Re: [Boost-users] whitebox testing with boost unit test framework?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] whitebox testing with boost unit test framework?
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-22 16:05:54

On 12/22/2011 12:25 AM, Chris Cleeland wrote:
> I'm using the boost unit test framework to implement unit tests for
> code.  I'm wondering if there is a best-practice for doing white-box
> testing/internal state inspection of types under test.  My hack right
> now is to strip out "protected" and "private" from the header, but I
> hold my nose as I do that.
>
> Thoughts/suggestions?
>

There are tricks to access private/protected members of a class without 
being a friend or anything like that.

<http://bloglitb.blogspot.com/2010/07/access-to-private-members-thats-easy.html>

Maybe that would be useful to you (haven't found a use for that yet)