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Verifying with 'Then'

In the [Given, When, Then](doc:given-when-then) setup, the Then step is for you that the action you performed against the [System Under Test (SUT)](doc:the-system-under-test-sut) had the desired outcome(s). Consider our simple spec again: [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "Given a car is started, when the car is stopped, then the engine is stopped." } [/block] Unlike Given and When, there is no Then method to override in SpecsFor. Instead, you create test cases for each outcome you wish to verify, like so: [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "[Test]\npublic void then_the_engine_is_stopped()\n{\n //Then: the engine is stopped.\n SUT.Engine.IsStopped.ShouldBeTrue();\n}", "language": "csharp" } ] } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "warning", "title": "BE CAREFUL!", "body": "Be sure you decorate each of your test cases with the NUnit Test attribute. If you don't, NUnit won't see your test cases, and they won't be executed." } [/block] The above spec only had a single outcome to verify, but it's not uncommon for specs to have multiple things to check: [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "Given a car is started, when the car is stopped..\n then the car is stopped.\n then the engine is stopped." } [/block] The full SpecsFor implementation of this spec would look like this: [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "public class given_a_car_is_started_when_a_car_is_stopped : SpecsFor<Car>\n{\n protected override void Given()\n {\n //Given: establish state, in this case, that the car is started.\n SUT.Start();\n }\n\n protected override void When()\n {\n //When: perform an action, in this case, stopping the car.\n SUT.Stop();\n }\n\n //Note that there can be (and usually are) multiple 'Then' test cases.\n [Test]\n public void then_the_car_is_stopped()\n {\n //Then: the car is stopped.\n SUT.IsStopped.ShouldBeTrue();\n }\n\n [Test]\n public void then_the_engine_is_stopped()\n {\n //Then: the engine is stopped.\n SUT.Engine.IsStopped.ShouldBeTrue();\n }\n}", "language": "csharp" } ] } [/block]