Re: [Boost-users] [test] Running either unit tests or normal program based off of command line switches

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-04 21:40:40

"Jason House" <jasonhouse_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:edhfuf$dth$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> As I currently understand boost.test, it provides its own main function.
>  If I want to make a separate executable to run the tests, that seems
> straight forward.  But how would I embed the testing inside a normal
> program with a simple command-line switch for running them?

Depends how you build UTF:

1. Static library/"included" version
  1.a. define BOOST_TEST_NO_MAIN during library/executable build
  1.b. in your main file call unit_test_main():

   if( /* call unit test */ )
       return boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( argc, argv );

2. Dynamic library
  2.a. define BOOST_TEST_NO_MAIN during library build
  2.b. define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK during both library and executable build
  2.c. In the file containing function main() include 
<boost/test/unit_test.hpp> and define BOOST_TEST_MAIN
  2.d. in your main file call unit_test_main():

   if( /* call unit test */ )
       return boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( &init_unit_test, argc, 
argv );

Gennadiy