The Test Framework defines macros that you may use to create applications to run your tests.
The runTestImplementationMacro defines an application to run a single test. The beginTestFrameworkMacro, runTestMacro, endTestFrameworkMacro, and runTestResultMacro macros may be used within a main routine to create an application that can run several tests.
Applications created using these macros recognize several options: -t, -e, -n, and -o options (see below). The -test option must be specified when running the application.
Command-line options understood by the application created using the macros are shown in the following table:
| -e[cho] h|g|n|d|D | Set detail of diagnostic output: headline, general, normal, detail, Debug |
| -n numberOfRuns | Run the test numberOfRuns times; default is to run test once. |
| -o[ptions] | Pass further arguments (after the -o) to the ITest subclass. |
| -t[est] class | Run the ITest subclass class. |
| -log [logfilename] | Write the output into logfilename. |
The runTestImplementationMacro macro expands to define the entire main routine to create and run a single test. It takes the name of the test class for its parameter. The test object is created and the run function is called for the test. The main routine returns with a 0 indicating that the test succeeded; otherwise, 1 is returned.
Use beginTestFrameworkMacro, runTestMacro, endTestFrameworkMacro, and runTestResultMacro to create an application that can run various tests instead of just one. The following table summarizes each of these macros:
| beginTestFrameworkMacro | Takes argc and argv for its parameters. This macro expands the code to parse the command-line arguments for options. |
| runTestMacro | Takes the name of the test class for its parameter. This macro expands the code to create and run the text. |
| endTestFrameworkMacro | Takes no parameters. This macro expands the code to check if a test was run and prints out an error if no test was run. |
| runTestResultMacro | Returns a boolean indicating whether test succeeded. |
To use these macros you must write your own main routine:
Only the test specified with the -t option will be run when the application executes.