<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet --><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html>
<!-- Standard Head Part -->
<head>
<title>NUnit - RequiresThread</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-US">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="nunit.css">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
</head>
<!-- End Standard Head Part -->
<body>
<!-- Standard Header for NUnit.org -->
<div id="header">
<a id="logo" href="http://www.nunit.org"><img src="img/logo.gif" alt="NUnit.org" title="NUnit.org"></a>
<div id="nav">
<a href="http://www.nunit.org">NUnit</a>
<a class="active" href="index.html">Documentation</a>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End of Header -->
<div id="content">
<h3>RequiresThreadAttribute (NUnit 2.5)</h3>
<p>The <b>RequiresThreadAttribute</b> is used to indicate that a test method,
class or assembly should be run on a separate thread. Optionally, the
desired apartment for the thread may be specified in the constructor.
<p><b>Note:</b> This attribute, used with or without an ApartmentState
argument will <b>always</b> result in creation of a new thread. To
create a thread only if the current ApartmentState is not appropriate,
use <b>RequiresSTAAttribute</b> or <b>RequiresMTAAttribute</b>.
<h4>Examples</h4>
<div class="code">
<pre>
// A thread will be created and used to run
// all the tests in the assembly
[assembly:RequiresThread]
...
// TestFixture requiring a separate thread
[TestFixture, RequiresThread]
public class FixtureOnThread
{
// A separate thread will be created and all
// tests in the fixture will run on it.
}
[TestFixture]
public class AnotherFixture
{
[Test, RequiresThread]
public void TestRequiringThread()
{
// A separate thread will be created for this test
}
[Test, RequiresThread(ApartmentState.STA)]
public void TestRequiringSTAThread()
{
// A separate STA thread will be created for tnis test.
}
}
</pre>
</div>
<h4>See also...</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="requiresSTA.html">RequiresSTAAttribute</a><li><a href="requiresMTA.html">RequiresMTAAttribute</a></ul>
</div>
<!-- Submenu -->
<div id="subnav">
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html">NUnit 2.5</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="getStarted.html">Getting Started</a></li>
<li><a href="assertions.html">Assertions</a></li>
<li><a href="constraintModel.html">Constraints</a></li>
<li><a href="attributes.html">Attributes</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="category.html">Category</a></li>
<li><a href="combinatorial.html">Combinatorial</a></li>
<li><a href="culture.html">Culture</a></li>
<li><a href="datapoint.html">Datapoint(s)</a></li>
<li><a href="description.html">Description</a></li>
<li><a href="exception.html">Exception</a></li>
<li><a href="explicit.html">Explicit</a></li>
<li><a href="ignore.html">Ignore</a></li>
<li><a href="maxtime.html">Maxtime</a></li>
<li><a href="pairwise.html">Pairwise</a></li>
<li><a href="platform.html">Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="property.html">Property</a></li>
<li><a href="random.html">Random</a></li>
<li><a href="range.html">Range</a></li>
<li><a href="repeat.html">Repeat</a></li>
<li><a href="requiredAddin.html">RequiredAddin</a></li>
<li><a href="requiresMTA.html">Requires MTA</a></li>
<li><a href="requiresSTA.html">Requires STA</a></li>
<li id="current"><a href="requiresThread.html">Requires Thread</a></li>
<li><a href="sequential.html">Sequential</a></li>
<li><a href="setCulture.html">SetCulture</a></li>
<li><a href="setup.html">Setup</a></li>
<li><a href="setupFixture.html">SetupFixture</a></li>
<li><a href="suite.html">Suite</a></li>
<li><a href="teardown.html">Teardown</a></li>
<li><a href="test.html">Test</a></li>
<li><a href="testCase.html">TestCase</a></li>
<li><a href="testCaseSource.html">TestCaseSource</a></li>
<li><a href="testFixture.html">TestFixture</a></li>
<li><a href="fixtureSetup.html">TestFixtureSetUp</a></li>
<li><a href="fixtureTeardown.html">TestFixtureTearDown</a></li>
<li><a href="theory.html">Theory</a></li>
<li><a href="timeout.html">Timeout</a></li>
<li><a href="values.html">Values</a></li>
<li><a href="valueSource.html">ValueSource</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="nunit-console.html">Console Runner</a></li>
<li><a href="nunit-gui.html">Gui Runner</a></li>
<li><a href="configFiles.html">Configuration Files</a></li>
<li><a href="pnunit.html">PNUnit</a></li>
<li><a href="multiAssembly.html">Multiple Assemblies</a></li>
<li><a href="vsSupport.html">Visual Studio Support</a></li>
<li><a href="extensibility.html">Extensibility</a></li>
<li><a href="releaseNotes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="samples.html">Samples</a></li>
<li><a href="license.html">License</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- End of Submenu -->
<!-- Standard Footer for NUnit.org -->
<div id="footer">
Copyright © 2009 Charlie Poole. All Rights Reserved.
</div>
<!-- End of Footer -->
</body>
</html>