= Running Qpid C++ tests =

General philosophy is that "make test" run all tests by default, but
developers can run tests selectively as explained below.

== Unit Tests ==

Unit tests use the boost test framework, and are compiled to the programd
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

== System Tests ==

System tests are executables or scripts. You can run executable tests directly
as well as via "make test" or "ctest".  Some tests require environment settings
which are set by src/tests/test_env.sh on Unix or by src/tests/test_env.ps1 on
Windows.

./python_tests: runs ../python/run_tests. This is the main set of
system tests for the broker.

Other C++ client test executables and scripts under client/test are
system tests for the client.

== Running selected tests ==

The make target "make test" simply runs the command "ctest".  Running ctest
directly gives you additional options, e.g.

  ctest -R <regexp> -VV

This runs tests with names matching the regular expression <regexp> and will
print the full output of the tests rather than just listing which tests pass or
fail.

