[Boost-users] FW: Question about Boost.Test

From: Ranji Raghavan (ranji.raghavan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-06 12:20:13

Folks -

 

I would appreciate any help for the following question ..

 

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From: Ranji Raghavan [mailto:ranji.raghavan_at_[hidden]] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:23 AM
To: 'boost-test_at_[hidden]'
Subject: Question about Boost.Test

 

Hello Gennadiy -

 

I have been asked recently to investigate an UNIT testing tool for our C++
framework we have and have taken a quick stab at cppUnit, CxxTest and I am
currently looking into Boost.Test. I have a fair bit of experience in JUnit
and MbUnit/NUnit that we have used to unit test the JAVA & .NET version of
the same application.

 

What we are trying to accomplish (and have accomplished for JAVA & .NET
versions at least) is to have all our test cases defined in XML files - this
way we have the same inputs for the .NET, JAVA & C++ versions of our
application. JUnit & MbUnit have the capability that allows me to feed
different data sets (1000's of them in some case) to the same test method. 

 

Delving into cppUnit & CxxTest, I could not find any pragmatic way to feed
disparate data sets to the same test method - or at least that's what I
gather from what little I could decipher. But looking at Boost.Test I did
find BOOST_PARAM_CLASS_TEST_CASE( test_class_method_pointer,
first_parameter, last_parameter ) method that caught my attention. 

 

The question I have for you is this: Can I pass an instance of a class (that
contains all the requisite data I parsed from the XML file) to a test
method. For example -

 

class my_complex_test
{
    void test_assignment( can this be an instance of a class? )
    {
        ...
    }
};
...
std::list<can this be a list that holds instances of a class>
possible_xmlvalues;
ts->add( BOOST_PARAM_CLASS_TEST_CASE( &my_complex_test::test_assignment,
                                      possible_xmlvalues.begin(),
                                      possible_xmlvalues.end() ) ); 
 
 
Any help you can render will be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks
 
Ranji Raghavan