The free function template based test case

Definition

defined in test_case_template.hpp

Synopsis

template<typename TestCaseTemplate,typename TestTypesList>
class test_case_template : public test_case
{
    ... // Implementation
};

Description

This form of test cases is most useful for testing generic template based components/algorithms with different set of template parameters

Construction

To create a test case based on your test function use the following macro on file level:

BOOST_META_FUNC_TEST_CASE( free_test_function );

and following macro at the point of test case instantiation

BOOST_FUNC_TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE( free_test_function, typelist ).

BOOST_META_FUNC_TEST_CASE defines a special meta test case class used internally by test case implementation machinery. The only argument is the name of the free function template - body of the test case BOOST_FUNC_TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE cerates a new instance of the meta test case class that corresponds to argument test case and returns a pointer to the base class test_case. In most cases you will use it as an argument to the method test_suite::add(...). The first parameter to macro is the name of the free function template - body of the test case. The second - list of types it need to be instantiated with.

Examples

template<typename Number>
void free_test_function( Number* = 0 ) {
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 2, (int const)Number::value );
}

BOOST_META_FUNC_TEST_CASE( free_test_function );

test_suite*
init_unit_test_suite( int, char* [] ) {
    test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Test case template example" );

    typedef boost::mpl::range_c<int,0,10> numbers;
    test->add( BOOST_FUNC_TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE( free_test_function, numbers ) );
	
    return test;
}