TestFailure

   

TestFailure

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Description

The class TestFailure (see Figure C-22) summarizes the failure of a Test . The failure may be due to an assertion failure or an error. An error is defined as any exception that isn't an assertion failure.

TestFailure belongs to the namespace CppUnit . It is declared in TestFailure.h and is implemented in TestFailure.cpp .

Figure C-22. The class TestFailure

Declaration

 class TestFailure 

Constructors/Destructors

TestFailure(Test *failedTest, Exception *thrownException, bool isError)

A constructor taking the Test that failed, the Exception that was thrown, and a flag indicating whether the failure was an assertion failure or an error.

virtual ~TestFailure( )

A destructor.

Public Methods

virtual TestFailure *clone( ) const

Returns a copy of this TestFailure .

virtual Test *failedTest( ) const

Returns the failed Test .

virtual string failedTestName( ) const

Returns the name of the failed Test .

virtual bool isError( ) const

Returns TRUE if the TestFailure is due to an error and not to an assertion failure.

virtual SourceLine sourceLine( ) const

Returns the SourceLine for this TestFailure .

virtual Exception *thrownException( ) const

Returns the Exception associated with this TestFailure .

virtual string toString( ) const

Returns a string representation of this TestFailure .

Protected/Private Methods

TestFailure(const TestFailure &other)

A copy constructor declared private to prevent its use.

TestFailure& operator=(const TestFailure& other)

A copy operator declared private to prevent its use.

Attributes

Test *m_failedTest

The failed Test ( protected ).

bool m_isError

Returns TRUE if the TestFailure is due to an error, FALSE if it is due to an assertion failure ( protected ).

Exception *m_thrownException

The Exception associated with this TestFailure ( protected ).