Assert.ThrowsAsync

The Assert.ThrowsAsync is the async equivalent to Assert.Throws for asynchronous code. See Assert.Throws for more information.

Exception Assert.ThrowsAsync( Type expectedExceptionType, AsyncTestDelegate code );
Exception Assert.ThrowsAsync( Type expectedExceptionType, AsyncTestDelegate code, 
                         string message, params object[] parms);

Exception Assert.ThrowsAsync( IResolveConstraint constraint, AsyncTestDelegate code );
Exception Assert.ThrowsAsync( IResolveConstraint constraint, AsyncTestDelegate code, 
                         string message, params object[] parms);

TActual Assert.ThrowsAsync<TActual>( AsyncTestDelegate code );
TActual Assert.ThrowsAsync<TActual>( AsyncTestDelegate code, 
                  string message, params object[] parms);

In the above code AsyncTestDelegate is a delegate of the form Task AsyncTestDelegate(), which is used to execute the code in question. This will likely be a lambda expression.

The following example shows the most common way of writing tests.

[TestFixture]
public class AssertThrowsTests
{
  [Test]
  public void Tests()
  {  
    // Using a method as a delegate
    Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentException>(async () => await MethodThatThrows());
  }
  
  async Task MethodThatThrows()
  {
    await Task.Delay(100);
    throw new ArgumentException();
  }
}

This example shows use of the return value to perform additional verification of the exception. Note that you do not need to await the result.

[TestFixture]
public class UsingReturnValue
{
  [Test]
  public async Task TestException()
  {
    MyException ex = Assert.ThrowsAsync<MyException>(async () => await MethodThatThrows());

    Assert.That( ex.Message, Is.EqualTo( "message" ) );
    Assert.That( ex.MyParam, Is.EqualTo( 42 ) ); 
  }
}

See also...

• Assert.Catch
• Assert.CatchAsync
• Assert.Throws
• ThrowsConstraint