Re: [Boost-users] [test] How do you create test cases in a DLL

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-13 15:12:09

> I have some internal (non-exported) classes in a DLL that I want to test. 
> I'm trying to do
> this by exporting a testInternals() function that my tester application 
> will add to it's test suite.
>
> The problem I'm having is that to use any of the BOOST_CHECK_??? etc 
> macros
> I have to include the <boost/test/test_tools.hpp> file. This causes 
> undefined symbol
> linker errors.
>
> Is there a way to do what I want to do?

This scenario is not supported by Boost.Test 1.33.1. But it is supported by 
current CVS version. Moreover - there is new tool called boost_test_runner 
that you could use to perform the testing:

boost_test_runner -test <library_name> [-init <init_func_name>]

Gennadiy