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/*!
\page tutorial Tutorial
\section Contents
- \ref tutorial_introduction
- \ref tutorial_tests
- \ref tutorial_test_cases
- \ref tutorial_asserts
- \ref tutorial_output_handlers
- \ref tutorial_available_output_handlers
- \ref tutorial_screenshots
- \ref tutorial_test_suites
- \ref tutorial_running_test_suites
- \ref tutorial_embedded_test_suites
- \ref tutorial_test_fixtures
\section tutorial_introduction Introduction
CppTest is a portable and powerful, yet simple, unit testing framework for
handling automated tests in C++. The focus lies on usability and extendability.
Several output formats are supported and new ones are easily added.
This tutorial is intended to quickly get you started.
CppTest is released under the GNU
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">
Lesser General Public License</a>.
\section tutorial_tests Tests
\subsection tutorial_test_cases Test cases
Each test must be created and run within a test suite (see
\ref tutorial_test_suites below), which must be derived from Test::Suite.
Tests must be registered with the TEST_ADD(func) macro inorder to be executed.
Note that a test function must return <tt>void</tt> and take no parameters.
For example:
\code
class ExampleTestSuite : public Test::Suite
{
public:
ExampleTestSuite()
{
TEST_ADD(ExampleTestSuite::first_test)
TEST_ADD(ExampleTestSuite::second_test)
}
private:
void first_test();
void second_test();
};
\endcode
\subsection tutorial_asserts Asserts
Asserts are used to ensure that the tests are correct. If not, one or more
asserts will be generated. There exist several types of asserts, see
\ref asserts for a complete list.
For example, the functions declared within <tt>ExampleTestSuite</tt> may be
declared as:
\code
void ExampleTestSuite::first_test()
{
// Will succeed since the expression evaluates to true
//
TEST_ASSERT(1 + 1 == 2)
// Will fail since the expression evaluates to false
//
TEST_ASSERT(0 == 1);
}
void ExampleTestSuite::second_test()
{
// Will succeed since the expression evaluates to true
//
TEST_ASSERT_DELTA(0.5, 0.7, 0.3);
// Will fail since the expression evaluates to false
//
TEST_ASSERT_DELTA(0.5, 0.7, 0.1);
}
\endcode
\section tutorial_output_handlers Output handlers
\subsection tutorial_available_output_handlers Available output handlers
An output handler takes care of all assert messages and generates some output
as result. There exist several output handlers that all fit different needs.
Currently, the following output handlers exist:
- Test::TextOutput, which is a simple output handler that outputs its result
to standard out in either terse or verbose mode.
- Test::CompilerOutput, which emulates the output of a compiler. This makes it
easy to integrate unit testing into your build environment.
- Test::HtmlOutput, which outputs a fancy HTML table.
New output handlers should be derived from Test::Output.
\subsection tutorial_screenshots Screenshots
The result from the different output handlers is shown below:
- <a href="screenshot-text-terse.png">Terse text output</a>
- <a href="screenshot-text-verbose.png">Verbose text output</a>
- <a href="screenshot-compiler.png">Compiler output</a>
- <a href="html-example.html">HTML output</a>
\section tutorial_test_suites Test suites
\subsection tutorial_running_test_suites Running test suites
The tests within a test suite are all executed when Test::Suite::run() is
called. This method returns a boolean value that only returns true if all tests
were successful. This value may be used to return a suiteable value from the
program. For example, the following is required to execute our tests within
<tt>ExampleTestSuite</tt>:
\code
Test::TextOutput output(Test::TextOutput::Verbose);
ExampleTestSuite ets;
return ets.run(output) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
\endcode
Note that a single test normally continues after an assert. However, this
behavior may be changed with an optional parameter to Test::Suite::run().
For example:
\code
class SomeTestSuite: public Test::Suite
{
public:
SomeTestSuite() { TEST_ADD(SomeTestSuite::test) }
private:
void test()
{
TEST_FAIL("this will always fail")
TEST_FAIL("this assert will never be executed")
}
};
bool run_tests()
{
SomeTestSuite sts;
Test::TextOutput output(Test::TextOutput::Verbose);
return sts.run(output, false); // Note the 'false' parameter
}
\endcode
\subsection tutorial_embedded_test_suites Embedded test suites
Test suites may also be added other test suites using Test::Suite::add().
This way, you may develop logically separated test suites and run all tests
at once. For example:
\code
class TestSuite1: public Test::Suite { }; // ... with many tests
class TestSuite2: public Test::Suite { }; // ... with many tests
class TestSuite3: public Test::Suite { }; // ... with many tests
bool run_tests()
{
Test::Suite ts;
ts.add(unique_ptr<Test::Suite>(new TestSuite1));
ts.add(unique_ptr<Test::Suite>(new TestSuite2));
ts.add(unique_ptr<Test::Suite>(new TestSuite3));
Test::TextOutput output(Test::TextOutput::Verbose);
return ts.run(output);
}
\endcode
\subsection tutorial_test_fixtures Test fixtures
Test cases in the same test suite often share the same requirements, they all
require some known set of objects or resources. Instead of repeating all
initialization code for each test it may be moved to the Test::Suite::setup()
and Test::Suite::tear_down() functions. The setup function is called before
each test function is called, and the tear down function is called after each
test function has been called. For example:
\code
class SomeTestSuite: public Test::Suite
{
public:
SomeTestSuite()
{
TEST_ADD(SomeTestSuite::test1)
TEST_ADD(SomeTestSuite::test2)
}
protected:
virtual void setup() {} // setup resources...
virtual void tear_down() {} // remove resources...
private:
void test1() {} // use common resources...
void test2() {} // use common resources...
};
\endcode
*/
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