I am using boost test within a home-grown GUI, and want to access test results (e.g. the failure message and location when a test fails)

The unit_test::test_observer class provides the virtual method:

void assertion_result(boost::unit_test::assertion_result)

However, unit_test::assertion_result is just an enum indicating success or failure. From there, I cannot see how to access further information about the test result.

The framework also provides the class test_tools::assertion_result, which encapsulates an error message, but this only appears to be used for evaluating pre-conditions. (I would have expected this type to be the argument to unit_test::test_observer::assertion_result).

The log output classes appear to provide more information on test results. These are implemented as streams, which makes it non-trivial to extract test result data.

Does anyone know how I can access the information on test results - success/failure, the test code, the location, etc?

Thanks

John

 

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