How do I run a single test with UnitTest++?

Question

How do I run a single test with UnitTest++ ?

I am running UnitTest++ out of the box as is. My main function looks like:

int main()
{
   printf("diamond test v0.1 %s\n\n",TIMESTAMP);
   diamond::startup();
   UnitTest::RunAllTests();
   diamond::shutdown();
   printf("press any key to continue...");
   getc(stdin);
}

For debugging I would like to write something like UnitTest::RunSingleTests("MyNewUnitTest"); instead of UnitTest::RunAllTests();. Does UnitTest++ provide such a function and if so, what is the syntax?

Answer 1

try this as your main() for unittest (I actually put this in a file and added that to the unittest library, so that when linking to the library the executable automatically uses this main(). very convenient.)

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
  if( argc > 1 )
  {
      //if first arg is "suite", we search for suite names instead of test names
    const bool bSuite = strcmp( "suite", argv[ 1 ] ) == 0;

      //walk list of all tests, add those with a name that
      //matches one of the arguments  to a new TestList
    const TestList& allTests( Test::GetTestList() );
    TestList selectedTests;
    Test* p = allTests.GetHead();
    while( p )
    {
      for( int i = 1 ; i < argc ; ++i )
        if( strcmp( bSuite ? p->m_details.suiteName
                           : p->m_details.testName, argv[ i ] ) == 0 )
          selectedTests.Add( p );
      p = p->next;
    }

      //run selected test(s) only
    TestReporterStdout reporter;
    TestRunner runner( reporter );
    return runner.RunTestsIf( selectedTests, 0, True(), 0 );
  }
  else
  {
    return RunAllTests();
  }
}

invoke with arguments to run a single test:

> myexe MyTestName

or single suite

> myexe suite MySuite