C/C++ testing framework (like JUnit for java) [closed]

Answer 1

We use Google Test and it's companion Google Mock. Works wonderfully and supports JUnit style XML output for easy integration with CruiseControl, etc. It's also fully cross platform, and from my research a few months ago, GMock was the ONLY fully cross platform object mocking framework for C++.

Answer 2

We use boost.Test. There is also cppunit.

Answer 3

UnitTest++ is worth a look. It lacks features compared to some of the other frameworks mentioned here, but the simplicity is nice -- especially if you're just getting started.

I believe it was developed by Noel Llopis after writing the article mentioned in http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=29. It is pretty easy to port to a multitude of different compilers/platforms -- useful if need to target something other than a PC, be it a game console, embedded device, or otherwise.

The mailinglist has been quiet for a while now, but every so often there are questions, patches, and/or a new release, and people who ask questions are usually answered quickly.

Answer 4

Another problem people grossly over-engineer.

The below is a top-of-my-head, rough, non-working implementation of a nominal unit test infrastructure. It makes some sense to construct Test with a std::string namespace/class name and use a consistent naming scheme to print out which test is failing. I just use a unit test template and have some scripts that find all the executables starting with u (one per class), runs them in turn and collects the return values.

struct Test
{
   std::vector<(std::string)fptr*(void)> tests;
   int run() const
   {
      int stat(0);
      for (/* tests */)
      {
         std::string const res(test.run());
         if (!res.empty())
         {
             std::cerr << res;
             ++stat;
         }
      }
      return stat;
   }
};

std::string test1()
{
   std::ostringstream oss;
// do a bunch of stuff
// mark some of this code to be pulled into the class documentation 

   // conditional checks follow
   if (fail)
   {
      oss << "fail: some reason" << std::endl;
   }
// more checks
   return oss.str();
}

int main(void)
{
   Tests tests;
   tests.push_back(test1);
   tests.push_back(test2);
   return tests.run();
}

Answer 5

Wikipedia has a long list of unit testing frameworks for C++ and another list for C.

Answer 6

I'm working with Qt under Windows and Linux, wich provides an own integrated (but compared to other separate solutions a little bit limited) testing framework.

It's very easy to use and fast to learn - see QTestLib

ciao, Chris