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.Dd November 15, 2013 .Dt ATF-C++-API 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm atf-c++-api , .Nm ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE , .Nm ATF_CHECK_ERRNO , .Nm ATF_FAIL , .Nm ATF_INIT_TEST_CASES , .Nm ATF_PASS , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_EQ , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_IN , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_NOT_IN , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_THROW , .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_THROW_RE , .Nm ATF_SKIP , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_CLEANUP , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_NAME , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_USE , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_WITH_CLEANUP , .Nm ATF_TEST_CASE_WITHOUT_HEAD , .Nm atf::utils::cat_file , .Nm atf::utils::compare_file , .Nm atf::utils::copy_file , .Nm atf::utils::create_file , .Nm atf::utils::file_exists , .Nm atf::utils::fork , .Nm atf::utils::grep_collection , .Nm atf::utils::grep_file , .Nm atf::utils::grep_string , .Nm atf::utils::redirect , .Nm atf::utils::wait .Nd C++ API to write ATF-based test programs .Sh SYNOPSIS n atf-c++.hpp .Fn ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE "tcs" "name" .Fn ATF_CHECK_ERRNO "exp_errno" "bool_expression" .Fn ATF_FAIL "reason" .Fn ATF_INIT_TEST_CASES "tcs" .Fn ATF_PASS .Fn ATF_REQUIRE "expression" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ "expression_1" "expression_2" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO "exp_errno" "bool_expression" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_IN "element" "collection" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH "regexp" "string_expression" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_NOT_IN "element" "collection" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_THROW "expected_exception" "statement" .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_THROW_RE "expected_exception" "regexp" "statement" .Fn ATF_SKIP "reason" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_CLEANUP "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_NAME "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_USE "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITH_CLEANUP "name" .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITHOUT_HEAD "name" .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::cat_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& prefix" .Fc .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::compare_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& contents" .Fc .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::copy_file .Fa "const std::string& source" .Fa "const std::string& destination" .Fc .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::create_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& contents" .Fc .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::file_exists .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc .Ft pid_t .Fo atf::utils::fork .Fa "void" .Fc .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_collection .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const Collection& collection" .Fc .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_file .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_string .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::redirect .Fa "const int fd" .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::wait .Fa "const pid_t pid" .Fa "const int expected_exit_status" .Fa "const std::string& expected_stdout" .Fa "const std::string& expected_stderr" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION ATF provides a C++ programming interface to implement test programs. C++-based test programs follow this template: d -literal -offset indent extern "C" { .Ns ... C-specific includes go here ... } .Ns ... C++-specific includes go here ... #include <atf-c++.hpp> ATF_TEST_CASE(tc1); ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD(tc1) { ... first test case's header ... } ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(tc1) { ... first test case's body ... } ATF_TEST_CASE_WITH_CLEANUP(tc2); ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD(tc2) { ... second test case's header ... } ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(tc2) { ... second test case's body ... } ATF_TEST_CASE_CLEANUP(tc2) { ... second test case's cleanup ... } ATF_TEST_CASE(tc3); ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(tc3) { ... third test case's body ... } .Ns ... additional test cases ... ATF_INIT_TEST_CASES(tcs) { ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, tc1); ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, tc2); ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, tc3); ... add additional test cases ... } .Ed .Ss Definition of test cases Test cases have an identifier and are composed of three different parts: the header, the body and an optional cleanup routine, all of which are described in .Xr atf-test-case 4 . To define test cases, one can use the .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE , .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITH_CLEANUP or the .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITHOUT_HEAD macros, which take a single parameter specifiying the test case's name. .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE , requires to define a head and a body for the test case, .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITH_CLEANUP requires to define a head, a body and a cleanup for the test case and .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_WITHOUT_HEAD requires only a body for the test case. It is important to note that these .Em do not set the test case up for execution when the program is run. In order to do so, a later registration is needed through the .Fn ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE macro detailed in .Sx Program initialization .
p Later on, one must define the three parts of the body by means of three functions. Their headers are given by the .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD , .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY and .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_CLEANUP macros, all of which take the test case's name. Following each of these, a block of code is expected, surrounded by the opening and closing brackets.
p Additionally, the .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_NAME macro can be used to obtain the name of the class corresponding to a particular test case, as the name is internally manged by the library to prevent clashes with other user identifiers. Similarly, the .Fn ATF_TEST_CASE_USE macro can be executed on a particular test case to mark it as "used" and thus prevent compiler warnings regarding unused symbols. Note that .Em you should never have to use these macros during regular operation. .Ss Program initialization The library provides a way to easily define the test program's .Fn main function. You should never define one on your own, but rely on the library to do it for you. This is done by using the .Fn ATF_INIT_TEST_CASES macro, which is passed the name of the list that will hold the test cases. This name can be whatever you want as long as it is a valid variable value.
p After the macro, you are supposed to provide the body of a function, which should only use the .Fn ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE macro to register the test cases the test program will execute. The first parameter of this macro matches the name you provided in the former call. .Ss Header definitions The test case's header can define the meta-data by using the .Fn set_md_var method, which takes two parameters: the first one specifies the meta-data variable to be set and the second one specifies its value. Both of them are strings. .Ss Configuration variables The test case has read-only access to the current configuration variables by means of the .Ft bool .Fn has_config_var and the .Ft std::string .Fn get_config_var methods, which can be called in any of the three parts of a test case. .Ss Access to the source directory It is possible to get the path to the test case's source directory from any of its three components by querying the .Sq srcdir configuration variable. .Ss Requiring programs Aside from the .Va require.progs meta-data variable available in the header only, one can also check for additional programs in the test case's body by using the .Fn require_prog function, which takes the base name or full path of a single binary. Relative paths are forbidden. If it is not found, the test case will be automatically skipped. .Ss Test case finalization The test case finalizes either when the body reaches its end, at which point the test is assumed to have .Em passed , or at any explicit call to .Fn ATF_PASS , .Fn ATF_FAIL or .Fn ATF_SKIP . These three macros terminate the execution of the test case immediately. The cleanup routine will be processed afterwards in a completely automated way, regardless of the test case's termination reason.
p .Fn ATF_PASS does not take any parameters. .Fn ATF_FAIL and .Fn ATF_SKIP take a single string that describes why the test case failed or was skipped, respectively. It is very important to provide a clear error message in both cases so that the user can quickly know why the test did not pass. .Ss Expectations Everything explained in the previous section changes when the test case expectations are redefined by the programmer.
p Each test case has an internal state called .Sq expect that describes what the test case expectations are at any point in time. The value of this property can change during execution by any of: l -tag -width indent t Fn expect_death "reason" Expects the test case to exit prematurely regardless of the nature of the exit. t Fn expect_exit "exitcode" "reason" Expects the test case to exit cleanly. If .Va exitcode is not .Sq -1 , .Xr atf-run 1 will validate that the exit code of the test case matches the one provided in this call. Otherwise, the exact value will be ignored. t Fn expect_fail "reason" Any failure (be it fatal or non-fatal) raised in this mode is recorded. However, such failures do not report the test case as failed; instead, the test case finalizes cleanly and is reported as .Sq expected failure ; this report includes the provided .Fa reason as part of it. If no error is raised while running in this mode, then the test case is reported as .Sq failed .
p This mode is useful to reproduce actual known bugs in tests. Whenever the developer fixes the bug later on, the test case will start reporting a failure, signaling the developer that the test case must be adjusted to the new conditions. In this situation, it is useful, for example, to set .Fa reason as the bug number for tracking purposes. t Fn expect_pass This is the normal mode of execution. In this mode, any failure is reported as such to the user and the test case is marked as .Sq failed . t Fn expect_race "reason" Any failure or timeout during the execution of the test case will be considered as if a race condition has been triggered and reported as such. If no problems arise, the test will continue execution as usual. t Fn expect_signal "signo" "reason" Expects the test case to terminate due to the reception of a signal. If .Va signo is not .Sq -1 , .Xr atf-run 1 will validate that the signal that terminated the test case matches the one provided in this call. Otherwise, the exact value will be ignored. t Fn expect_timeout "reason" Expects the test case to execute for longer than its timeout. .El .Ss Helper macros for common checks The library provides several macros that are very handy in multiple situations. These basically check some condition after executing a given statement or processing a given expression and, if the condition is not met, they automatically call .Fn ATF_FAIL with an appropriate error message.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE takes an expression and raises a failure if it evaluates to false.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ takes two expressions and raises a failure if the two do not evaluate to the same exact value.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_IN takes an element and a collection and validates that the element is present in the collection.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH takes a regular expression and a string and raises a failure if the regular expression does not match the string.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_NOT_IN takes an element and a collection and validates that the element is not present in the collection.
p .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_THROW takes the name of an exception and a statement and raises a failure if the statement does not throw the specified exception. .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_THROW_RE takes the name of an exception, a regular expresion and a statement and raises a failure if the statement does not throw the specified exception and if the message of the exception does not match the regular expression.
p .Fn ATF_CHECK_ERRNO and .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO take, first, the error code that the check is expecting to find in the .Va errno variable and, second, a boolean expression that, if evaluates to true, means that a call failed and .Va errno has to be checked against the first value. .Ss Utility functions The following functions are provided as part of the .Nm API to simplify the creation of a variety of tests. In particular, these are useful to write tests for command-line interfaces.
p .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::cat_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& prefix" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Prints the contents of .Fa path to the standard output, prefixing every line with the string in .Fa prefix . .Ed
p .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::compare_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& contents" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Returns true if the given .Fa path matches exactly the expected inlined .Fa contents . .Ed
p .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::copy_file .Fa "const std::string& source" .Fa "const std::string& destination" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Copies the file .Fa source to .Fa destination . The permissions of the file are preserved during the code. .Ed
p .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::create_file .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fa "const std::string& contents" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Creates .Fa file with the text given in .Fa contents . .Ed
p .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::file_exists .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Checks if .Fa path exists. .Ed
p .Ft pid_t .Fo atf::utils::fork .Fa "void" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Forks a process and redirects the standard output and standard error of the child to files for later validation with .Fn atf::utils::wait . Fails the test case if the fork fails, so this does not return an error. .Ed
p .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_collection .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const Collection& collection" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Searches for the regular expression .Fa regexp in any of the strings contained in the .Fa collection . This is a template that accepts any one-dimensional container of strings. .Ed
p .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_file .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Searches for the regular expression .Fa regexp in the file .Fa path . The variable arguments are used to construct the regular expression. .Ed
p .Ft bool .Fo atf::utils::grep_string .Fa "const std::string& regexp" .Fa "const std::string& str" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Searches for the regular expression .Fa regexp in the string .Fa str . .Ed .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::redirect .Fa "const int fd" .Fa "const std::string& path" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Redirects the given file descriptor .Fa fd to the file .Fa path . This function exits the process in case of an error and does not properly mark the test case as failed. As a result, it should only be used in subprocesses of the test case; specially those spawned by .Fn atf::utils::fork . .Ed
p .Ft void .Fo atf::utils::wait .Fa "const pid_t pid" .Fa "const int expected_exit_status" .Fa "const std::string& expected_stdout" .Fa "const std::string& expected_stderr" .Fc d -ragged -offset indent Waits and validates the result of a subprocess spawned with .Fn atf::utils::wait . The validation involves checking that the subprocess exited cleanly and returned the code specified in .Fa expected_exit_status and that its standard output and standard error match the strings given in .Fa expected_stdout and .Fa expected_stderr .
p If any of the .Fa expected_stdout or .Fa expected_stderr strings are prefixed with .Sq save: , then they specify the name of the file into which to store the stdout or stderr of the subprocess, and no comparison is performed. .Ed .Sh EXAMPLES The following shows a complete test program with a single test case that validates the addition operator: d -literal -offset indent #include <atf-c++.hpp> ATF_TEST_CASE(addition); ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD(addition) { set_md_var("descr", "Sample tests for the addition operator"); } ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(addition) { ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(0 + 0, 0); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(0 + 1, 1); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(1 + 0, 1); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(1 + 1, 2); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(100 + 200, 300); } ATF_TEST_CASE(open_failure); ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD(open_failure) { set_md_var("descr", "Sample tests for the open function"); } ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(open_failure) { ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO(ENOENT, open("non-existent", O_RDONLY) == -1); } ATF_TEST_CASE(known_bug); ATF_TEST_CASE_HEAD(known_bug) { set_md_var("descr", "Reproduces a known bug"); } ATF_TEST_CASE_BODY(known_bug) { expect_fail("See bug number foo/bar"); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(3, 1 + 1); expect_pass(); ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(3, 1 + 2); } ATF_INIT_TEST_CASES(tcs) { ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, addition); ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, open_failure); ATF_ADD_TEST_CASE(tcs, known_bug); } .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr atf-test-program 1 , .Xr atf-test-case 4 , .Xr atf 7