How to run a Boost Unit Test in QT Creator?

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It is a pretty basic question but I run out of ideas. I have my example test for my class:

#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE MyTest
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( my_test ){
       Hero TestHero ("Hika",100,100,100,100,100,100,100,0,100);         
       BOOST_CHECK ( TestHero.getHP() == 100 ); }

And these are stored in my tests.cpp file. My question is: how do I run only tests instead of whole app?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

Unit tests are usually run in a separate executable to your application.

To run the boost unit test library the test executable must link to boost_test_exec_monitor.

Note: the precise name of a boost library depends on your operating system, compiler, multi-threading and debug modes. See: how can I decode boost library naming.
Boost library naming is usually simpler on linux. However, if you define the relevant environment variables then the following qmake lines will link on Windows with MinGW in multithreaded dubug mode:

BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX = $${MINGW_VERSION}-mt-gd$${BOOST_VERSION}

INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_ROOT
LIBS += -L$${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib
LIBS += libboost_test_exec_monitor$${BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX}

You could put all of your unit tests in a single file, but it's better to put the following in a file called test_main.cpp (for example) and add it to the source files in your qmake file.

#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Main
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

Separate unit test files can then be written and added to the unit test qmake file, e.g.:

#include "Hero.hpp"
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(MyTests)

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( my_test ){
       Hero TestHero ("Hika",100,100,100,100,100,100,100,0,100);         
       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (100, TestHero.getHP()); }

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()

Your unit test qmake file should then include the test files together with the relevant source files from your application, e.g.:

SOURCES += tests/test_main.cpp \
   tests/my_test.cpp \
   src/Hero.cpp

Look in the tests directory at: via-httplib for a complete example.

How to run a Boost Unit Test in QT Creator?

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