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aweXpect.Reflection contains expectations for reflection types.

At a glance​

Write architecture and convention tests as plain, readable expectations: select the assemblies, types or members you care about with In or Types, then expect a rule on them with Expect.That.

// "Every async method must end in 'Async'"
await Expect.That(In.AssemblyContaining<MyClass>()    // ① pick a source
        .Methods()                                    // ② navigate to a member kind
        .WhichAreAsync())                             // ③ filter it down
    .HaveName("Async").AsSuffix();                    // ④ expect

Every expectation follows the same four-part shape:

StepWhat it doesExamples
① Sourcechoose where to lookIn.AllLoadedAssemblies(), In.AssemblyContaining<T>(), In.Type<T>()
② Navigatemove to a member kind.Types(), .Methods(), .Properties(), .Fields(), .Events(), .Constructors()
③ Filter (optional)narrow the set.WhichArePublic(), .With<T>(), .WithName(…), .Which(…)
④ Expectstate the ruleExpect.That(…).HaveName(…), .AreClasses(), .Return<Task>()

Steps ② and ③ are optional. You can verify a single Type, MethodInfo, … or a whole Assembly directly, and every expectation works the same whether the subject is one item or a collection (Assembly[], IEnumerable<Type?>, …).

The supported reflection subjects are Assembly, Type, ConstructorInfo, EventInfo, FieldInfo, MethodInfo and PropertyInfo.

Real-world examples​

// Verify all test classes (those containing a [Fact] or [Theory] method) follow the naming convention
await Expect.That(In.AllLoadedAssemblies()
        .Public.Classes()
        .WhichContainMethods(m => m.With<FactAttribute>().OrWith<TheoryAttribute>()))
    .HaveName("Tests").AsSuffix();

// Verify all async methods have an "Async" suffix
await Expect.That(In.AssemblyContaining<MyClass>()
        .Methods().WhichAreAsync())
    .HaveName("Async").AsSuffix();

// Verify all methods with an "Async" suffix return Task or ValueTask
await Expect.That(In.AssemblyContaining<MyClass>()
        .Methods().WithName("Async").AsSuffix())
    .Return<Task>().OrReturn<ValueTask>();

// Verify controllers follow the naming convention
await Expect.That(In.AllLoadedAssemblies()
        .Types().WhichInheritFrom<ControllerBase>())
    .HaveName("Controller").AsSuffix();

// Verify each event handler is named after the event it handles (e.g. "OnOrderPlaced")
await Expect.That(In.AssemblyContaining<MyAggregate>()
        .Methods().Which(m => m.GetParameters().Length == 1))
    .HaveName(method => "On" + method.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType.Name);

// Verify each serializable type has exactly one parameterless constructor
await Expect.That(In.AllLoadedAssemblies()
        .Types().With<SerializableAttribute>()
        .WhichContainConstructors(c => c.WithoutParameters()).Exactly(1))
    .AreClasses();

Filters and expectations documents the complete filter and expectation vocabulary: access modifiers, attributes, names and namespaces, type kinds, methods (return types, parameters, async, operators, …), properties, fields, events, constructors and assemblies.

Architecture rules​

There is no separate rule engine: a "layer" is just a reusable type selection, and an architecture rule is just an expectation on it. Combine several rules into a single verification with Expect.ThatAll:

Filtered.Types domainTypes         = Types.InNamespace("MusicStore.Domain");
Filtered.Types infrastructureTypes = Types.InNamespace("MusicStore.Infrastructure");

await Expect.ThatAll(
    Expect.That(domainTypes).DoNotDependOn(infrastructureTypes),
    Expect.That(domainTypes).AreSealed());

A failing rule reports all violations, numbered per expectation:

Failure message
Expected all of the following to succeed:
 [01] Expected that types within namespace "MusicStore.Domain" in all loaded assemblies all do not depend on types within namespace "MusicStore.Infrastructure" in all loaded assemblies
 [02] Expected that types within namespace "MusicStore.Domain" in all loaded assemblies are all sealed
but
 [01] it contained types with the dependency
 [02] it contained non-sealed types

[01] Not matching items:
[
  PlaylistService
]

[02] Not matching items:
[
  Album,
  Track
]

The dependency rules (DependOn / DependOnlyOn / HaveDependenciesOutside), dependency cycle detection (HaveNoDependencyCycles) and exemptions (Except) are documented in Architecture rules.

Documentation​

The full documentation is available at docs.testably.org: