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Unit Testing C++ Code – CppUnit by Example Venkat Subramaniam venkats@ /download.aspx Abstract JUnit for Java popularized unit testing and developers using different languages are benefiting from appropriate tools to help with unit testing. In this article, I show–using examples–how to create unit tests for your C++ applications. Why sudden interest in C++? I have been asked at least three times in the past few weeks “Unit testing is cool, but how do I do that in my C++ application?” I figured, if my clients are interested in it, there should be general wider interest out there in that topic and so decided to write this article. Assuming your familiarity with Unit Testing In this article, I assume you are familiar with unit testing. There are some great books to read on that topic (I’ve listed my favorites1, 2 in the references section). You may also refer to my article on Unit Testing3. How is Unit Testing different in C++? Java and C# (VB.NET) have a feature that C++ does not – reflection. If you have used 4 5 JUnit or NUnit , you know how (easy it is) to write a test case. You either derived from a TestCase class in the case of Java or you mark your class with a TestFixture attribute in the case of .NET (With Java 5’s annotation, you may also look forward, in JUnit 4.0, to marking your Java test case instead of extending TestCase). Using reflection the unit testing tool (JUnit/NUnit) finds your test methods dynamically. Since C++ does not have support for reflection, it becomes a bit of a challenge to write a unit test in C++, at least the JUnit way. You will have to exploit some of the traditional features of C++ to get around the lack of reflection feature. How to tell what your tests are? In C++, how can you make the program know of the