Unit Test Frameworks

Name

TestFailure

Description

The class TestFailure (see Figure C-22) summarizes the failure of a Test. The failure may be due to an assertion failure or an error. An error is defined as any exception that isn’t an assertion failure.

TestFailure belongs to the namespace CppUnit. It is declared in TestFailure.h and is implemented in TestFailure.cpp.

Figure C-22. The class TestFailure

Declaration

class TestFailure

Constructors/Destructors

TestFailure(Test *failedTest, Exception *thrownException, bool isError)

A constructor taking the Test that failed, the Exception that was thrown, and a flag indicating whether the failure was an assertion failure or an error.

virtual ~TestFailure( )

A destructor.

Public Methods

virtual TestFailure *clone( ) const

Returns a copy of this TestFailure.

virtual Test *failedTest( ) const

Returns the failed Test.

virtual string failedTestName( ) const

Returns the name of the failed Test.

virtual bool isError( ) const

Returns TRUE if the TestFailure is due to an error and not to an assertion failure.

virtual SourceLine sourceLine( ) const

Returns the SourceLine for this TestFailure.

virtual Exception *thrownException( ) const

Returns the Exception associated with this TestFailure.

virtual string toString( ) const

Returns a string representation of this TestFailure.

Protected/Private Methods

TestFailure(const TestFailure &other)

A copy constructor declared private ...