### Description (NUnit 2.4)

The Description attribute is used to apply descriptive text to a Test, TestFixture or Assembly. The text appears in the XML output file and is shown in the Test Properties dialog.

#### Example:

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    [assembly: Description("Assembly description here")]

    namespace NUnit.Tests
    {
      using System;
      using NUnit.Framework;

      [TestFixture, Description("Fixture description here")]
      public class SomeTests
      {
        [Test, Description("Test description here")]
        public void OneTest()
        { /* ... */ }
      }
    }

    <assembly: Description("Assembly description here")>

    Imports System
    Imports Nunit.Framework

    Namespace Nunit.Tests

      <TestFixture(), Description("Fixture description here")>_
      Public Class SomeTests
        <Test(), Description("Test description here")>_
        Public Sub OneTest()
        ' ...
        End Sub
      End Class
    End Namespace

    [assembly:Description("Assembly description here")]

    #using <Nunit.Framework.dll>
    using namespace System;
    using namespace NUnit::Framework;

    namespace NUnitTests
    {
      [TestFixture, Description("Fixture description here")]
      public __gc class SomeTests
      {
        [Test, Description("Test description here")]
        void OneTest();
      };
    }

    #include "cppsample.h"

    namespace NUnitTests {
      // ...
    }

    /** @assembly NUnit.Framework.Description("Assembly description here") */

    package NUnit.Tests;

    import System.*;
    import NUnit.Framework.TestFixture;

    /** @attribute NUnit.Framework.TestFixture() */
    /** @attribute NUnit.Framework.Description("Fixture description here") */
    public class SomeTests
    {
      /** @attribute NUnit.Framework.Test() */
      /** @attribute NUnit.Framework.Description("Test description here") */
      public void OneTest()
      { /* ... */ }
    }

Note: The Test and TestFixture attributes continue to support an optional Description property. The Description attribute should be used for new applciations. If both are used, the Description attribute takes precedence.