OUnit (ounit2.OUnit)

Assertions

Assertions are the basic building blocks of unittests.

val assert_failure : string -> 'a

Signals a failure. This will raise an exception with the specified string.

raises Failure
signal a failure

val assert_bool : string -> bool -> unit

Signals a failure when bool is false. The string identifies the failure.

raises Failure
signal a failure

val (@?) : string -> bool -> unit

Shorthand for assert_bool

raises Failure
to signal a failure

val assert_string : string -> unit

Signals a failure when the string is non-empty. The string identifies the failure.

raises Failure
signal a failure

val assert_command : 
  ?exit_code:Unix.process_status ->
  ?sinput:char Stdlib.Seq.t ->
  ?foutput:(char Stdlib.Seq.t -> unit) ->
  ?use_stderr:bool ->
  ?env:string array ->
  ?verbose:bool ->
  string ->
  string list ->
  unit

assert_command prg args Run the command provided.

parameter exit_code
expected exit code

parameter sinput
provide this char Seq.t as input of the process

parameter foutput
run this function on output, it can contains an assert_equal to check it

parameter use_stderr
redirect stderr to stdout

parameter env
Unix environment

parameter verbose
if failed, dump stdout/stderr of the process to stderr

since 1.1.0

val assert_equal : 
  ?cmp:('a -> 'a -> bool) ->
  ?printer:('a -> string) ->
  ?pp_diff:(Stdlib.Format.formatter -> ('a * 'a) -> unit) ->
  ?msg:string ->
  'a ->
  'a ->
  unit

assert_equal expected real Compares two values, when they are not equal a failure is signaled.

parameter cmp
customize function to compare, default is =

parameter printer
value printer, don't print value otherwise

parameter pp_diff
if not equal, ask a custom display of the difference using diff fmt exp real where fmt is the formatter to use

parameter msg
custom message to identify the failure

raises Failure
signal a failure

version 1.1.0

val assert_raises : ?msg:string -> exn -> (unit -> 'a) -> unit

Asserts if the expected exception was raised.

parameter msg
identify the failure

raises Failure
description

Skipping tests

In certain condition test can be written but there is no point running it, because they are not significant (missing OS features for example). In this case this is not a failure nor a success. Following functions allow you to escape test, just as assertion but without the same error status.

A test skipped is counted as success. A test todo is counted as failure.

val skip_if : bool -> string -> unit

skip cond msg If cond is true, skip the test for the reason explain in msg. For example skip_if (Sys.os_type = "Win32") "Test a doesn't run on windows".

since 1.0.3

val todo : string -> unit

The associated test is still to be done, for the reason given.

since 1.0.3

Compare Functions

val cmp_float : ?epsilon:float -> float -> float -> bool

Compare floats up to a given relative error.

parameter epsilon
if the difference is smaller epsilon values are equal

Bracket

A bracket is a functional implementation of the commonly used setUp and tearDown feature in unittests. It can be used like this:

"MyTestCase" >:: (bracket test_set_up test_fun test_tear_down)

val bracket : (unit -> 'a) -> ('a -> unit) -> ('a -> unit) -> unit -> unit

bracket set_up test tear_down The set_up function runs first, then the test function runs and at the end tear_down runs. The tear_down function runs even if the test failed and help to clean the environment.

val bracket_tmpfile : 
  ?prefix:string ->
  ?suffix:string ->
  ?mode:Stdlib.open_flag list ->
  ((string * Stdlib.out_channel) -> unit) ->
  unit ->
  unit

bracket_tmpfile test The test function takes a temporary filename and matching output channel as arguments. The temporary file is created before the test and removed after the test.

parameter prefix
see Filename.open_temp_file

parameter suffix
see Filename.open_temp_file

parameter mode
see Filename.open_temp_file

since 1.1.0

Constructing Tests

type test_fun = unit -> unit

The type of test function

type test =

| TestCase of test_fun
| TestList of test list
| TestLabel of string * test

The type of tests

val (>:) : string -> test -> test

Create a TestLabel for a test

val (>::) : string -> test_fun -> test

Create a TestLabel for a TestCase

val (>:::) : string -> test list -> test

Create a TestLabel for a TestList

Some shorthands which allows easy test construction.

Examples:

"test1" >: TestCase((fun _ -> ())) => TestLabel("test2", TestCase((fun _ -> ())))
"test2" >:: (fun _ -> ()) => TestLabel("test2", TestCase((fun _ -> ())))
"test-suite" >::: ["test2" >:: (fun _ -> ());] => TestLabel("test-suite", TestSuite([TestLabel("test2", TestCase((fun _ -> ())))]))

val test_decorate : (test_fun -> test_fun) -> test -> test

test_decorate g tst Apply g to test function contains in tst tree.

since 1.0.3

val test_filter : ?skip:bool -> string list -> test -> test option

test_filter paths tst Filter test based on their path string representation.

parameter skip
if set, just use skip_if for the matching tests.

since 1.0.3

Retrieve Information from Tests

val test_case_count : test -> int

Returns the number of available test cases

type node =

| ListItem of int
| Label of string

Types which represent the path of a test

type path = node list

The path to the test (in reverse order).

val string_of_node : node -> string

Make a string from a node

val string_of_path : path -> string

Make a string from a path. The path will be reversed before it is translated into a string

val test_case_paths : test -> path list

Returns a list with paths of the test

Performing Tests

type test_result =

| RSuccess of path
| RFailure of path * string
| RError of path * string
| RSkip of path * string
| RTodo of path * string

The possible results of a test

type test_event =

| EStart of path
(*
A test start.
*)
| EEnd of path
(*
A test end.
*)
| EResult of test_result
(*
Result of a test.
*)

Events which occur during a test run.

type test_results = test_result list

Results of a test run.

val perform_test : (test_event -> unit) -> test -> test_results

Perform the test, allows you to build your own test runner

val run_test_tt : ?verbose:bool -> test -> test_results

A simple text based test runner.

parameter verbose
print verbose message

val run_test_tt_main : 
  ?arg_specs:(Stdlib.Arg.key * Stdlib.Arg.spec * Stdlib.Arg.doc) list ->
  ?set_verbose:(bool -> unit) ->
  test ->
  test_results

Main version of the text based test runner. It reads the supplied command line arguments to set the verbose level and limit the number of test to run.

parameter arg_specs
add extra command line arguments

parameter set_verbose
call a function to set verbosity

parameter fexit
call a final function after test, by default exit 1.

version 1.1.0

val ounit2_of_ounit1 : test -> OUnit2.test