How to Extend BaseWebAiiTest Class Functionality

A possible scenario is to use same functionality in most of the tests in the project. It is possible to implement a method which will be available in each code behind file in the project. The approach to this problem is to extend the BaseWebAiiTest class and set all test files to inherit from the new extended class.

The steps to implement such approach are as follows:

1.Create a new project

2.Add a stand alone class file ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest which inherits from the abstract class BaseWebAiiTest. A sample implementation of such file containing the method PrintMessage() is listed below:

    using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Design; 
 
    namespace ExtendBaseWebAiiTestProject 
    { 
        public class ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest : BaseWebAiiTest 
        { 
            // this method will be available in each test code behind file coded step 
            public void PrintMessage(string message) 
            { 
                Log.WriteLine(message); 
            } 
        } 
    } 

    Imports ArtOfTest.WebAii.Design 
 
    Namespace ExtendBaseWebAiiTestProject 
 
        Public Class ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest 
            Inherits BaseWebAiiTest 
 
            Public Sub PrintMessage(ByVal message As String) 
                Log.WriteLine(message) 
            End Sub 
        End Class 
    End Namespace 

3.Open the code behind file of any test and modify its class to inherit the newly created ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest class and the PrintMessage() method defined in it will be available for the test.

    using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core; 
    using ArtOfTest.WebAii.Design.Execution; 
 
    namespace ExtendBaseWebAiiTestProject 
    { 
        public class WebTest : ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest 
        { 
            [CodedStep(@"Print From ExtendedBaseAiiTest Method")] 
            public void PrintCodedStep() 
            { 
                this.PrintMessage("This is printed from extended base class method"); 
            } 
        } 
    } 

    Imports ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core 
    Imports ArtOfTest.WebAii.Design.Execution 
 
    Namespace ExtendBaseWebAiiTestProject 
 
        Public Class WebTest 
            Inherits ExtendedBaseWebAiiTest 
 
            <CodedStep("Print From ExtendedBaseAiiTest Method")> 
            Public Sub PrintCodedStep() 
                Me.PrintMessage("This is printed from extended base class method") 
            End Sub 
        End Class 
    End Namespace