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New-PesterContainer

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SYNOPSIS​

Generates ContainerInfo-objects used as for Invoke-Pester -Container

SYNTAX​

Path (Default)​

New-PesterContainer -Path <String[]> [-Data <IDictionary[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

ScriptBlock​

New-PesterContainer -ScriptBlock <ScriptBlock[]> [-Data <IDictionary[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

Pester 5 supports running tests files and scriptblocks using parameter-input. To use this feature, Invoke-Pester expects one or more ContainerInfo-objects created using this function, that specify test containers in the form of paths to the test files or scriptblocks containing the tests directly.

A optional Data-dictionary can be provided to supply the containers with any required parameter-values. This is useful in when tests are generated dynamically based on parameter-input. This method enables complex test-solutions while being able to re-use a lot of test-code.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

$container = New-PesterContainer -Path 'CodingStyle.Tests.ps1' -Data @{ File = "Get-Emoji.ps1" }
Invoke-Pester -Container $container

This example runs Pester using a generated ContainerInfo-object referencing a file and required parameters that's provided to the test-file during execution.

EXAMPLE 2​

$sb = {
    Describe 'Testing New-PesterContainer' {
        It 'Useless test' {
            "foo" | Should -Not -Be "bar"
        }
    }
}
$container = New-PesterContainer -ScriptBlock $sb
Invoke-Pester -Container $container

This example runs Pester against a scriptblock. New-PesterContainer is used to generate the required ContainerInfo-object that enables us to do this directly.

PARAMETERS​

-Path​

Specifies one or more paths to files containing tests. The value is a path\file name or name pattern. Wildcards are permitted.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Path
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ScriptBlock​

Specifies one or more scriptblocks containing tests.

Type: ScriptBlock[]
Parameter Sets: ScriptBlock
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Data​

Allows a dictionary to be provided with parameter-values that should be used during execution of the test containers defined in Path or ScriptBlock.

Type: IDictionary[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

OUTPUTS​

NOTES​

https://pester.dev/docs/commands/New-PesterContainer

https://pester.dev/docs/commands/Invoke-Pester

https://pester.dev/docs/usage/data-driven-tests

VERSION​

This page was generated using comment-based help in Pester 5.6.1.