ShellContext is untestable

[Bil Simser]

Dave,

I found in trying to test ShellContext (which is inherited from
ApplicationContext) that the automocker blows up. If I do this:

[SetUp]
protected override void Before_each_spec()
{
_shellContext = Create<ShellContext>();
}

I get a weird error on the tear down of a test (something to do with a
handle destroyed). There's something in the ApplicationContext class
that causes it pain and suffering. I know ShellContext is only in the
sample app, but what do you think of this:

* add a field called _applicationContext of type ApplicationContext in
ShellContext
* create a method called AssociateWith(ApplicationContext
applicationContext) to set it
* make ShellContext implement IDisposable and dispose of the
ApplicationContext member
* make the following changes in Program.cs:

ApplicationContext context = new ApplicationContext();
shellContext.AssociateWith(context);
Application.Run(applicationContext);

This would make ShellContext testable so you could construct it
without an application context (since it's really only needed for the
call to Application.Run()) and doesn't need inherit the class.

[David Laribee]

Will look at this tonight. Maybe it'd be good to create an ApplicationController abstraction.

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/ Dave

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