expect_exception.h File Reference

Helper to check that an exception is thrown. More...

#include <cassert>

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#define	EXPECT_EXCEPTION(EXC, CODE)
	Helper to check that an exception is thrown.

Detailed Description

Helper to check that an exception is thrown.

Author

scott snyder snyde.nosp@m.r@bn.nosp@m.l.gov

Date

Aug, 2014

Definition in file expect_exception.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

EXPECT_EXCEPTION

#define EXPECT_EXCEPTION	(		EXC,
			CODE )

Value:

  do { \
  bool caught = false;                   \
  try {                                  \
    CODE;                                \
  }                                      \
  catch (const EXC&) {                   \
    caught = true;                       \
  }                                      \
  assert (caught);                       \
} while(0)

Helper to check that an exception is thrown.

Use like this:

EXPECT_EXCEPTION (std::runtime_error, doSomething());

This will produce an assertion failure if doSomething() does not throw a std::runtime_error exception.

Definition at line 33 of file expect_exception.h.

#define EXPECT_EXCEPTION(EXC, CODE) do { \
  bool caught = false;                   \
  try {                                  \
    CODE;                                \
  }                                      \
  catch (const EXC&) {                   \
    caught = true;                       \
  }                                      \
  assert (caught);                       \
} while(0)