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  1. Google C++ Testing Framework
  2. ============================
  3. http://code.google.com/p/googletest/
  4. Overview
  5. --------
  6. Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
  7. (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows CE, Symbian, etc). Based on the
  8. xUnit architecture. Supports automatic test discovery, a rich set of
  9. assertions, user-defined assertions, death tests, fatal and non-fatal
  10. failures, various options for running the tests, and XML test report
  11. generation.
  12. Please see the project page above for more information as well as the
  13. mailing list for questions, discussions, and development. There is
  14. also an IRC channel on OFTC (irc.oftc.net) #gtest available. Please
  15. join us!
  16. Requirements for End Users
  17. --------------------------
  18. Google Test is designed to have fairly minimal requirements to build
  19. and use with your projects, but there are some. Currently, we support
  20. Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Cygwin. We will also make our best
  21. effort to support other platforms (e.g. Solaris, AIX, and z/OS).
  22. However, since core members of the Google Test project have no access
  23. to these platforms, Google Test may have outstanding issues there. If
  24. you notice any problems on your platform, please notify
  25. googletestframework@googlegroups.com. Patches for fixing them are
  26. even more welcome!
  27. ### Linux Requirements ###
  28. These are the base requirements to build and use Google Test from a source
  29. package (as described below):
  30. * GNU-compatible Make or gmake
  31. * POSIX-standard shell
  32. * POSIX(-2) Regular Expressions (regex.h)
  33. * A C++98-standard-compliant compiler
  34. ### Windows Requirements ###
  35. * Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 or newer
  36. ### Cygwin Requirements ###
  37. * Cygwin 1.5.25-14 or newer
  38. ### Mac OS X Requirements ###
  39. * Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer
  40. * Developer Tools Installed
  41. Also, you'll need CMake 2.6.4 or higher if you want to build the
  42. samples using the provided CMake script, regardless of the platform.
  43. Requirements for Contributors
  44. -----------------------------
  45. We welcome patches. If you plan to contribute a patch, you need to
  46. build Google Test and its own tests from an SVN checkout (described
  47. below), which has further requirements:
  48. * Python version 2.3 or newer (for running some of the tests and
  49. re-generating certain source files from templates)
  50. * CMake 2.6.4 or newer
  51. Getting the Source
  52. ------------------
  53. There are two primary ways of getting Google Test's source code: you
  54. can download a stable source release in your preferred archive format,
  55. or directly check out the source from our Subversion (SVN) repositary.
  56. The SVN checkout requires a few extra steps and some extra software
  57. packages on your system, but lets you track the latest development and
  58. make patches much more easily, so we highly encourage it.
  59. ### Source Package ###
  60. Google Test is released in versioned source packages which can be
  61. downloaded from the download page [1]. Several different archive
  62. formats are provided, but the only difference is the tools used to
  63. manipulate them, and the size of the resulting file. Download
  64. whichever you are most comfortable with.
  65. [1] http://code.google.com/p/googletest/downloads/list
  66. Once the package is downloaded, expand it using whichever tools you
  67. prefer for that type. This will result in a new directory with the
  68. name "gtest-X.Y.Z" which contains all of the source code. Here are
  69. some examples on Linux:
  70. tar -xvzf gtest-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
  71. tar -xvjf gtest-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2
  72. unzip gtest-X.Y.Z.zip
  73. ### SVN Checkout ###
  74. To check out the main branch (also known as the "trunk") of Google
  75. Test, run the following Subversion command:
  76. svn checkout http://googletest.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ gtest-svn
  77. Setting up the Build
  78. --------------------
  79. To build Google Test and your tests that use it, you need to tell your
  80. build system where to find its headers and source files. The exact
  81. way to do it depends on which build system you use, and is usually
  82. straightforward.
  83. ### Generic Build Instructions ###
  84. Suppose you put Google Test in directory ${GTEST_DIR}. To build it,
  85. create a library build target (or a project as called by Visual Studio
  86. and Xcode) to compile
  87. ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
  88. with ${GTEST_DIR}/include in the system header search path and ${GTEST_DIR}
  89. in the normal header search path. Assuming a Linux-like system and gcc,
  90. something like the following will do:
  91. g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} \
  92. -pthread -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
  93. ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o
  94. (We need -pthread as Google Test uses threads.)
  95. Next, you should compile your test source file with
  96. ${GTEST_DIR}/include in the system header search path, and link it
  97. with gtest and any other necessary libraries:
  98. g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -pthread path/to/your_test.cc libgtest.a \
  99. -o your_test
  100. As an example, the make/ directory contains a Makefile that you can
  101. use to build Google Test on systems where GNU make is available
  102. (e.g. Linux, Mac OS X, and Cygwin). It doesn't try to build Google
  103. Test's own tests. Instead, it just builds the Google Test library and
  104. a sample test. You can use it as a starting point for your own build
  105. script.
  106. If the default settings are correct for your environment, the
  107. following commands should succeed:
  108. cd ${GTEST_DIR}/make
  109. make
  110. ./sample1_unittest
  111. If you see errors, try to tweak the contents of make/Makefile to make
  112. them go away. There are instructions in make/Makefile on how to do
  113. it.
  114. ### Using CMake ###
  115. Google Test comes with a CMake build script (CMakeLists.txt) that can
  116. be used on a wide range of platforms ("C" stands for cross-platofrm.).
  117. If you don't have CMake installed already, you can download it for
  118. free from http://www.cmake.org/.
  119. CMake works by generating native makefiles or build projects that can
  120. be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical
  121. workflow starts with:
  122. mkdir mybuild # Create a directory to hold the build output.
  123. cd mybuild
  124. cmake ${GTEST_DIR} # Generate native build scripts.
  125. If you want to build Google Test's samples, you should replace the
  126. last command with
  127. cmake -Dgtest_build_samples=ON ${GTEST_DIR}
  128. If you are on a *nix system, you should now see a Makefile in the
  129. current directory. Just type 'make' to build gtest.
  130. If you use Windows and have Vistual Studio installed, a gtest.sln file
  131. and several .vcproj files will be created. You can then build them
  132. using Visual Studio.
  133. On Mac OS X with Xcode installed, a .xcodeproj file will be generated.
  134. ### Legacy Build Scripts ###
  135. Before settling on CMake, we have been providing hand-maintained build
  136. projects/scripts for Visual Studio, Xcode, and Autotools. While we
  137. continue to provide them for convenience, they are not actively
  138. maintained any more. We highly recommend that you follow the
  139. instructions in the previous two sections to integrate Google Test
  140. with your existing build system.
  141. If you still need to use the legacy build scripts, here's how:
  142. The msvc\ folder contains two solutions with Visual C++ projects.
  143. Open the gtest.sln or gtest-md.sln file using Visual Studio, and you
  144. are ready to build Google Test the same way you build any Visual
  145. Studio project. Files that have names ending with -md use DLL
  146. versions of Microsoft runtime libraries (the /MD or the /MDd compiler
  147. option). Files without that suffix use static versions of the runtime
  148. libraries (the /MT or the /MTd option). Please note that one must use
  149. the same option to compile both gtest and the test code. If you use
  150. Visual Studio 2005 or above, we recommend the -md version as /MD is
  151. the default for new projects in these versions of Visual Studio.
  152. On Mac OS X, open the gtest.xcodeproj in the xcode/ folder using
  153. Xcode. Build the "gtest" target. The universal binary framework will
  154. end up in your selected build directory (selected in the Xcode
  155. "Preferences..." -> "Building" pane and defaults to xcode/build).
  156. Alternatively, at the command line, enter:
  157. xcodebuild
  158. This will build the "Release" configuration of gtest.framework in your
  159. default build location. See the "xcodebuild" man page for more
  160. information about building different configurations and building in
  161. different locations.
  162. If you wish to use the Google Test Xcode project with Xcode 4.x and
  163. above, you need to either:
  164. * update the SDK configuration options in xcode/Config/General.xconfig.
  165. Comment options SDKROOT, MACOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET, and GCC_VERSION. If
  166. you choose this route you lose the ability to target earlier versions
  167. of MacOS X.
  168. * Install an SDK for an earlier version. This doesn't appear to be
  169. supported by Apple, but has been reported to work
  170. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5378518).
  171. Tweaking Google Test
  172. --------------------
  173. Google Test can be used in diverse environments. The default
  174. configuration may not work (or may not work well) out of the box in
  175. some environments. However, you can easily tweak Google Test by
  176. defining control macros on the compiler command line. Generally,
  177. these macros are named like GTEST_XYZ and you define them to either 1
  178. or 0 to enable or disable a certain feature.
  179. We list the most frequently used macros below. For a complete list,
  180. see file include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h.
  181. ### Choosing a TR1 Tuple Library ###
  182. Some Google Test features require the C++ Technical Report 1 (TR1)
  183. tuple library, which is not yet available with all compilers. The
  184. good news is that Google Test implements a subset of TR1 tuple that's
  185. enough for its own need, and will automatically use this when the
  186. compiler doesn't provide TR1 tuple.
  187. Usually you don't need to care about which tuple library Google Test
  188. uses. However, if your project already uses TR1 tuple, you need to
  189. tell Google Test to use the same TR1 tuple library the rest of your
  190. project uses, or the two tuple implementations will clash. To do
  191. that, add
  192. -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=0
  193. to the compiler flags while compiling Google Test and your tests. If
  194. you want to force Google Test to use its own tuple library, just add
  195. -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1
  196. to the compiler flags instead.
  197. If you don't want Google Test to use tuple at all, add
  198. -DGTEST_HAS_TR1_TUPLE=0
  199. and all features using tuple will be disabled.
  200. ### Multi-threaded Tests ###
  201. Google Test is thread-safe where the pthread library is available.
  202. After #include "gtest/gtest.h", you can check the GTEST_IS_THREADSAFE
  203. macro to see whether this is the case (yes if the macro is #defined to
  204. 1, no if it's undefined.).
  205. If Google Test doesn't correctly detect whether pthread is available
  206. in your environment, you can force it with
  207. -DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=1
  208. or
  209. -DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0
  210. When Google Test uses pthread, you may need to add flags to your
  211. compiler and/or linker to select the pthread library, or you'll get
  212. link errors. If you use the CMake script or the deprecated Autotools
  213. script, this is taken care of for you. If you use your own build
  214. script, you'll need to read your compiler and linker's manual to
  215. figure out what flags to add.
  216. ### As a Shared Library (DLL) ###
  217. Google Test is compact, so most users can build and link it as a
  218. static library for the simplicity. You can choose to use Google Test
  219. as a shared library (known as a DLL on Windows) if you prefer.
  220. To compile *gtest* as a shared library, add
  221. -DGTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY=1
  222. to the compiler flags. You'll also need to tell the linker to produce
  223. a shared library instead - consult your linker's manual for how to do
  224. it.
  225. To compile your *tests* that use the gtest shared library, add
  226. -DGTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY=1
  227. to the compiler flags.
  228. Note: while the above steps aren't technically necessary today when
  229. using some compilers (e.g. GCC), they may become necessary in the
  230. future, if we decide to improve the speed of loading the library (see
  231. http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility for details). Therefore you are
  232. recommended to always add the above flags when using Google Test as a
  233. shared library. Otherwise a future release of Google Test may break
  234. your build script.
  235. ### Avoiding Macro Name Clashes ###
  236. In C++, macros don't obey namespaces. Therefore two libraries that
  237. both define a macro of the same name will clash if you #include both
  238. definitions. In case a Google Test macro clashes with another
  239. library, you can force Google Test to rename its macro to avoid the
  240. conflict.
  241. Specifically, if both Google Test and some other code define macro
  242. FOO, you can add
  243. -DGTEST_DONT_DEFINE_FOO=1
  244. to the compiler flags to tell Google Test to change the macro's name
  245. from FOO to GTEST_FOO. Currently FOO can be FAIL, SUCCEED, or TEST.
  246. For example, with -DGTEST_DONT_DEFINE_TEST=1, you'll need to write
  247. GTEST_TEST(SomeTest, DoesThis) { ... }
  248. instead of
  249. TEST(SomeTest, DoesThis) { ... }
  250. in order to define a test.
  251. Upgrating from an Earlier Version
  252. ---------------------------------
  253. We strive to keep Google Test releases backward compatible.
  254. Sometimes, though, we have to make some breaking changes for the
  255. users' long-term benefits. This section describes what you'll need to
  256. do if you are upgrading from an earlier version of Google Test.
  257. ### Upgrading from 1.3.0 or Earlier ###
  258. You may need to explicitly enable or disable Google Test's own TR1
  259. tuple library. See the instructions in section "Choosing a TR1 Tuple
  260. Library".
  261. ### Upgrading from 1.4.0 or Earlier ###
  262. The Autotools build script (configure + make) is no longer officially
  263. supportted. You are encouraged to migrate to your own build system or
  264. use CMake. If you still need to use Autotools, you can find
  265. instructions in the README file from Google Test 1.4.0.
  266. On platforms where the pthread library is available, Google Test uses
  267. it in order to be thread-safe. See the "Multi-threaded Tests" section
  268. for what this means to your build script.
  269. If you use Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 with exceptions disabled, Google
  270. Test will no longer compile. This should affect very few people, as a
  271. large portion of STL (including <string>) doesn't compile in this mode
  272. anyway. We decided to stop supporting it in order to greatly simplify
  273. Google Test's implementation.
  274. Developing Google Test
  275. ----------------------
  276. This section discusses how to make your own changes to Google Test.
  277. ### Testing Google Test Itself ###
  278. To make sure your changes work as intended and don't break existing
  279. functionality, you'll want to compile and run Google Test's own tests.
  280. For that you can use CMake:
  281. mkdir mybuild
  282. cd mybuild
  283. cmake -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ${GTEST_DIR}
  284. Make sure you have Python installed, as some of Google Test's tests
  285. are written in Python. If the cmake command complains about not being
  286. able to find Python ("Could NOT find PythonInterp (missing:
  287. PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)"), try telling it explicitly where your Python
  288. executable can be found:
  289. cmake -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=path/to/python -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ${GTEST_DIR}
  290. Next, you can build Google Test and all of its own tests. On *nix,
  291. this is usually done by 'make'. To run the tests, do
  292. make test
  293. All tests should pass.
  294. ### Regenerating Source Files ###
  295. Some of Google Test's source files are generated from templates (not
  296. in the C++ sense) using a script. A template file is named FOO.pump,
  297. where FOO is the name of the file it will generate. For example, the
  298. file include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump is used to generate
  299. gtest-type-util.h in the same directory.
  300. Normally you don't need to worry about regenerating the source files,
  301. unless you need to modify them. In that case, you should modify the
  302. corresponding .pump files instead and run the pump.py Python script to
  303. regenerate them. You can find pump.py in the scripts/ directory.
  304. Read the Pump manual [2] for how to use it.
  305. [2] http://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/PumpManual
  306. ### Contributing a Patch ###
  307. We welcome patches. Please read the Google Test developer's guide [3]
  308. for how you can contribute. In particular, make sure you have signed
  309. the Contributor License Agreement, or we won't be able to accept the
  310. patch.
  311. [3] http://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/GoogleTestDevGuide
  312. Happy testing!