<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple := False, Inherited := True)> _
Public MustInherit Class ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
public abstract class ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute : Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
public ref class ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute abstract : public Attribute

[<AbstractClass>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)>]
type ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute =  
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

public abstract class ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute extends Attribute

using System;

namespace CSExample
{
    public class DivisionClass
    {
        private int fraction;

        public int Divide(int numerator, int denominator)
        {
            return numerator / denominator;
        }
    }
}

using CSExample;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
namespace TestProject1
{
    public sealed class ExpectedArithmeticException : ExpectedExceptionBaseAttribute
    {
        private string exceptionMessage;
        private string wrongExceptionMessage;

        public string WrongExceptionMessage
        {
            get
            {
                return wrongExceptionMessage;
            }
            set
            {
                wrongExceptionMessage = value;
            }
        }

        public ExpectedArithmeticException(string expectedExceptionMessage) : this(expectedExceptionMessage, "No exception was thrown.")
        {
        }

        public ExpectedArithmeticException(string expectedExceptionMessage, string noExceptionMessage)
            : base(noExceptionMessage)
        {
            exceptionMessage = expectedExceptionMessage;
            WrongExceptionMessage = "The exception that was thrown does not derive from System.ArithmeticException.";
        }

        protected override void Verify(System.Exception exception)
        {
            Assert.IsNotNull(exception);

            // Handle assertion exceptions from assertion failures in the test method, since we are not interested in verifying those
            base.RethrowIfAssertException(exception);

            Assert.IsInstanceOfType(exception, typeof(System.ArithmeticException), wrongExceptionMessage);
            Assert.AreEqual(exceptionMessage, exception.Message, "Could not verify the exception message.");
        }
    }


    [TestClass()]
    public class DivisionClassTest
    {

        /* This test will pass because it thows a System.DivideByZeroException which derives from System.ArithmeticException. */
        [TestMethod()]
        [ExpectedArithmeticException("Attempted to divide by zero.", "An exception was expected, but no exception was thrown.", WrongExceptionMessage = "The wrong type of exception was thrown.")]
        public void DivideTest()
        {
            DivisionClass target = new DivisionClass();
            int numerator = 5;
            int denominator = 0;
            int actual;
            actual = target.Divide(numerator, denominator);
        }

    }
}