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The new class is accessed via the Params() method and holds most things that vary between main, test and regtest networks. The regtest mode has two purposes, one is to run the bitcoind/bitcoinj comparison tool which compares two separate implementations of the Bitcoin protocol looking for divergence. The other is that when run, you get a local node which can mine a single block instantly, which is highly convenient for testing apps during development as there's no need to wait 10 minutes for a block on the testnet. |
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| data | ||
| accounting_tests.cpp | ||
| alert_tests.cpp | ||
| allocator_tests.cpp | ||
| base32_tests.cpp | ||
| base58_tests.cpp | ||
| base64_tests.cpp | ||
| bignum_tests.cpp | ||
| bloom_tests.cpp | ||
| canonical_tests.cpp | ||
| checkblock_tests.cpp | ||
| Checkpoints_tests.cpp | ||
| compress_tests.cpp | ||
| DoS_tests.cpp | ||
| getarg_tests.cpp | ||
| key_tests.cpp | ||
| miner_tests.cpp | ||
| mruset_tests.cpp | ||
| multisig_tests.cpp | ||
| netbase_tests.cpp | ||
| pmt_tests.cpp | ||
| README | ||
| rpc_tests.cpp | ||
| script_P2SH_tests.cpp | ||
| script_tests.cpp | ||
| serialize_tests.cpp | ||
| sigopcount_tests.cpp | ||
| test_bitcoin.cpp | ||
| transaction_tests.cpp | ||
| uint160_tests.cpp | ||
| uint256_tests.cpp | ||
| util_tests.cpp | ||
| wallet_tests.cpp | ||
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, which simply includes other files that contain the actual unit tests (outside of a couple required preprocessor directives). 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 examples of this pattern, examine uint160_tests.cpp and 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/