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The attribute has +two public constructors. + +<div class="code"> +<pre> +ValueSourceAttribute(Type sourceType, string sourceName); +ValueSourceAttribute(string sourceName); +</pre> +</div> + +<p>If <b>sourceType</b> is specified, it represents the class that provides +the data. It must have a default constructor. + +<p>If <b>sourceType</b> is not specified, the class containing the test +method is used. NUnit will construct it using either the default constructor +or - if arguments are provided - the appropriate constructor for those +arguments. + +<p>The <b>sourceName</b>, represents the name of the source that will +provide the arguments. It should have the following characteristics: +<ul> +<li>It may be a field, a non-indexed property or a method taking no arguments. +<li>It may be either an instance or a static member. +<li>It must return an IEnumerable or a type that implements IEnumerable. +<li>The individual items returned from the enumerator must be compatible + with the type of the parameter on which the attribute appears. +</ul> + +<h3>Order of Execution</h3> + +<p>In NUnit 2.5, individual test cases are sorted alphabetically and executed in + that order. With NUnit 2.5.1, the individual cases are not sorted, but are + executed in the order in which NUnit discovers them. This order does <b>not</b> + follow the lexical order of the attributes and will often vary between different + compilers or different versions of the CLR. + +<p>As a result, when <b>ValueSourceAttribute</b> appears multiple times on a + parameter or when other data-providing attributes are used in combination with + <b>ValueSourceAttribute</b>, the order of the arguments is undefined. + +<p>However, when a single <b>ValueSourceAttribute</b> is used by itself, + the order of the arguments follows exactly the order in which the data + is returned from the source. + +<h3>Note on Object Construction</h3> + +<p>NUnit locates the test cases at the time the tests are loaded, creates +instances of each class with non-static sources and builds a list of +tests to be executed. 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