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PrivateObject Class

Allows test code to call methods and properties on the code under test that would be inaccessible because they are not public.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.unittestframework.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class PrivateObject
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As PrivateObject
C#
public class PrivateObject
C++
public ref class PrivateObject
J#
public class PrivateObject
JScript
public class PrivateObject

The test generator creates most of the calls to these objects. The test generator creates code to wrap the private objects in a wrapper that allows access to the private object's members.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of the PrivateObject class, see the PrivateObject constructor.

This class represents the live non-public internal object in the system.

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.PrivateObject
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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