Any documentation for serialization?

[weifenluo]

Is there any documentation for how the object to be verified get serialized to the file? Is there any API to customize the serialization behavior? I'm a new comer to this project, for me it's like a magic black box.

[SimonCropp]

hows this https://github.com/VerifyTests/Verify/blob/main/docs/serializer-settings.md#serializer-settings

[KenBonny]

I'm using F# to write my tests and I want to have strict JSON as output, but F# doesn't support the ModuleInitializer attribute. I haven't found how I can do this in F# yet. When I put this line at the start of my test, it generates errors: The API 'TestName@33.MoveNext' must be called prior to any Verify has run. Usually this is done in a [ModuleInitializer].

Is there another way of specifying strict JSON?

[SimonCropp]

what test framework are you using?

[KenBonny]

I'm using xUnit as my test framework, latest version.

[SimonCropp]

try this

public abstract class TestsBase
{
    static TestsBase()
    {
        // Do "global" initialization here
    }
}

public class MyTests : TestsBase
{
    // Add test methods
}

[KenBonny]

I was so caught up in writing functional code, I forgot about this. The base class does not alleviate the problem as the VerifierSettings get called each test run, which triggers the error. Using a ClassFixture fixed it though. The class fixture is instantiated once and thus the setup is ran once. Works like a charm. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. 💖

type VerifierSettingsFixture() =
    do VerifierSettings.UseStrictJson()
    interface IDisposable with
        member this.Dispose() = ()

[<UsesVerify>]
type ``The test class``(verifierSettingsFixture: VerifierSettingsFixture) =
    interface IClassFixture<VerifierSettingsFixture>
    // tests go here