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Environment

The <Environment> element defines your target platform environment.

Attributes

The following optional attributes are available:

framework

  • The .NET framework in use. SpecFlow+ determines which CLR (Command Language Runtime) version to use to execute the tests based on these setting:
    • Net5.0 : .NET 5.0 - CLR net50
    • Net461 : .NET 4.6.1 - CLR 4.0 (Default)
    • Netcoreapp3.1 : .NET Core 3.1 - CLR netcore31
    • Netcoreapp2.1 : .NET Core 2.1 - CLR netcore21

platform

  • The target platform architecture: x86, x64 or Default (the setting under Test | Test Settings | Default Processor Architecture in Visual Studio).

testThreadIsolation

  • Determines the level of thread isolation:
    • Process : Default for .NET Core and .NET
    • AppDomain : Default for .NET Framework, available only in .NET Framework
    • SharedAppDomain

apartmentState

  • Sets the apartment state used to execute the tests:
    • STA: Single Threaded Apartment. Use this if your application is not thread-safe.
    • MTA: Multi-Threaded Apartment.
    • Unknown: The ApartmentState is not set; tests run in same thread as SpecFlow+. (default)
Note: Setting the apartmentState property does not set the test thread apartment state on Linux and OSX. ApartmentStates are not supported on non-Windows systems because COM interop is only available on Windows. Please refer to Microsoft’s documentation for more information.

Example

Multi-Threaded Apartment with a Process isolation:

<Environment apartmentState="MTA"  testThreadIsolation="Process"/>