RE: [Cppunit-devel] writing abstract test class

[Moran Ben-D. <mbe...@ii...>]

Since there isn't reflection in C++.. i can't see a way around the
AUTOMATICALLY point..
 
However, with respect to the having a hierarchy of test classes.. you should
declare the cppunit stuff in your concrete class.. you could have your base
class inherit from TestFixture but use the CPPUNIT_* declaration macros in
your concrete class.
 
moran

-----Original Message-----
From: Bogaerts Marc [mailto:MB...@fa...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:25 AM
To: cpp...@li...
Subject: [Cppunit-devel] writing abstract test class



I've been looking for a Unit Test Framework for C++, since I've had good
experiences with JUnit in Java. 
That's how I got to CppUnit and tried it. 
Because I'm not used to C++ I had some difficulties using it. 
Being used to JUnit there are some things I miss in CppUnit, but maybe they
do exist, just that I cannot find them in the doc.

*	being able to build a suite that AUTOMATICALLY includes all test
functions i.e. functions whose name start with 'test'. 

*	being able to create a hierarchy of test classes, some of which may
be abstract, and execute all tests in concrete classes. This gives me errors
at compile time, because the helper macro CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE tries to
instantiate an object of the test class, but this class is abstract and thus
cannot be instantiated. 

I was wondering if you might have a solution for these problems, or if you
would think of providing such features in the future?

Thanks. 
Marc. 

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