don't care about the
teardown execution for a specific test, you can use the `skip_teardown` keyword on the macro
like this:
```rust
use test_context::{test_context, TestContext};
struct MyContext {}
impl TestContext for MyContext {
fn setup() -> MyContext {
MyContext {}
}
}
#[test_context(MyContext, skip_teardown)]
#[test]
fn test_without_teardown(ctx: MyContext) {
// Perform any operations that require full ownership of your context
}
```
License: MIT