GivenSpecification for Automated Acceptance Testing

GivenSpecification.cs

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace IntegrationTestUtils
{
    public abstract class GivenSpecification
    {
        public TestContext TestContext { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Steps that are run before each test.
        /// </summary>
        [TestInitialize]
        public void TestInitialize()
        {
            Given();

            When();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Steps that are run after each test.
        /// </summary>
        [TestCleanup]
        public void TestCleanup()
        {
            Cleanup();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets up the environment for a specification context.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void Given()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Acts on the context to create the observable condition.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void When()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Cleans up the context after the specification is verified.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void Cleanup()
        {
        }
    }
}