http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Because it makes for very ugly ctors. Object initializers are much clearer than multi arg ctors. http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment4http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment4Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:35:35 GMTI think that's a good solution for creating the objects the test needs. But in this particular case, If Description is a non null property, why Webcast can exist without a value on it? why not to put the description as a constructor argument? You allways will have to put the code for the new required propery (in the test or the testeable class constructor). I prefer to realize it in compilation time. http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment3http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment3Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:44:44 GMTThat is the quick & dirty way to do so. Try to use the auto transaction facility instead http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment2http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment2Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:30:35 GMTApologies for the off topic nature of this comment, but I find this very interesting.. With.Transaction(() => webcastRepository.Save(webcast)); I did not know that was how to create a transaction using Rhino.Commons. Thanks for the example. (It is Rhino.Commons.With.Transaction, yes?) http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment1http://ayende.com/3363/pain-reduction-creating-ductile-tests#comment1Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:24:19 GMT