Re: [Boost-users] [boost test] question on exception testing

From: Ovanes Markarian (om_boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-28 13:33:58

Sorry, wrote some thing wrong. Please read further...

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Ovanes Markarian <om_boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hello *,
>
> I have a question regarding the tools BOOST_<level>_THROW:
>
> Why is it required to specify the exception being thrown? What if I don't
> know which exception is thrown, but I know that it should be thrown?
>
> My use case is:
>
> I have a worker class which executes some functionality. I know that the
> functionality will throw, but I would like to test that my class will remain
> in the consistent state after the exception was thrown? With
> BOOST_<level>_THROW(class_inst.execute()) I could spare the
> try{}catch(...){} block and make other test assertions, but unfortunately it
> is not possible, due to lacking of this utility.
>
> I would propose a throw guard into the lib, which does not produce any
> assertion, but swallows an exception. My intention is:
> I have to develop inside of a huge framework. The functionality I am
> trying to execute will only work on a target hardware. Since I am -->inside
> a debugger<--

   should be: since I am not testing on a target platform

> and not going to test the the executed functionality itself, but check the
> state of my class I think such a tool might help.
>
> With Kind Regards,
> Ovanes
>