Switching on/off test suits with boost

Question

I have a Class A (implemented in A.cpp and A.h). I have created a file testA.cpp and implemented tests for the class A. testA.cpp basically has the form:

#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE TestA
...
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(test_suite_A)
...
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testA1) { ... }
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testA2) { ... }
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testA3) { ... }
...
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()

This generates all that is needed to run the tests (the main file, etc.)

Now I would like to add an additional class B (implemented in B.cpp and B.h) and implement an additional test suit for B in testB.cpp and extend my test module to contain TestA and TestB.

Must I give up at least autogeneration of the main function that registeres the test suits if the test suits reside in different files? How can I organize the suits so I can easily switch on/off individual suits?

Answer 1

Currently I found the following solution for the problem:

• I have created main file for tests: tests.cpp with the following content:

 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Tests

 #include "testA.cpp"
 #include "testB.cpp"

the include CPP Files contain individual test suits. Any better solution is very welcome