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diff --git a/cpp/src/tests/README b/cpp/src/tests/README index 3cf6fab2ad..0f4edee493 100644 --- a/cpp/src/tests/README +++ b/cpp/src/tests/README @@ -21,33 +21,16 @@ worked around in Qpid. == Unit Tests == +Unit tests use the boost test framework, and are compiled to rogram + unit_test +There are several options to control how test results are displayed, +see + http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/test/doc/components/utf/parameters/index.html -Unit tests shared libraries containing CppUnit test plug-ins, run by -the CppUnit DllPlugInTester program. +NOTE: some unit tests are written as CppUnit plug-ins, we are moving away +from CppUnit so new tests should use the boost framework. -run-unit-tests runs tests under valgrind, you can run it directly. -Library names (without path or .so) and CppUnit test paths can be -specified on the command line or in env var UNIT_TESTS. For example: - -Selected test classes: -./run-unit-tests ValueTest ClientChannelTest - -Individual test method -./run-unit-tests ValueTest :ValueTest::testStringValueEquals - -You can also Build and run selected tests via make: -make check TESTS=run-unit-tests UNIT_TESTS=ClientChannelTest - -NOTE: If you use DllPlugInTester directly note that if foobar.so is in -the current directory then this will fail with "can't load plugin": - # DllPluginTester foobar.so - -Instead you need to say: - # DllPluginTester ./foobar.so - -DllPluginTester uses dlopen() which only searches for shlibs -in the standard places unless the filename contains a "/". In that -case it just tries to open the filename. +CppUnit tests are run by the script run-unit-tests. == System Tests == |