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Cory Fields 219a1470c4 script: check ScriptError values in script tests		2014-11-14 16:25:53 -05:00
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data	Add valid invert of invalid every numeric opcode tests	2014-10-25 03:13:15 -07:00
accounting_tests.cpp
alert_tests.cpp	tests: enable alertnotify test for Windows	2014-10-31 00:04:14 -04:00
allocator_tests.cpp
base32_tests.cpp
base58_tests.cpp	script: add a slew of includes all around and drop includes from script.h	2014-10-17 13:44:57 -04:00
base64_tests.cpp
bctest.py	tests: fix python test-runner for windows	2014-09-30 16:26:22 -04:00
bignum.h	Fix all header defines	2014-11-03 16:16:40 +01:00
bip32_tests.cpp
bitcoin-util-test.py	tests: fix python test-runner for windows	2014-09-30 16:26:22 -04:00
bloom_tests.cpp	Separate protocol versioning from clientversion	2014-10-29 00:24:40 -04:00
buildenv.py.in	tests: fix python test-runner for windows	2014-09-30 16:26:22 -04:00
checkblock_tests.cpp	Separate protocol versioning from clientversion	2014-10-29 00:24:40 -04:00
Checkpoints_tests.cpp
coins_tests.cpp
compress_tests.cpp	MOVEONLY: Move script/compressor out of script and put CTxOutCompressor (from	2014-10-27 13:54:37 +01:00
crypto_tests.cpp
DoS_tests.cpp	Remove CheckMinWork, as we always know all parent headers	2014-10-14 15:42:01 -07:00
getarg_tests.cpp
hash_tests.cpp
key_tests.cpp	Typo in test	2014-10-13 16:57:09 +01:00
main_tests.cpp	MOVEONLY: Separate CTransaction and dependencies from core	2014-10-27 13:54:37 +01:00
Makefile
miner_tests.cpp	Merge pull request #5162	2014-11-04 09:26:45 +01:00
mruset_tests.cpp
multisig_tests.cpp	script: check ScriptError values in script tests	2014-11-14 16:25:53 -05:00
netbase_tests.cpp
pmt_tests.cpp
README.md
rpc_tests.cpp
rpc_wallet_tests.cpp	Changed mixed indentation to four spaces	2014-10-02 19:23:30 +02:00
script_P2SH_tests.cpp	script: check ScriptError values in script tests	2014-11-14 16:25:53 -05:00
script_tests.cpp	script: check ScriptError values in script tests	2014-11-14 16:25:53 -05:00
scriptnum_tests.cpp	Add SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA (BIP62 rules 3 and 4)	2014-10-25 03:03:20 -07:00
serialize_tests.cpp	boost: split stream classes out of serialize.h	2014-10-22 15:21:06 -04:00
sighash_tests.cpp
sigopcount_tests.cpp	boost: moveonly: split CPubKey and friends to new files	2014-10-31 01:19:37 -04:00
skiplist_tests.cpp
test_bitcoin.cpp	Rename CWalletInterface to CValidationInterface	2014-10-20 10:59:12 -07:00
timedata_tests.cpp
transaction_tests.cpp	script: check ScriptError values in script tests	2014-11-14 16:25:53 -05:00
uint256_tests.cpp
univalue_tests.cpp
util_tests.cpp	Separate protocol versioning from clientversion	2014-10-29 00:24:40 -04:00
wallet_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, 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/.