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6.4 C unit testing API ¶

The C API is provided in the dejagnu.h header file. This header provides a self-contained implementation. For convenience, the totals() function can be called at the end of the unit test program to output summary totals. DejaGnu counts the test results independently and will operate correctly even if totals() is never invoked.

All of the functions that take a msg parameter use a C char * that is the message to be displayed. All of the functions that display a message accept a printf-style format string and variable arguments.

• note emits a note that will be displayed at verbose level 2 or higher.

  note(msg, ...);

• pass prints a message for a successful test completion.

  pass(msg, ...);

• fail prints a message for an unsuccessful test completion.

  fail(msg, ...);

• xfail prints a message for an expected unsuccessful test completion.

  xfail(msg, ...);

• xpass prints a message for an unexpected successful test completion.

  xpass(msg, ...);

• untested prints a placeholder message for a test case that is not yet implemented or that could not be run for some reason.

  untested(msg, ...);

• unresolved prints a message for a test case that was run, but did not produce a clear result. These output states require a human to look over the results to determine what happened.

  unresolved(msg, ...);

• totals prints out the total counts of all of the test results as a convenience when running the unit test program directly. DejaGnu does not use this information and instead counts the results independently.

  totals();