Read a file compile-time in C#

Question

I am writing some unit tests in which I need a fake xml file. I can create that file and require it to be deployed with the unit tests, but experience shows that at my offic

Answer 1

You can go the resource file route but, depending on how many resources/how large they are (and XML can be large), you may eventually run into compilation problems (I did).

I've since transitioned from resources to singletons. Reading a text file in with File.ReadAllText is pretty dead simple and it's still IntelliSense-friendly.