Testing

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Running the Existing Tests

Running Integration Tests
Writing New Tests

Tests for the C++11 driver use Catch, a testing framework for C++.

Each class in the driver has a corresponding file in src/mongocxx/test. Because the new driver wraps libmongoc, we prefer to mock and test the behavior of individual classes rather than test end-to-end behavior of operations against a running mongod. In other words, these are unit tests rather than integration tests.

We also have integration tests for this driver in test/collection.cpp.

Running the Existing Tests

Build the tests with:

make

This will generate test binaries. You can either run all the tests with:

make test

or, for more detailed output with Catch, run the generated binary:

./build/src/mongocxx/test/test_driver

or you can run the ctest command and make use of ctest's various flags. For example:

ctest -V

can be used to run the tests with verbose output, or

ctest -R bson

could be used to run only the bson tests.

Running Integration Tests

Some of the tests require a running mongod instance. For this, first download the Mongodb server.

Then deploy a mongod on the default port with the command:

mongod --setParameter enableTestCommands=1

if it is installed, otherwise navigate to the directory holding the mongod executable, and run:

./mongod --setParameter enableTestCommands=1

following either command with any flags you wish to use, excluding --port. While the mongod is running, run the tests as normal.

Writing New Tests

If you'd like to add a feature to the driver, please write a test for it as well. Additions to existing classes should have new sections added to the existing test cases:

TEST_CASE("existing_class", "[existing_class]") {
   SECTION("Can do some new thing") {
      ...
      REQUIRE(new_thing_works);
   }
}

If you are adding a new class, please add a new test file for it to the test directory. The test file's name should match the new class's file's name. You will need to add your file as a source for the driver's test target, in src/mongocxx/test/CMakeLists.txt:

set(mongocxx_test_sources
   ...
   some_new_class.cpp
   ...
)

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