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DoS_tests.cpp
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Makefile
Makefile
 
 
README.md
README.md
 
 
addrman_tests.cpp
addrman_tests.cpp
 
 
allocator_tests.cpp
allocator_tests.cpp
 
 
amount_tests.cpp
amount_tests.cpp
 
 
arith_uint256_tests.cpp
arith_uint256_tests.cpp
 
 
base32_tests.cpp
base32_tests.cpp
 
 
base58_tests.cpp
base58_tests.cpp
 
 
base64_tests.cpp
base64_tests.cpp
 
 
bctest.py
bctest.py
 
 
bip32_tests.cpp
bip32_tests.cpp
 
 
bitcoin-util-test.py
bitcoin-util-test.py
 
 
blockencodings_tests.cpp
blockencodings_tests.cpp
 
 
bloom_tests.cpp
bloom_tests.cpp
 
 
bswap_tests.cpp
bswap_tests.cpp
 
 
buildenv.py.in
buildenv.py.in
 
 
coins_tests.cpp
coins_tests.cpp
 
 
compress_tests.cpp
compress_tests.cpp
 
 
crypto_tests.cpp
crypto_tests.cpp
 
 
dbwrapper_tests.cpp
dbwrapper_tests.cpp
 
 
getarg_tests.cpp
getarg_tests.cpp
 
 
hash_tests.cpp
hash_tests.cpp
 
 
key_tests.cpp
key_tests.cpp
 
 
limitedmap_tests.cpp
limitedmap_tests.cpp
 
 
main_tests.cpp
main_tests.cpp
 
 
mempool_tests.cpp
mempool_tests.cpp
 
 
merkle_tests.cpp
merkle_tests.cpp
 
 
miner_tests.cpp
miner_tests.cpp
 
 
multisig_tests.cpp
multisig_tests.cpp
 
 
net_tests.cpp
net_tests.cpp
 
 
netbase_tests.cpp
netbase_tests.cpp
 
 
pmt_tests.cpp
pmt_tests.cpp
 
 
policyestimator_tests.cpp
policyestimator_tests.cpp
 
 
pow_tests.cpp
pow_tests.cpp
 
 
prevector_tests.cpp
prevector_tests.cpp
 
 
reverselock_tests.cpp
reverselock_tests.cpp
 
 
rpc_tests.cpp
rpc_tests.cpp
 
 
sanity_tests.cpp
sanity_tests.cpp
 
 
scheduler_tests.cpp
scheduler_tests.cpp
 
 
script_P2SH_tests.cpp
script_P2SH_tests.cpp
 
 
script_tests.cpp
script_tests.cpp
 
 
scriptnum10.h
scriptnum10.h
 
 
scriptnum_tests.cpp
scriptnum_tests.cpp
 
 
serialize_tests.cpp
serialize_tests.cpp
 
 
sighash_tests.cpp
sighash_tests.cpp
 
 
sigopcount_tests.cpp
sigopcount_tests.cpp
 
 
skiplist_tests.cpp
skiplist_tests.cpp
 
 
streams_tests.cpp
streams_tests.cpp
 
 
test_bitcoin.cpp
test_bitcoin.cpp
 
 
test_bitcoin.h
test_bitcoin.h
 
 
testutil.cpp
testutil.cpp
 
 
testutil.h
testutil.h
 
 
timedata_tests.cpp
timedata_tests.cpp
 
 
transaction_tests.cpp
transaction_tests.cpp
 
 
txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
 
 
uint256_tests.cpp
uint256_tests.cpp
 
 
univalue_tests.cpp
univalue_tests.cpp
 
 
util_tests.cpp
util_tests.cpp
 
 
versionbits_tests.cpp
versionbits_tests.cpp
 
 

README.md

Notes

The sources in this directory are unit test cases. Boost includes a unit testing framework, and since bitcoin already uses boost, it makes sense to simply use this framework rather than require developers to configure some other framework (we want as few impediments to creating unit tests as possible).

The build system is setup to compile an executable called test_bitcoin that runs all of the unit tests. The main source file is called test_bitcoin.cpp. To add a new unit test file to our test suite you need to add the file to src/Makefile.test.include. The pattern is to create one test file for each class or source file for which you want to create unit tests. The file naming convention is <source_filename>_tests.cpp and such files should wrap their tests in a test suite called <source_filename>_tests. For an example of this pattern, examine uint256_tests.cpp.

For further reading, I found the following website to be helpful in explaining how the boost unit test framework works: http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/03/31/c-unit-testing-with-boosttest/.

test_bitcoin has some built-in command-line arguments; for example, to run just the getarg_tests verbosely:

test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests

... or to run just the doubledash test:

test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash

Run test_bitcoin --help for the full list.