what is this called

[Aaron]

[Test] //<<<<<<<<<<<<this
public void TestEncrypt()
{
string data = "This fox ran up the hill.";
string encrypted = Crypt.Encrypt(data);
Assertion.Assert(!data.Equals(encrypted));
}


why does some method have [***] above them? what does it do?

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[Ed Courtenay]

[Test] //<<<<<<<<<<<<this
public void TestEncrypt()
{
string data = "This fox ran up the hill.";
string encrypted = Crypt.Encrypt(data);
Assertion.Assert(!data.Equals(encrypted));
}


why does some method have [***] above them? what does it do?

Thanks,
Aaron

They're Attributes; have a look at the following link for more information:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/csref/html/vcwlkAttributesTutorial.asp

 

[Michael Mayer [C# MVP]]

That attribute in specific is probably for NUnit, which you can find out
more about here:
http://www.nunit.org/