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      1 # Advanced googletest Topics
      2 
      3 <!-- GOOGLETEST_CM0016 DO NOT DELETE -->
      4 
      5 ## Introduction
      6 
      7 Now that you have read the [googletest Primer](primer.md) and learned how to
      8 write tests using googletest, it's time to learn some new tricks. This document
      9 will show you more assertions as well as how to construct complex failure
     10 messages, propagate fatal failures, reuse and speed up your test fixtures, and
     11 use various flags with your tests.
     12 
     13 ## More Assertions
     14 
     15 This section covers some less frequently used, but still significant,
     16 assertions.
     17 
     18 ### Explicit Success and Failure
     19 
     20 These three assertions do not actually test a value or expression. Instead, they
     21 generate a success or failure directly. Like the macros that actually perform a
     22 test, you may stream a custom failure message into them.
     23 
     24 ```c++
     25 SUCCEED();
     26 ```
     27 
     28 Generates a success. This does **NOT** make the overall test succeed. A test is
     29 considered successful only if none of its assertions fail during its execution.
     30 
     31 NOTE: `SUCCEED()` is purely documentary and currently doesn't generate any
     32 user-visible output. However, we may add `SUCCEED()` messages to googletest's
     33 output in the future.
     34 
     35 ```c++
     36 FAIL();
     37 ADD_FAILURE();
     38 ADD_FAILURE_AT("file_path", line_number);
     39 ```
     40 
     41 `FAIL()` generates a fatal failure, while `ADD_FAILURE()` and `ADD_FAILURE_AT()`
     42 generate a nonfatal failure. These are useful when control flow, rather than a
     43 Boolean expression, determines the test's success or failure. For example, you
     44 might want to write something like:
     45 
     46 ```c++
     47 switch(expression) {
     48   case 1:
     49      ... some checks ...
     50   case 2:
     51      ... some other checks ...
     52   default:
     53      FAIL() << "We shouldn't get here.";
     54 }
     55 ```
     56 
     57 NOTE: you can only use `FAIL()` in functions that return `void`. See the
     58 [Assertion Placement section](#assertion-placement) for more information.
     59 
     60 ### Exception Assertions
     61 
     62 These are for verifying that a piece of code throws (or does not throw) an
     63 exception of the given type:
     64 
     65 Fatal assertion                            | Nonfatal assertion                         | Verifies
     66 ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | --------
     67 `ASSERT_THROW(statement, exception_type);` | `EXPECT_THROW(statement, exception_type);` | `statement` throws an exception of the given type
     68 `ASSERT_ANY_THROW(statement);`             | `EXPECT_ANY_THROW(statement);`             | `statement` throws an exception of any type
     69 `ASSERT_NO_THROW(statement);`              | `EXPECT_NO_THROW(statement);`              | `statement` doesn't throw any exception
     70 
     71 Examples:
     72 
     73 ```c++
     74 ASSERT_THROW(Foo(5), bar_exception);
     75 
     76 EXPECT_NO_THROW({
     77   int n = 5;
     78   Bar(&n);
     79 });
     80 ```
     81 
     82 **Availability**: requires exceptions to be enabled in the build environment
     83 
     84 ### Predicate Assertions for Better Error Messages
     85 
     86 Even though googletest has a rich set of assertions, they can never be complete,
     87 as it's impossible (nor a good idea) to anticipate all scenarios a user might
     88 run into. Therefore, sometimes a user has to use `EXPECT_TRUE()` to check a
     89 complex expression, for lack of a better macro. This has the problem of not
     90 showing you the values of the parts of the expression, making it hard to
     91 understand what went wrong. As a workaround, some users choose to construct the
     92 failure message by themselves, streaming it into `EXPECT_TRUE()`. However, this
     93 is awkward especially when the expression has side-effects or is expensive to
     94 evaluate.
     95 
     96 googletest gives you three different options to solve this problem:
     97 
     98 #### Using an Existing Boolean Function
     99 
    100 If you already have a function or functor that returns `bool` (or a type that
    101 can be implicitly converted to `bool`), you can use it in a *predicate
    102 assertion* to get the function arguments printed for free:
    103 
    104 <!-- mdformat off(github rendering does not support multiline tables) -->
    105 
    106 | Fatal assertion                   | Nonfatal assertion                | Verifies                    |
    107 | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
    108 | `ASSERT_PRED1(pred1, val1)`       | `EXPECT_PRED1(pred1, val1)`       | `pred1(val1)` is true       |
    109 | `ASSERT_PRED2(pred2, val1, val2)` | `EXPECT_PRED2(pred2, val1, val2)` | `pred1(val1, val2)` is true |
    110 | `...`                             | `...`                             | `...`                       |
    111 
    112 <!-- mdformat on-->
    113 In the above, `predn` is an `n`-ary predicate function or functor, where `val1`,
    114 `val2`, ..., and `valn` are its arguments. The assertion succeeds if the
    115 predicate returns `true` when applied to the given arguments, and fails
    116 otherwise. When the assertion fails, it prints the value of each argument. In
    117 either case, the arguments are evaluated exactly once.
    118 
    119 Here's an example. Given
    120 
    121 ```c++
    122 // Returns true if m and n have no common divisors except 1.
    123 bool MutuallyPrime(int m, int n) { ... }
    124 
    125 const int a = 3;
    126 const int b = 4;
    127 const int c = 10;
    128 ```
    129 
    130 the assertion
    131 
    132 ```c++
    133   EXPECT_PRED2(MutuallyPrime, a, b);
    134 ```
    135 
    136 will succeed, while the assertion
    137 
    138 ```c++
    139   EXPECT_PRED2(MutuallyPrime, b, c);
    140 ```
    141 
    142 will fail with the message
    143 
    144 ```none
    145 MutuallyPrime(b, c) is false, where
    146 b is 4
    147 c is 10
    148 ```
    149 
    150 > NOTE:
    151 >
    152 > 1.  If you see a compiler error "no matching function to call" when using
    153 >     `ASSERT_PRED*` or `EXPECT_PRED*`, please see
    154 >     [this](faq.md#the-compiler-complains-no-matching-function-to-call-when-i-use-assert-pred-how-do-i-fix-it)
    155 >     for how to resolve it.
    156 
    157 #### Using a Function That Returns an AssertionResult
    158 
    159 While `EXPECT_PRED*()` and friends are handy for a quick job, the syntax is not
    160 satisfactory: you have to use different macros for different arities, and it
    161 feels more like Lisp than C++. The `::testing::AssertionResult` class solves
    162 this problem.
    163 
    164 An `AssertionResult` object represents the result of an assertion (whether it's
    165 a success or a failure, and an associated message). You can create an
    166 `AssertionResult` using one of these factory functions:
    167 
    168 ```c++
    169 namespace testing {
    170 
    171 // Returns an AssertionResult object to indicate that an assertion has
    172 // succeeded.
    173 AssertionResult AssertionSuccess();
    174 
    175 // Returns an AssertionResult object to indicate that an assertion has
    176 // failed.
    177 AssertionResult AssertionFailure();
    178 
    179 }
    180 ```
    181 
    182 You can then use the `<<` operator to stream messages to the `AssertionResult`
    183 object.
    184 
    185 To provide more readable messages in Boolean assertions (e.g. `EXPECT_TRUE()`),
    186 write a predicate function that returns `AssertionResult` instead of `bool`. For
    187 example, if you define `IsEven()` as:
    188 
    189 ```c++
    190 ::testing::AssertionResult IsEven(int n) {
    191   if ((n % 2) == 0)
    192      return ::testing::AssertionSuccess();
    193   else
    194      return ::testing::AssertionFailure() << n << " is odd";
    195 }
    196 ```
    197 
    198 instead of:
    199 
    200 ```c++
    201 bool IsEven(int n) {
    202   return (n % 2) == 0;
    203 }
    204 ```
    205 
    206 the failed assertion `EXPECT_TRUE(IsEven(Fib(4)))` will print:
    207 
    208 ```none
    209 Value of: IsEven(Fib(4))
    210   Actual: false (3 is odd)
    211 Expected: true
    212 ```
    213 
    214 instead of a more opaque
    215 
    216 ```none
    217 Value of: IsEven(Fib(4))
    218   Actual: false
    219 Expected: true
    220 ```
    221 
    222 If you want informative messages in `EXPECT_FALSE` and `ASSERT_FALSE` as well
    223 (one third of Boolean assertions in the Google code base are negative ones), and
    224 are fine with making the predicate slower in the success case, you can supply a
    225 success message:
    226 
    227 ```c++
    228 ::testing::AssertionResult IsEven(int n) {
    229   if ((n % 2) == 0)
    230      return ::testing::AssertionSuccess() << n << " is even";
    231   else
    232      return ::testing::AssertionFailure() << n << " is odd";
    233 }
    234 ```
    235 
    236 Then the statement `EXPECT_FALSE(IsEven(Fib(6)))` will print
    237 
    238 ```none
    239   Value of: IsEven(Fib(6))
    240      Actual: true (8 is even)
    241   Expected: false
    242 ```
    243 
    244 #### Using a Predicate-Formatter
    245 
    246 If you find the default message generated by `(ASSERT|EXPECT)_PRED*` and
    247 `(ASSERT|EXPECT)_(TRUE|FALSE)` unsatisfactory, or some arguments to your
    248 predicate do not support streaming to `ostream`, you can instead use the
    249 following *predicate-formatter assertions* to *fully* customize how the message
    250 is formatted:
    251 
    252 Fatal assertion                                  | Nonfatal assertion                               | Verifies
    253 ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | --------
    254 `ASSERT_PRED_FORMAT1(pred_format1, val1);`       | `EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT1(pred_format1, val1);`       | `pred_format1(val1)` is successful
    255 `ASSERT_PRED_FORMAT2(pred_format2, val1, val2);` | `EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(pred_format2, val1, val2);` | `pred_format2(val1, val2)` is successful
    256 `...`                                            | `...`                                            | ...
    257 
    258 The difference between this and the previous group of macros is that instead of
    259 a predicate, `(ASSERT|EXPECT)_PRED_FORMAT*` take a *predicate-formatter*
    260 (`pred_formatn`), which is a function or functor with the signature:
    261 
    262 ```c++
    263 ::testing::AssertionResult PredicateFormattern(const char* expr1,
    264                                                const char* expr2,
    265                                                ...
    266                                                const char* exprn,
    267                                                T1 val1,
    268                                                T2 val2,
    269                                                ...
    270                                                Tn valn);
    271 ```
    272 
    273 where `val1`, `val2`, ..., and `valn` are the values of the predicate arguments,
    274 and `expr1`, `expr2`, ..., and `exprn` are the corresponding expressions as they
    275 appear in the source code. The types `T1`, `T2`, ..., and `Tn` can be either
    276 value types or reference types. For example, if an argument has type `Foo`, you
    277 can declare it as either `Foo` or `const Foo&`, whichever is appropriate.
    278 
    279 As an example, let's improve the failure message in `MutuallyPrime()`, which was
    280 used with `EXPECT_PRED2()`:
    281 
    282 ```c++
    283 // Returns the smallest prime common divisor of m and n,
    284 // or 1 when m and n are mutually prime.
    285 int SmallestPrimeCommonDivisor(int m, int n) { ... }
    286 
    287 // A predicate-formatter for asserting that two integers are mutually prime.
    288 ::testing::AssertionResult AssertMutuallyPrime(const char* m_expr,
    289                                                const char* n_expr,
    290                                                int m,
    291                                                int n) {
    292   if (MutuallyPrime(m, n)) return ::testing::AssertionSuccess();
    293 
    294   return ::testing::AssertionFailure() << m_expr << " and " << n_expr
    295       << " (" << m << " and " << n << ") are not mutually prime, "
    296       << "as they have a common divisor " << SmallestPrimeCommonDivisor(m, n);
    297 }
    298 ```
    299 
    300 With this predicate-formatter, we can use
    301 
    302 ```c++
    303   EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(AssertMutuallyPrime, b, c);
    304 ```
    305 
    306 to generate the message
    307 
    308 ```none
    309 b and c (4 and 10) are not mutually prime, as they have a common divisor 2.
    310 ```
    311 
    312 As you may have realized, many of the built-in assertions we introduced earlier
    313 are special cases of `(EXPECT|ASSERT)_PRED_FORMAT*`. In fact, most of them are
    314 indeed defined using `(EXPECT|ASSERT)_PRED_FORMAT*`.
    315 
    316 ### Floating-Point Comparison
    317 
    318 Comparing floating-point numbers is tricky. Due to round-off errors, it is very
    319 unlikely that two floating-points will match exactly. Therefore, `ASSERT_EQ` 's
    320 naive comparison usually doesn't work. And since floating-points can have a wide
    321 value range, no single fixed error bound works. It's better to compare by a
    322 fixed relative error bound, except for values close to 0 due to the loss of
    323 precision there.
    324 
    325 In general, for floating-point comparison to make sense, the user needs to
    326 carefully choose the error bound. If they don't want or care to, comparing in
    327 terms of Units in the Last Place (ULPs) is a good default, and googletest
    328 provides assertions to do this. Full details about ULPs are quite long; if you
    329 want to learn more, see
    330 [here](https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/).
    331 
    332 #### Floating-Point Macros
    333 
    334 <!-- mdformat off(github rendering does not support multiline tables) -->
    335 
    336 | Fatal assertion                 | Nonfatal assertion              | Verifies                                 |
    337 | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
    338 | `ASSERT_FLOAT_EQ(val1, val2);`  | `EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(val1, val2);`  | the two `float` values are almost equal  |
    339 | `ASSERT_DOUBLE_EQ(val1, val2);` | `EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(val1, val2);` | the two `double` values are almost equal |
    340 
    341 <!-- mdformat on-->
    342 
    343 By "almost equal" we mean the values are within 4 ULP's from each other.
    344 
    345 The following assertions allow you to choose the acceptable error bound:
    346 
    347 <!-- mdformat off(github rendering does not support multiline tables) -->
    348 
    349 | Fatal assertion                       | Nonfatal assertion                    | Verifies                                                                         |
    350 | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    351 | `ASSERT_NEAR(val1, val2, abs_error);` | `EXPECT_NEAR(val1, val2, abs_error);` | the difference between `val1` and `val2` doesn't exceed the given absolute error |
    352 
    353 <!-- mdformat on-->
    354 
    355 #### Floating-Point Predicate-Format Functions
    356 
    357 Some floating-point operations are useful, but not that often used. In order to
    358 avoid an explosion of new macros, we provide them as predicate-format functions
    359 that can be used in predicate assertion macros (e.g. `EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2`,
    360 etc).
    361 
    362 ```c++
    363 EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(::testing::FloatLE, val1, val2);
    364 EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(::testing::DoubleLE, val1, val2);
    365 ```
    366 
    367 Verifies that `val1` is less than, or almost equal to, `val2`. You can replace
    368 `EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2` in the above table with `ASSERT_PRED_FORMAT2`.
    369 
    370 ### Asserting Using gMock Matchers
    371 
    372 [gMock](../../googlemock) comes with a library of matchers for validating
    373 arguments passed to mock objects. A gMock *matcher* is basically a predicate
    374 that knows how to describe itself. It can be used in these assertion macros:
    375 
    376 <!-- mdformat off(github rendering does not support multiline tables) -->
    377 
    378 | Fatal assertion                | Nonfatal assertion             | Verifies              |
    379 | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | --------------------- |
    380 | `ASSERT_THAT(value, matcher);` | `EXPECT_THAT(value, matcher);` | value matches matcher |
    381 
    382 <!-- mdformat on-->
    383 
    384 For example, `StartsWith(prefix)` is a matcher that matches a string starting
    385 with `prefix`, and you can write:
    386 
    387 ```c++
    388 using ::testing::StartsWith;
    389 ...
    390     // Verifies that Foo() returns a string starting with "Hello".
    391     EXPECT_THAT(Foo(), StartsWith("Hello"));
    392 ```
    393 
    394 Read this
    395 [recipe](../../googlemock/docs/cook_book.md#using-matchers-in-googletest-assertions)
    396 in the gMock Cookbook for more details.
    397 
    398 gMock has a rich set of matchers. You can do many things googletest cannot do
    399 alone with them. For a list of matchers gMock provides, read
    400 [this](../../googlemock/docs/cook_book.md##using-matchers). It's easy to write
    401 your [own matchers](../../googlemock/docs/cook_book.md#NewMatchers) too.
    402 
    403 gMock is bundled with googletest, so you don't need to add any build dependency
    404 in order to take advantage of this. Just include `"testing/base/public/gmock.h"`
    405 and you're ready to go.
    406 
    407 ### More String Assertions
    408 
    409 (Please read the [previous](#asserting-using-gmock-matchers) section first if
    410 you haven't.)
    411 
    412 You can use the gMock
    413 [string matchers](../../googlemock/docs/cheat_sheet.md#string-matchers) with
    414 `EXPECT_THAT()` or `ASSERT_THAT()` to do more string comparison tricks
    415 (sub-string, prefix, suffix, regular expression, and etc). For example,
    416 
    417 ```c++
    418 using ::testing::HasSubstr;
    419 using ::testing::MatchesRegex;
    420 ...
    421   ASSERT_THAT(foo_string, HasSubstr("needle"));
    422   EXPECT_THAT(bar_string, MatchesRegex("\\w*\\d+"));
    423 ```
    424 
    425 If the string contains a well-formed HTML or XML document, you can check whether
    426 its DOM tree matches an
    427 [XPath expression](http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#contents):
    428 
    429 ```c++
    430 // Currently still in //template/prototemplate/testing:xpath_matcher
    431 #include "template/prototemplate/testing/xpath_matcher.h"
    432 using prototemplate::testing::MatchesXPath;
    433 EXPECT_THAT(html_string, MatchesXPath("//a[text()='click here']"));
    434 ```
    435 
    436 ### Windows HRESULT assertions
    437 
    438 These assertions test for `HRESULT` success or failure.
    439 
    440 Fatal assertion                        | Nonfatal assertion                     | Verifies
    441 -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | --------
    442 `ASSERT_HRESULT_SUCCEEDED(expression)` | `EXPECT_HRESULT_SUCCEEDED(expression)` | `expression` is a success `HRESULT`
    443 `ASSERT_HRESULT_FAILED(expression)`    | `EXPECT_HRESULT_FAILED(expression)`    | `expression` is a failure `HRESULT`
    444 
    445 The generated output contains the human-readable error message associated with
    446 the `HRESULT` code returned by `expression`.
    447 
    448 You might use them like this:
    449 
    450 ```c++
    451 CComPtr<IShellDispatch2> shell;
    452 ASSERT_HRESULT_SUCCEEDED(shell.CoCreateInstance(L"Shell.Application"));
    453 CComVariant empty;
    454 ASSERT_HRESULT_SUCCEEDED(shell->ShellExecute(CComBSTR(url), empty, empty, empty, empty));
    455 ```
    456 
    457 ### Type Assertions
    458 
    459 You can call the function
    460 
    461 ```c++
    462 ::testing::StaticAssertTypeEq<T1, T2>();
    463 ```
    464 
    465 to assert that types `T1` and `T2` are the same. The function does nothing if
    466 the assertion is satisfied. If the types are different, the function call will
    467 fail to compile, the compiler error message will say that
    468 `type1 and type2 are not the same type` and most likely (depending on the compiler)
    469 show you the actual values of `T1` and `T2`. This is mainly useful inside
    470 template code.
    471 
    472 **Caveat**: When used inside a member function of a class template or a function
    473 template, `StaticAssertTypeEq<T1, T2>()` is effective only if the function is
    474 instantiated. For example, given:
    475 
    476 ```c++
    477 template <typename T> class Foo {
    478  public:
    479   void Bar() { ::testing::StaticAssertTypeEq<int, T>(); }
    480 };
    481 ```
    482 
    483 the code:
    484 
    485 ```c++
    486 void Test1() { Foo<bool> foo; }
    487 ```
    488 
    489 will not generate a compiler error, as `Foo<bool>::Bar()` is never actually
    490 instantiated. Instead, you need:
    491 
    492 ```c++
    493 void Test2() { Foo<bool> foo; foo.Bar(); }
    494 ```
    495 
    496 to cause a compiler error.
    497 
    498 ### Assertion Placement
    499 
    500 You can use assertions in any C++ function. In particular, it doesn't have to be
    501 a method of the test fixture class. The one constraint is that assertions that
    502 generate a fatal failure (`FAIL*` and `ASSERT_*`) can only be used in
    503 void-returning functions. This is a consequence of Google's not using
    504 exceptions. By placing it in a non-void function you'll get a confusing compile
    505 error like `"error: void value not ignored as it ought to be"` or `"cannot
    506 initialize return object of type 'bool' with an rvalue of type 'void'"` or
    507 `"error: no viable conversion from 'void' to 'string'"`.
    508 
    509 If you need to use fatal assertions in a function that returns non-void, one
    510 option is to make the function return the value in an out parameter instead. For
    511 example, you can rewrite `T2 Foo(T1 x)` to `void Foo(T1 x, T2* result)`. You
    512 need to make sure that `*result` contains some sensible value even when the
    513 function returns prematurely. As the function now returns `void`, you can use
    514 any assertion inside of it.
    515 
    516 If changing the function's type is not an option, you should just use assertions
    517 that generate non-fatal failures, such as `ADD_FAILURE*` and `EXPECT_*`.
    518 
    519 NOTE: Constructors and destructors are not considered void-returning functions,
    520 according to the C++ language specification, and so you may not use fatal
    521 assertions in them; you'll get a compilation error if you try. Instead, either
    522 call `abort` and crash the entire test executable, or put the fatal assertion in
    523 a `SetUp`/`TearDown` function; see
    524 [constructor/destructor vs. `SetUp`/`TearDown`](faq.md#CtorVsSetUp)
    525 
    526 WARNING: A fatal assertion in a helper function (private void-returning method)
    527 called from a constructor or destructor does not does not terminate the current
    528 test, as your intuition might suggest: it merely returns from the constructor or
    529 destructor early, possibly leaving your object in a partially-constructed or
    530 partially-destructed state! You almost certainly want to `abort` or use
    531 `SetUp`/`TearDown` instead.
    532 
    533 ## Teaching googletest How to Print Your Values
    534 
    535 When a test assertion such as `EXPECT_EQ` fails, googletest prints the argument
    536 values to help you debug. It does this using a user-extensible value printer.
    537 
    538 This printer knows how to print built-in C++ types, native arrays, STL
    539 containers, and any type that supports the `<<` operator. For other types, it
    540 prints the raw bytes in the value and hopes that you the user can figure it out.
    541 
    542 As mentioned earlier, the printer is *extensible*. That means you can teach it
    543 to do a better job at printing your particular type than to dump the bytes. To
    544 do that, define `<<` for your type:
    545 
    546 ```c++
    547 #include <ostream>
    548 
    549 namespace foo {
    550 
    551 class Bar {  // We want googletest to be able to print instances of this.
    552 ...
    553   // Create a free inline friend function.
    554   friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Bar& bar) {
    555     return os << bar.DebugString();  // whatever needed to print bar to os
    556   }
    557 };
    558 
    559 // If you can't declare the function in the class it's important that the
    560 // << operator is defined in the SAME namespace that defines Bar.  C++'s look-up
    561 // rules rely on that.
    562 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Bar& bar) {
    563   return os << bar.DebugString();  // whatever needed to print bar to os
    564 }
    565 
    566 }  // namespace foo
    567 ```
    568 
    569 Sometimes, this might not be an option: your team may consider it bad style to
    570 have a `<<` operator for `Bar`, or `Bar` may already have a `<<` operator that
    571 doesn't do what you want (and you cannot change it). If so, you can instead
    572 define a `PrintTo()` function like this:
    573 
    574 ```c++
    575 #include <ostream>
    576 
    577 namespace foo {
    578 
    579 class Bar {
    580   ...
    581   friend void PrintTo(const Bar& bar, std::ostream* os) {
    582     *os << bar.DebugString();  // whatever needed to print bar to os
    583   }
    584 };
    585 
    586 // If you can't declare the function in the class it's important that PrintTo()
    587 // is defined in the SAME namespace that defines Bar.  C++'s look-up rules rely
    588 // on that.
    589 void PrintTo(const Bar& bar, std::ostream* os) {
    590   *os << bar.DebugString();  // whatever needed to print bar to os
    591 }
    592 
    593 }  // namespace foo
    594 ```
    595 
    596 If you have defined both `<<` and `PrintTo()`, the latter will be used when
    597 googletest is concerned. This allows you to customize how the value appears in
    598 googletest's output without affecting code that relies on the behavior of its
    599 `<<` operator.
    600 
    601 If you want to print a value `x` using googletest's value printer yourself, just
    602 call `::testing::PrintToString(x)`, which returns an `std::string`:
    603 
    604 ```c++
    605 vector<pair<Bar, int> > bar_ints = GetBarIntVector();
    606 
    607 EXPECT_TRUE(IsCorrectBarIntVector(bar_ints))
    608     << "bar_ints = " << ::testing::PrintToString(bar_ints);
    609 ```
    610 
    611 ## Death Tests
    612 
    613 In many applications, there are assertions that can cause application failure if
    614 a condition is not met. These sanity checks, which ensure that the program is in
    615 a known good state, are there to fail at the earliest possible time after some
    616 program state is corrupted. If the assertion checks the wrong condition, then
    617 the program may proceed in an erroneous state, which could lead to memory
    618 corruption, security holes, or worse. Hence it is vitally important to test that
    619 such assertion statements work as expected.
    620 
    621 Since these precondition checks cause the processes to die, we call such tests
    622 _death tests_. More generally, any test that checks that a program terminates
    623 (except by throwing an exception) in an expected fashion is also a death test.
    624 
    625 Note that if a piece of code throws an exception, we don't consider it "death"
    626 for the purpose of death tests, as the caller of the code could catch the
    627 exception and avoid the crash. If you want to verify exceptions thrown by your
    628 code, see [Exception Assertions](#ExceptionAssertions).
    629 
    630 If you want to test `EXPECT_*()/ASSERT_*()` failures in your test code, see
    631 Catching Failures
    632 
    633 ### How to Write a Death Test
    634 
    635 googletest has the following macros to support death tests:
    636 
    637 Fatal assertion                                  | Nonfatal assertion                               | Verifies
    638 ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | --------
    639 `ASSERT_DEATH(statement, matcher);`              | `EXPECT_DEATH(statement, matcher);`              | `statement` crashes with the given error
    640 `ASSERT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(statement, matcher);` | `EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(statement, matcher);` | if death tests are supported, verifies that `statement` crashes with the given error; otherwise verifies nothing
    641 `ASSERT_EXIT(statement, predicate, matcher);`    | `EXPECT_EXIT(statement, predicate, matcher);`    | `statement` exits with the given error, and its exit code matches `predicate`
    642 
    643 where `statement` is a statement that is expected to cause the process to die,
    644 `predicate` is a function or function object that evaluates an integer exit
    645 status, and `matcher` is either a GMock matcher matching a `const std::string&`
    646 or a (Perl) regular expression - either of which is matched against the stderr
    647 output of `statement`. For legacy reasons, a bare string (i.e. with no matcher)
    648 is interpreted as `ContainsRegex(str)`, **not** `Eq(str)`. Note that `statement`
    649 can be *any valid statement* (including *compound statement*) and doesn't have
    650 to be an expression.
    651 
    652 As usual, the `ASSERT` variants abort the current test function, while the
    653 `EXPECT` variants do not.
    654 
    655 > NOTE: We use the word "crash" here to mean that the process terminates with a
    656 > *non-zero* exit status code. There are two possibilities: either the process
    657 > has called `exit()` or `_exit()` with a non-zero value, or it may be killed by
    658 > a signal.
    659 >
    660 > This means that if `*statement*` terminates the process with a 0 exit code, it
    661 > is *not* considered a crash by `EXPECT_DEATH`. Use `EXPECT_EXIT` instead if
    662 > this is the case, or if you want to restrict the exit code more precisely.
    663 
    664 A predicate here must accept an `int` and return a `bool`. The death test
    665 succeeds only if the predicate returns `true`. googletest defines a few
    666 predicates that handle the most common cases:
    667 
    668 ```c++
    669 ::testing::ExitedWithCode(exit_code)
    670 ```
    671 
    672 This expression is `true` if the program exited normally with the given exit
    673 code.
    674 
    675 ```c++
    676 ::testing::KilledBySignal(signal_number)  // Not available on Windows.
    677 ```
    678 
    679 This expression is `true` if the program was killed by the given signal.
    680 
    681 The `*_DEATH` macros are convenient wrappers for `*_EXIT` that use a predicate
    682 that verifies the process' exit code is non-zero.
    683 
    684 Note that a death test only cares about three things:
    685 
    686 1.  does `statement` abort or exit the process?
    687 2.  (in the case of `ASSERT_EXIT` and `EXPECT_EXIT`) does the exit status
    688     satisfy `predicate`? Or (in the case of `ASSERT_DEATH` and `EXPECT_DEATH`)
    689     is the exit status non-zero? And
    690 3.  does the stderr output match `regex`?
    691 
    692 In particular, if `statement` generates an `ASSERT_*` or `EXPECT_*` failure, it
    693 will **not** cause the death test to fail, as googletest assertions don't abort
    694 the process.
    695 
    696 To write a death test, simply use one of the above macros inside your test
    697 function. For example,
    698 
    699 ```c++
    700 TEST(MyDeathTest, Foo) {
    701   // This death test uses a compound statement.
    702   ASSERT_DEATH({
    703     int n = 5;
    704     Foo(&n);
    705   }, "Error on line .* of Foo()");
    706 }
    707 
    708 TEST(MyDeathTest, NormalExit) {
    709   EXPECT_EXIT(NormalExit(), ::testing::ExitedWithCode(0), "Success");
    710 }
    711 
    712 TEST(MyDeathTest, KillMyself) {
    713   EXPECT_EXIT(KillMyself(), ::testing::KilledBySignal(SIGKILL),
    714               "Sending myself unblockable signal");
    715 }
    716 ```
    717 
    718 verifies that:
    719 
    720 *   calling `Foo(5)` causes the process to die with the given error message,
    721 *   calling `NormalExit()` causes the process to print `"Success"` to stderr and
    722     exit with exit code 0, and
    723 *   calling `KillMyself()` kills the process with signal `SIGKILL`.
    724 
    725 The test function body may contain other assertions and statements as well, if
    726 necessary.
    727 
    728 ### Death Test Naming
    729 
    730 IMPORTANT: We strongly recommend you to follow the convention of naming your
    731 **test suite** (not test) `*DeathTest` when it contains a death test, as
    732 demonstrated in the above example. The
    733 [Death Tests And Threads](#death-tests-and-threads) section below explains why.
    734 
    735 If a test fixture class is shared by normal tests and death tests, you can use
    736 `using` or `typedef` to introduce an alias for the fixture class and avoid
    737 duplicating its code:
    738 
    739 ```c++
    740 class FooTest : public ::testing::Test { ... };
    741 
    742 using FooDeathTest = FooTest;
    743 
    744 TEST_F(FooTest, DoesThis) {
    745   // normal test
    746 }
    747 
    748 TEST_F(FooDeathTest, DoesThat) {
    749   // death test
    750 }
    751 ```
    752 
    753 ### Regular Expression Syntax
    754 
    755 On POSIX systems (e.g. Linux, Cygwin, and Mac), googletest uses the
    756 [POSIX extended regular expression](http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap09.html#tag_09_04)
    757 syntax. To learn about this syntax, you may want to read this
    758 [Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#POSIX_Extended_Regular_Expressions).
    759 
    760 On Windows, googletest uses its own simple regular expression implementation. It
    761 lacks many features. For example, we don't support union (`"x|y"`), grouping
    762 (`"(xy)"`), brackets (`"[xy]"`), and repetition count (`"x{5,7}"`), among
    763 others. Below is what we do support (`A` denotes a literal character, period
    764 (`.`), or a single `\\ ` escape sequence; `x` and `y` denote regular
    765 expressions.):
    766 
    767 Expression | Meaning
    768 ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------
    769 `c`        | matches any literal character `c`
    770 `\\d`      | matches any decimal digit
    771 `\\D`      | matches any character that's not a decimal digit
    772 `\\f`      | matches `\f`
    773 `\\n`      | matches `\n`
    774 `\\r`      | matches `\r`
    775 `\\s`      | matches any ASCII whitespace, including `\n`
    776 `\\S`      | matches any character that's not a whitespace
    777 `\\t`      | matches `\t`
    778 `\\v`      | matches `\v`
    779 `\\w`      | matches any letter, `_`, or decimal digit
    780 `\\W`      | matches any character that `\\w` doesn't match
    781 `\\c`      | matches any literal character `c`, which must be a punctuation
    782 `.`        | matches any single character except `\n`
    783 `A?`       | matches 0 or 1 occurrences of `A`
    784 `A*`       | matches 0 or many occurrences of `A`
    785 `A+`       | matches 1 or many occurrences of `A`
    786 `^`        | matches the beginning of a string (not that of each line)
    787 `$`        | matches the end of a string (not that of each line)
    788 `xy`       | matches `x` followed by `y`
    789 
    790 To help you determine which capability is available on your system, googletest
    791 defines macros to govern which regular expression it is using. The macros are:
    792 `GTEST_USES_SIMPLE_RE=1` or `GTEST_USES_POSIX_RE=1`. If you want your death
    793 tests to work in all cases, you can either `#if` on these macros or use the more
    794 limited syntax only.
    795 
    796 ### How It Works
    797 
    798 Under the hood, `ASSERT_EXIT()` spawns a new process and executes the death test
    799 statement in that process. The details of how precisely that happens depend on
    800 the platform and the variable ::testing::GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) (which is
    801 initialized from the command-line flag `--gtest_death_test_style`).
    802 
    803 *   On POSIX systems, `fork()` (or `clone()` on Linux) is used to spawn the
    804     child, after which:
    805     *   If the variable's value is `"fast"`, the death test statement is
    806         immediately executed.
    807     *   If the variable's value is `"threadsafe"`, the child process re-executes
    808         the unit test binary just as it was originally invoked, but with some
    809         extra flags to cause just the single death test under consideration to
    810         be run.
    811 *   On Windows, the child is spawned using the `CreateProcess()` API, and
    812     re-executes the binary to cause just the single death test under
    813     consideration to be run - much like the `threadsafe` mode on POSIX.
    814 
    815 Other values for the variable are illegal and will cause the death test to fail.
    816 Currently, the flag's default value is **"fast"**
    817 
    818 1.  the child's exit status satisfies the predicate, and
    819 2.  the child's stderr matches the regular expression.
    820 
    821 If the death test statement runs to completion without dying, the child process
    822 will nonetheless terminate, and the assertion fails.
    823 
    824 ### Death Tests And Threads
    825 
    826 The reason for the two death test styles has to do with thread safety. Due to
    827 well-known problems with forking in the presence of threads, death tests should
    828 be run in a single-threaded context. Sometimes, however, it isn't feasible to
    829 arrange that kind of environment. For example, statically-initialized modules
    830 may start threads before main is ever reached. Once threads have been created,
    831 it may be difficult or impossible to clean them up.
    832 
    833 googletest has three features intended to raise awareness of threading issues.
    834 
    835 1.  A warning is emitted if multiple threads are running when a death test is
    836     encountered.
    837 2.  Test suites with a name ending in "DeathTest" are run before all other
    838     tests.
    839 3.  It uses `clone()` instead of `fork()` to spawn the child process on Linux
    840     (`clone()` is not available on Cygwin and Mac), as `fork()` is more likely
    841     to cause the child to hang when the parent process has multiple threads.
    842 
    843 It's perfectly fine to create threads inside a death test statement; they are
    844 executed in a separate process and cannot affect the parent.
    845 
    846 ### Death Test Styles
    847 
    848 The "threadsafe" death test style was introduced in order to help mitigate the
    849 risks of testing in a possibly multithreaded environment. It trades increased
    850 test execution time (potentially dramatically so) for improved thread safety.
    851 
    852 The automated testing framework does not set the style flag. You can choose a
    853 particular style of death tests by setting the flag programmatically:
    854 
    855 ```c++
    856 testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style="threadsafe"
    857 ```
    858 
    859 You can do this in `main()` to set the style for all death tests in the binary,
    860 or in individual tests. Recall that flags are saved before running each test and
    861 restored afterwards, so you need not do that yourself. For example:
    862 
    863 ```c++
    864 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    865   InitGoogle(argv[0], &argc, &argv, true);
    866   ::testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "fast";
    867   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
    868 }
    869 
    870 TEST(MyDeathTest, TestOne) {
    871   ::testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "threadsafe";
    872   // This test is run in the "threadsafe" style:
    873   ASSERT_DEATH(ThisShouldDie(), "");
    874 }
    875 
    876 TEST(MyDeathTest, TestTwo) {
    877   // This test is run in the "fast" style:
    878   ASSERT_DEATH(ThisShouldDie(), "");
    879 }
    880 ```
    881 
    882 ### Caveats
    883 
    884 The `statement` argument of `ASSERT_EXIT()` can be any valid C++ statement. If
    885 it leaves the current function via a `return` statement or by throwing an
    886 exception, the death test is considered to have failed. Some googletest macros
    887 may return from the current function (e.g. `ASSERT_TRUE()`), so be sure to avoid
    888 them in `statement`.
    889 
    890 Since `statement` runs in the child process, any in-memory side effect (e.g.
    891 modifying a variable, releasing memory, etc) it causes will *not* be observable
    892 in the parent process. In particular, if you release memory in a death test,
    893 your program will fail the heap check as the parent process will never see the
    894 memory reclaimed. To solve this problem, you can
    895 
    896 1.  try not to free memory in a death test;
    897 2.  free the memory again in the parent process; or
    898 3.  do not use the heap checker in your program.
    899 
    900 Due to an implementation detail, you cannot place multiple death test assertions
    901 on the same line; otherwise, compilation will fail with an unobvious error
    902 message.
    903 
    904 Despite the improved thread safety afforded by the "threadsafe" style of death
    905 test, thread problems such as deadlock are still possible in the presence of
    906 handlers registered with `pthread_atfork(3)`.
    907 
    908 
    909 ## Using Assertions in Sub-routines
    910 
    911 ### Adding Traces to Assertions
    912 
    913 If a test sub-routine is called from several places, when an assertion inside it
    914 fails, it can be hard to tell which invocation of the sub-routine the failure is
    915 from. You can alleviate this problem using extra logging or custom failure
    916 messages, but that usually clutters up your tests. A better solution is to use
    917 the `SCOPED_TRACE` macro or the `ScopedTrace` utility:
    918 
    919 ```c++
    920 SCOPED_TRACE(message);
    921 ScopedTrace trace("file_path", line_number, message);
    922 ```
    923 
    924 where `message` can be anything streamable to `std::ostream`. `SCOPED_TRACE`
    925 macro will cause the current file name, line number, and the given message to be
    926 added in every failure message. `ScopedTrace` accepts explicit file name and
    927 line number in arguments, which is useful for writing test helpers. The effect
    928 will be undone when the control leaves the current lexical scope.
    929 
    930 For example,
    931 
    932 ```c++
    933 10: void Sub1(int n) {
    934 11:   EXPECT_EQ(Bar(n), 1);
    935 12:   EXPECT_EQ(Bar(n + 1), 2);
    936 13: }
    937 14:
    938 15: TEST(FooTest, Bar) {
    939 16:   {
    940 17:     SCOPED_TRACE("A");  // This trace point will be included in
    941 18:                         // every failure in this scope.
    942 19:     Sub1(1);
    943 20:   }
    944 21:   // Now it won't.
    945 22:   Sub1(9);
    946 23: }
    947 ```
    948 
    949 could result in messages like these:
    950 
    951 ```none
    952 path/to/foo_test.cc:11: Failure
    953 Value of: Bar(n)
    954 Expected: 1
    955   Actual: 2
    956    Trace:
    957 path/to/foo_test.cc:17: A
    958 
    959 path/to/foo_test.cc:12: Failure
    960 Value of: Bar(n + 1)
    961 Expected: 2
    962   Actual: 3
    963 ```
    964 
    965 Without the trace, it would've been difficult to know which invocation of
    966 `Sub1()` the two failures come from respectively. (You could add an extra
    967 message to each assertion in `Sub1()` to indicate the value of `n`, but that's
    968 tedious.)
    969 
    970 Some tips on using `SCOPED_TRACE`:
    971 
    972 1.  With a suitable message, it's often enough to use `SCOPED_TRACE` at the
    973     beginning of a sub-routine, instead of at each call site.
    974 2.  When calling sub-routines inside a loop, make the loop iterator part of the
    975     message in `SCOPED_TRACE` such that you can know which iteration the failure
    976     is from.
    977 3.  Sometimes the line number of the trace point is enough for identifying the
    978     particular invocation of a sub-routine. In this case, you don't have to
    979     choose a unique message for `SCOPED_TRACE`. You can simply use `""`.
    980 4.  You can use `SCOPED_TRACE` in an inner scope when there is one in the outer
    981     scope. In this case, all active trace points will be included in the failure
    982     messages, in reverse order they are encountered.
    983 5.  The trace dump is clickable in Emacs - hit `return` on a line number and
    984     you'll be taken to that line in the source file!
    985 
    986 ### Propagating Fatal Failures
    987 
    988 A common pitfall when using `ASSERT_*` and `FAIL*` is not understanding that
    989 when they fail they only abort the _current function_, not the entire test. For
    990 example, the following test will segfault:
    991 
    992 ```c++
    993 void Subroutine() {
    994   // Generates a fatal failure and aborts the current function.
    995   ASSERT_EQ(1, 2);
    996 
    997   // The following won't be executed.
    998   ...
    999 }
   1000 
   1001 TEST(FooTest, Bar) {
   1002   Subroutine();  // The intended behavior is for the fatal failure
   1003                  // in Subroutine() to abort the entire test.
   1004 
   1005   // The actual behavior: the function goes on after Subroutine() returns.
   1006   int* p = NULL;
   1007   *p = 3;  // Segfault!
   1008 }
   1009 ```
   1010 
   1011 To alleviate this, googletest provides three different solutions. You could use
   1012 either exceptions, the `(ASSERT|EXPECT)_NO_FATAL_FAILURE` assertions or the
   1013 `HasFatalFailure()` function. They are described in the following two
   1014 subsections.
   1015 
   1016 #### Asserting on Subroutines with an exception
   1017 
   1018 The following code can turn ASSERT-failure into an exception:
   1019 
   1020 ```c++
   1021 class ThrowListener : public testing::EmptyTestEventListener {
   1022   void OnTestPartResult(const testing::TestPartResult& result) override {
   1023     if (result.type() == testing::TestPartResult::kFatalFailure) {
   1024       throw testing::AssertionException(result);
   1025     }
   1026   }
   1027 };
   1028 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   1029   ...
   1030   testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners().Append(new ThrowListener);
   1031   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
   1032 }
   1033 ```
   1034 
   1035 This listener should be added after other listeners if you have any, otherwise
   1036 they won't see failed `OnTestPartResult`.
   1037 
   1038 #### Asserting on Subroutines
   1039 
   1040 As shown above, if your test calls a subroutine that has an `ASSERT_*` failure
   1041 in it, the test will continue after the subroutine returns. This may not be what
   1042 you want.
   1043 
   1044 Often people want fatal failures to propagate like exceptions. For that
   1045 googletest offers the following macros:
   1046 
   1047 Fatal assertion                       | Nonfatal assertion                    | Verifies
   1048 ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------
   1049 `ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(statement);` | `EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(statement);` | `statement` doesn't generate any new fatal failures in the current thread.
   1050 
   1051 Only failures in the thread that executes the assertion are checked to determine
   1052 the result of this type of assertions. If `statement` creates new threads,
   1053 failures in these threads are ignored.
   1054 
   1055 Examples:
   1056 
   1057 ```c++
   1058 ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(Foo());
   1059 
   1060 int i;
   1061 EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE({
   1062   i = Bar();
   1063 });
   1064 ```
   1065 
   1066 Assertions from multiple threads are currently not supported on Windows.
   1067 
   1068 #### Checking for Failures in the Current Test
   1069 
   1070 `HasFatalFailure()` in the `::testing::Test` class returns `true` if an
   1071 assertion in the current test has suffered a fatal failure. This allows
   1072 functions to catch fatal failures in a sub-routine and return early.
   1073 
   1074 ```c++
   1075 class Test {
   1076  public:
   1077   ...
   1078   static bool HasFatalFailure();
   1079 };
   1080 ```
   1081 
   1082 The typical usage, which basically simulates the behavior of a thrown exception,
   1083 is:
   1084 
   1085 ```c++
   1086 TEST(FooTest, Bar) {
   1087   Subroutine();
   1088   // Aborts if Subroutine() had a fatal failure.
   1089   if (HasFatalFailure()) return;
   1090 
   1091   // The following won't be executed.
   1092   ...
   1093 }
   1094 ```
   1095 
   1096 If `HasFatalFailure()` is used outside of `TEST()` , `TEST_F()` , or a test
   1097 fixture, you must add the `::testing::Test::` prefix, as in:
   1098 
   1099 ```c++
   1100 if (::testing::Test::HasFatalFailure()) return;
   1101 ```
   1102 
   1103 Similarly, `HasNonfatalFailure()` returns `true` if the current test has at
   1104 least one non-fatal failure, and `HasFailure()` returns `true` if the current
   1105 test has at least one failure of either kind.
   1106 
   1107 ## Logging Additional Information
   1108 
   1109 In your test code, you can call `RecordProperty("key", value)` to log additional
   1110 information, where `value` can be either a string or an `int`. The *last* value
   1111 recorded for a key will be emitted to the
   1112 [XML output](#generating-an-xml-report) if you specify one. For example, the
   1113 test
   1114 
   1115 ```c++
   1116 TEST_F(WidgetUsageTest, MinAndMaxWidgets) {
   1117   RecordProperty("MaximumWidgets", ComputeMaxUsage());
   1118   RecordProperty("MinimumWidgets", ComputeMinUsage());
   1119 }
   1120 ```
   1121 
   1122 will output XML like this:
   1123 
   1124 ```xml
   1125   ...
   1126     <testcase name="MinAndMaxWidgets" status="run" time="0.006" classname="WidgetUsageTest" MaximumWidgets="12" MinimumWidgets="9" />
   1127   ...
   1128 ```
   1129 
   1130 > NOTE:
   1131 >
   1132 > *   `RecordProperty()` is a static member of the `Test` class. Therefore it
   1133 >     needs to be prefixed with `::testing::Test::` if used outside of the
   1134 >     `TEST` body and the test fixture class.
   1135 > *   `*key*` must be a valid XML attribute name, and cannot conflict with the
   1136 >     ones already used by googletest (`name`, `status`, `time`, `classname`,
   1137 >     `type_param`, and `value_param`).
   1138 > *   Calling `RecordProperty()` outside of the lifespan of a test is allowed.
   1139 >     If it's called outside of a test but between a test suite's
   1140 >     `SetUpTestSuite()` and `TearDownTestSuite()` methods, it will be
   1141 >     attributed to the XML element for the test suite. If it's called outside
   1142 >     of all test suites (e.g. in a test environment), it will be attributed to
   1143 >     the top-level XML element.
   1144 
   1145 ## Sharing Resources Between Tests in the Same Test Suite
   1146 
   1147 googletest creates a new test fixture object for each test in order to make
   1148 tests independent and easier to debug. However, sometimes tests use resources
   1149 that are expensive to set up, making the one-copy-per-test model prohibitively
   1150 expensive.
   1151 
   1152 If the tests don't change the resource, there's no harm in their sharing a
   1153 single resource copy. So, in addition to per-test set-up/tear-down, googletest
   1154 also supports per-test-suite set-up/tear-down. To use it:
   1155 
   1156 1.  In your test fixture class (say `FooTest` ), declare as `static` some member
   1157     variables to hold the shared resources.
   1158 2.  Outside your test fixture class (typically just below it), define those
   1159     member variables, optionally giving them initial values.
   1160 3.  In the same test fixture class, define a `static void SetUpTestSuite()`
   1161     function (remember not to spell it as **`SetupTestSuite`** with a small
   1162     `u`!) to set up the shared resources and a `static void TearDownTestSuite()`
   1163     function to tear them down.
   1164 
   1165 That's it! googletest automatically calls `SetUpTestSuite()` before running the
   1166 *first test* in the `FooTest` test suite (i.e. before creating the first
   1167 `FooTest` object), and calls `TearDownTestSuite()` after running the *last test*
   1168 in it (i.e. after deleting the last `FooTest` object). In between, the tests can
   1169 use the shared resources.
   1170 
   1171 Remember that the test order is undefined, so your code can't depend on a test
   1172 preceding or following another. Also, the tests must either not modify the state
   1173 of any shared resource, or, if they do modify the state, they must restore the
   1174 state to its original value before passing control to the next test.
   1175 
   1176 Here's an example of per-test-suite set-up and tear-down:
   1177 
   1178 ```c++
   1179 class FooTest : public ::testing::Test {
   1180  protected:
   1181   // Per-test-suite set-up.
   1182   // Called before the first test in this test suite.
   1183   // Can be omitted if not needed.
   1184   static void SetUpTestSuite() {
   1185     shared_resource_ = new ...;
   1186   }
   1187 
   1188   // Per-test-suite tear-down.
   1189   // Called after the last test in this test suite.
   1190   // Can be omitted if not needed.
   1191   static void TearDownTestSuite() {
   1192     delete shared_resource_;
   1193     shared_resource_ = NULL;
   1194   }
   1195 
   1196   // You can define per-test set-up logic as usual.
   1197   virtual void SetUp() { ... }
   1198 
   1199   // You can define per-test tear-down logic as usual.
   1200   virtual void TearDown() { ... }
   1201 
   1202   // Some expensive resource shared by all tests.
   1203   static T* shared_resource_;
   1204 };
   1205 
   1206 T* FooTest::shared_resource_ = NULL;
   1207 
   1208 TEST_F(FooTest, Test1) {
   1209   ... you can refer to shared_resource_ here ...
   1210 }
   1211 
   1212 TEST_F(FooTest, Test2) {
   1213   ... you can refer to shared_resource_ here ...
   1214 }
   1215 ```
   1216 
   1217 NOTE: Though the above code declares `SetUpTestSuite()` protected, it may
   1218 sometimes be necessary to declare it public, such as when using it with
   1219 `TEST_P`.
   1220 
   1221 ## Global Set-Up and Tear-Down
   1222 
   1223 Just as you can do set-up and tear-down at the test level and the test suite
   1224 level, you can also do it at the test program level. Here's how.
   1225 
   1226 First, you subclass the `::testing::Environment` class to define a test
   1227 environment, which knows how to set-up and tear-down:
   1228 
   1229 ```c++
   1230 class Environment : public ::testing::Environment {
   1231  public:
   1232   virtual ~Environment() {}
   1233 
   1234   // Override this to define how to set up the environment.
   1235   void SetUp() override {}
   1236 
   1237   // Override this to define how to tear down the environment.
   1238   void TearDown() override {}
   1239 };
   1240 ```
   1241 
   1242 Then, you register an instance of your environment class with googletest by
   1243 calling the `::testing::AddGlobalTestEnvironment()` function:
   1244 
   1245 ```c++
   1246 Environment* AddGlobalTestEnvironment(Environment* env);
   1247 ```
   1248 
   1249 Now, when `RUN_ALL_TESTS()` is called, it first calls the `SetUp()` method of
   1250 each environment object, then runs the tests if none of the environments
   1251 reported fatal failures and `GTEST_SKIP()` was not called. `RUN_ALL_TESTS()`
   1252 always calls `TearDown()` with each environment object, regardless of whether or
   1253 not the tests were run.
   1254 
   1255 It's OK to register multiple environment objects. In this suite, their `SetUp()`
   1256 will be called in the order they are registered, and their `TearDown()` will be
   1257 called in the reverse order.
   1258 
   1259 Note that googletest takes ownership of the registered environment objects.
   1260 Therefore **do not delete them** by yourself.
   1261 
   1262 You should call `AddGlobalTestEnvironment()` before `RUN_ALL_TESTS()` is called,
   1263 probably in `main()`. If you use `gtest_main`, you need to call this before
   1264 `main()` starts for it to take effect. One way to do this is to define a global
   1265 variable like this:
   1266 
   1267 ```c++
   1268 ::testing::Environment* const foo_env =
   1269     ::testing::AddGlobalTestEnvironment(new FooEnvironment);
   1270 ```
   1271 
   1272 However, we strongly recommend you to write your own `main()` and call
   1273 `AddGlobalTestEnvironment()` there, as relying on initialization of global
   1274 variables makes the code harder to read and may cause problems when you register
   1275 multiple environments from different translation units and the environments have
   1276 dependencies among them (remember that the compiler doesn't guarantee the order
   1277 in which global variables from different translation units are initialized).
   1278 
   1279 ## Value-Parameterized Tests
   1280 
   1281 *Value-parameterized tests* allow you to test your code with different
   1282 parameters without writing multiple copies of the same test. This is useful in a
   1283 number of situations, for example:
   1284 
   1285 *   You have a piece of code whose behavior is affected by one or more
   1286     command-line flags. You want to make sure your code performs correctly for
   1287     various values of those flags.
   1288 *   You want to test different implementations of an OO interface.
   1289 *   You want to test your code over various inputs (a.k.a. data-driven testing).
   1290     This feature is easy to abuse, so please exercise your good sense when doing
   1291     it!
   1292 
   1293 ### How to Write Value-Parameterized Tests
   1294 
   1295 To write value-parameterized tests, first you should define a fixture class. It
   1296 must be derived from both `testing::Test` and `testing::WithParamInterface<T>`
   1297 (the latter is a pure interface), where `T` is the type of your parameter
   1298 values. For convenience, you can just derive the fixture class from
   1299 `testing::TestWithParam<T>`, which itself is derived from both `testing::Test`
   1300 and `testing::WithParamInterface<T>`. `T` can be any copyable type. If it's a
   1301 raw pointer, you are responsible for managing the lifespan of the pointed
   1302 values.
   1303 
   1304 NOTE: If your test fixture defines `SetUpTestSuite()` or `TearDownTestSuite()`
   1305 they must be declared **public** rather than **protected** in order to use
   1306 `TEST_P`.
   1307 
   1308 ```c++
   1309 class FooTest :
   1310     public testing::TestWithParam<const char*> {
   1311   // You can implement all the usual fixture class members here.
   1312   // To access the test parameter, call GetParam() from class
   1313   // TestWithParam<T>.
   1314 };
   1315 
   1316 // Or, when you want to add parameters to a pre-existing fixture class:
   1317 class BaseTest : public testing::Test {
   1318   ...
   1319 };
   1320 class BarTest : public BaseTest,
   1321                 public testing::WithParamInterface<const char*> {
   1322   ...
   1323 };
   1324 ```
   1325 
   1326 Then, use the `TEST_P` macro to define as many test patterns using this fixture
   1327 as you want. The `_P` suffix is for "parameterized" or "pattern", whichever you
   1328 prefer to think.
   1329 
   1330 ```c++
   1331 TEST_P(FooTest, DoesBlah) {
   1332   // Inside a test, access the test parameter with the GetParam() method
   1333   // of the TestWithParam<T> class:
   1334   EXPECT_TRUE(foo.Blah(GetParam()));
   1335   ...
   1336 }
   1337 
   1338 TEST_P(FooTest, HasBlahBlah) {
   1339   ...
   1340 }
   1341 ```
   1342 
   1343 Finally, you can use `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P` to instantiate the test suite
   1344 with any set of parameters you want. googletest defines a number of functions
   1345 for generating test parameters. They return what we call (surprise!) *parameter
   1346 generators*. Here is a summary of them, which are all in the `testing`
   1347 namespace:
   1348 
   1349 <!-- mdformat off(github rendering does not support multiline tables) -->
   1350 
   1351 | Parameter Generator                                                                       | Behavior                                                                                                          |
   1352 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   1353 | `Range(begin, end [, step])`                                                              | Yields values `{begin, begin+step, begin+step+step, ...}`. The values do not include `end`. `step` defaults to 1. |
   1354 | `Values(v1, v2, ..., vN)`                                                                 | Yields values `{v1, v2, ..., vN}`.                                                                                |
   1355 | `ValuesIn(container)` and  `ValuesIn(begin,end)`                                          | Yields values from a C-style array, an  STL-style container, or an iterator range `[begin, end)`                  |
   1356 | `Bool()`                                                                                  | Yields sequence `{false, true}`.                                                                                  |
   1357 | `Combine(g1, g2, ..., gN)`                                                                | Yields all combinations (Cartesian product) as std\:\:tuples of the values generated by the `N` generators.       |
   1358 
   1359 <!-- mdformat on-->
   1360 
   1361 For more details, see the comments at the definitions of these functions.
   1362 
   1363 The following statement will instantiate tests from the `FooTest` test suite
   1364 each with parameter values `"meeny"`, `"miny"`, and `"moe"`.
   1365 
   1366 ```c++
   1367 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(InstantiationName,
   1368                          FooTest,
   1369                          testing::Values("meeny", "miny", "moe"));
   1370 ```
   1371 
   1372 NOTE: The code above must be placed at global or namespace scope, not at
   1373 function scope.
   1374 
   1375 NOTE: Don't forget this step! If you do your test will silently pass, but none
   1376 of its suites will ever run!
   1377 
   1378 To distinguish different instances of the pattern (yes, you can instantiate it
   1379 more than once), the first argument to `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P` is a prefix
   1380 that will be added to the actual test suite name. Remember to pick unique
   1381 prefixes for different instantiations. The tests from the instantiation above
   1382 will have these names:
   1383 
   1384 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/0` for `"meeny"`
   1385 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/1` for `"miny"`
   1386 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/2` for `"moe"`
   1387 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.HasBlahBlah/0` for `"meeny"`
   1388 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.HasBlahBlah/1` for `"miny"`
   1389 *   `InstantiationName/FooTest.HasBlahBlah/2` for `"moe"`
   1390 
   1391 You can use these names in [`--gtest_filter`](#running-a-subset-of-the-tests).
   1392 
   1393 This statement will instantiate all tests from `FooTest` again, each with
   1394 parameter values `"cat"` and `"dog"`:
   1395 
   1396 ```c++
   1397 const char* pets[] = {"cat", "dog"};
   1398 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(AnotherInstantiationName, FooTest,
   1399                          testing::ValuesIn(pets));
   1400 ```
   1401 
   1402 The tests from the instantiation above will have these names:
   1403 
   1404 *   `AnotherInstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/0` for `"cat"`
   1405 *   `AnotherInstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/1` for `"dog"`
   1406 *   `AnotherInstantiationName/FooTest.HasBlahBlah/0` for `"cat"`
   1407 *   `AnotherInstantiationName/FooTest.HasBlahBlah/1` for `"dog"`
   1408 
   1409 Please note that `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P` will instantiate *all* tests in the
   1410 given test suite, whether their definitions come before or *after* the
   1411 `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P` statement.
   1412 
   1413 You can see [sample7_unittest.cc] and [sample8_unittest.cc] for more examples.
   1414 
   1415 [sample7_unittest.cc]: ../samples/sample7_unittest.cc "Parameterized Test example"
   1416 [sample8_unittest.cc]: ../samples/sample8_unittest.cc "Parameterized Test example with multiple parameters"
   1417 
   1418 ### Creating Value-Parameterized Abstract Tests
   1419 
   1420 In the above, we define and instantiate `FooTest` in the *same* source file.
   1421 Sometimes you may want to define value-parameterized tests in a library and let
   1422 other people instantiate them later. This pattern is known as *abstract tests*.
   1423 As an example of its application, when you are designing an interface you can
   1424 write a standard suite of abstract tests (perhaps using a factory function as
   1425 the test parameter) that all implementations of the interface are expected to
   1426 pass. When someone implements the interface, they can instantiate your suite to
   1427 get all the interface-conformance tests for free.
   1428 
   1429 To define abstract tests, you should organize your code like this:
   1430 
   1431 1.  Put the definition of the parameterized test fixture class (e.g. `FooTest`)
   1432     in a header file, say `foo_param_test.h`. Think of this as *declaring* your
   1433     abstract tests.
   1434 2.  Put the `TEST_P` definitions in `foo_param_test.cc`, which includes
   1435     `foo_param_test.h`. Think of this as *implementing* your abstract tests.
   1436 
   1437 Once they are defined, you can instantiate them by including `foo_param_test.h`,
   1438 invoking `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P()`, and depending on the library target that
   1439 contains `foo_param_test.cc`. You can instantiate the same abstract test suite
   1440 multiple times, possibly in different source files.
   1441 
   1442 ### Specifying Names for Value-Parameterized Test Parameters
   1443 
   1444 The optional last argument to `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P()` allows the user to
   1445 specify a function or functor that generates custom test name suffixes based on
   1446 the test parameters. The function should accept one argument of type
   1447 `testing::TestParamInfo<class ParamType>`, and return `std::string`.
   1448 
   1449 `testing::PrintToStringParamName` is a builtin test suffix generator that
   1450 returns the value of `testing::PrintToString(GetParam())`. It does not work for
   1451 `std::string` or C strings.
   1452 
   1453 NOTE: test names must be non-empty, unique, and may only contain ASCII
   1454 alphanumeric characters. In particular, they
   1455 [should not contain underscores](faq.md#why-should-test-suite-names-and-test-names-not-contain-underscore)
   1456 
   1457 ```c++
   1458 class MyTestSuite : public testing::TestWithParam<int> {};
   1459 
   1460 TEST_P(MyTestSuite, MyTest)
   1461 {
   1462   std::cout << "Example Test Param: " << GetParam() << std::endl;
   1463 }
   1464 
   1465 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(MyGroup, MyTestSuite, testing::Range(0, 10),
   1466                          testing::PrintToStringParamName());
   1467 ```
   1468 
   1469 Providing a custom functor allows for more control over test parameter name
   1470 generation, especially for types where the automatic conversion does not
   1471 generate helpful parameter names (e.g. strings as demonstrated above). The
   1472 following example illustrates this for multiple parameters, an enumeration type
   1473 and a string, and also demonstrates how to combine generators. It uses a lambda
   1474 for conciseness:
   1475 
   1476 ```c++
   1477 enum class MyType { MY_FOO = 0, MY_BAR = 1 };
   1478 
   1479 class MyTestSuite : public testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<MyType, string>> {
   1480 };
   1481 
   1482 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
   1483     MyGroup, MyTestSuite,
   1484     testing::Combine(
   1485         testing::Values(MyType::VALUE_0, MyType::VALUE_1),
   1486         testing::ValuesIn("", "")),
   1487     [](const testing::TestParamInfo<MyTestSuite::ParamType>& info) {
   1488       string name = absl::StrCat(
   1489           std::get<0>(info.param) == MY_FOO ? "Foo" : "Bar", "_",
   1490           std::get<1>(info.param));
   1491       absl::c_replace_if(name, [](char c) { return !std::isalnum(c); }, '_');
   1492       return name;
   1493     });
   1494 ```
   1495 
   1496 ## Typed Tests
   1497 
   1498 Suppose you have multiple implementations of the same interface and want to make
   1499 sure that all of them satisfy some common requirements. Or, you may have defined
   1500 several types that are supposed to conform to the same "concept" and you want to
   1501 verify it. In both cases, you want the same test logic repeated for different
   1502 types.
   1503 
   1504 While you can write one `TEST` or `TEST_F` for each type you want to test (and
   1505 you may even factor the test logic into a function template that you invoke from
   1506 the `TEST`), it's tedious and doesn't scale: if you want `m` tests over `n`
   1507 types, you'll end up writing `m*n` `TEST`s.
   1508 
   1509 *Typed tests* allow you to repeat the same test logic over a list of types. You
   1510 only need to write the test logic once, although you must know the type list
   1511 when writing typed tests. Here's how you do it:
   1512 
   1513 First, define a fixture class template. It should be parameterized by a type.
   1514 Remember to derive it from `::testing::Test`:
   1515 
   1516 ```c++
   1517 template <typename T>
   1518 class FooTest : public ::testing::Test {
   1519  public:
   1520   ...
   1521   typedef std::list<T> List;
   1522   static T shared_;
   1523   T value_;
   1524 };
   1525 ```
   1526 
   1527 Next, associate a list of types with the test suite, which will be repeated for
   1528 each type in the list:
   1529 
   1530 ```c++
   1531 using MyTypes = ::testing::Types<char, int, unsigned int>;
   1532 TYPED_TEST_SUITE(FooTest, MyTypes);
   1533 ```
   1534 
   1535 The type alias (`using` or `typedef`) is necessary for the `TYPED_TEST_SUITE`
   1536 macro to parse correctly. Otherwise the compiler will think that each comma in
   1537 the type list introduces a new macro argument.
   1538 
   1539 Then, use `TYPED_TEST()` instead of `TEST_F()` to define a typed test for this
   1540 test suite. You can repeat this as many times as you want:
   1541 
   1542 ```c++
   1543 TYPED_TEST(FooTest, DoesBlah) {
   1544   // Inside a test, refer to the special name TypeParam to get the type
   1545   // parameter.  Since we are inside a derived class template, C++ requires
   1546   // us to visit the members of FooTest via 'this'.
   1547   TypeParam n = this->value_;
   1548 
   1549   // To visit static members of the fixture, add the 'TestFixture::'
   1550   // prefix.
   1551   n += TestFixture::shared_;
   1552 
   1553   // To refer to typedefs in the fixture, add the 'typename TestFixture::'
   1554   // prefix.  The 'typename' is required to satisfy the compiler.
   1555   typename TestFixture::List values;
   1556 
   1557   values.push_back(n);
   1558   ...
   1559 }
   1560 
   1561 TYPED_TEST(FooTest, HasPropertyA) { ... }
   1562 ```
   1563 
   1564 You can see [sample6_unittest.cc] for a complete example.
   1565 
   1566 [sample6_unittest.cc]: ../samples/sample6_unittest.cc "Typed Test example"
   1567 
   1568 ## Type-Parameterized Tests
   1569 
   1570 *Type-parameterized tests* are like typed tests, except that they don't require
   1571 you to know the list of types ahead of time. Instead, you can define the test
   1572 logic first and instantiate it with different type lists later. You can even
   1573 instantiate it more than once in the same program.
   1574 
   1575 If you are designing an interface or concept, you can define a suite of
   1576 type-parameterized tests to verify properties that any valid implementation of
   1577 the interface/concept should have. Then, the author of each implementation can
   1578 just instantiate the test suite with their type to verify that it conforms to
   1579 the requirements, without having to write similar tests repeatedly. Here's an
   1580 example:
   1581 
   1582 First, define a fixture class template, as we did with typed tests:
   1583 
   1584 ```c++
   1585 template <typename T>
   1586 class FooTest : public ::testing::Test {
   1587   ...
   1588 };
   1589 ```
   1590 
   1591 Next, declare that you will define a type-parameterized test suite:
   1592 
   1593 ```c++
   1594 TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(FooTest);
   1595 ```
   1596 
   1597 Then, use `TYPED_TEST_P()` to define a type-parameterized test. You can repeat
   1598 this as many times as you want:
   1599 
   1600 ```c++
   1601 TYPED_TEST_P(FooTest, DoesBlah) {
   1602   // Inside a test, refer to TypeParam to get the type parameter.
   1603   TypeParam n = 0;
   1604   ...
   1605 }
   1606 
   1607 TYPED_TEST_P(FooTest, HasPropertyA) { ... }
   1608 ```
   1609 
   1610 Now the tricky part: you need to register all test patterns using the
   1611 `REGISTER_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P` macro before you can instantiate them. The first
   1612 argument of the macro is the test suite name; the rest are the names of the
   1613 tests in this test suite:
   1614 
   1615 ```c++
   1616 REGISTER_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(FooTest,
   1617                             DoesBlah, HasPropertyA);
   1618 ```
   1619 
   1620 Finally, you are free to instantiate the pattern with the types you want. If you
   1621 put the above code in a header file, you can `#include` it in multiple C++
   1622 source files and instantiate it multiple times.
   1623 
   1624 ```c++
   1625 typedef ::testing::Types<char, int, unsigned int> MyTypes;
   1626 INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(My, FooTest, MyTypes);
   1627 ```
   1628 
   1629 To distinguish different instances of the pattern, the first argument to the
   1630 `INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P` macro is a prefix that will be added to the
   1631 actual test suite name. Remember to pick unique prefixes for different
   1632 instances.
   1633 
   1634 In the special case where the type list contains only one type, you can write
   1635 that type directly without `::testing::Types<...>`, like this:
   1636 
   1637 ```c++
   1638 INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(My, FooTest, int);
   1639 ```
   1640 
   1641 You can see [sample6_unittest.cc] for a complete example.
   1642 
   1643 ## Testing Private Code
   1644 
   1645 If you change your software's internal implementation, your tests should not
   1646 break as long as the change is not observable by users. Therefore, **per the
   1647 black-box testing principle, most of the time you should test your code through
   1648 its public interfaces.**
   1649 
   1650 **If you still find yourself needing to test internal implementation code,
   1651 consider if there's a better design.** The desire to test internal
   1652 implementation is often a sign that the class is doing too much. Consider
   1653 extracting an implementation class, and testing it. Then use that implementation
   1654 class in the original class.
   1655 
   1656 If you absolutely have to test non-public interface code though, you can. There
   1657 are two cases to consider:
   1658 
   1659 *   Static functions ( *not* the same as static member functions!) or unnamed
   1660     namespaces, and
   1661 *   Private or protected class members
   1662 
   1663 To test them, we use the following special techniques:
   1664 
   1665 *   Both static functions and definitions/declarations in an unnamed namespace
   1666     are only visible within the same translation unit. To test them, you can
   1667     `#include` the entire `.cc` file being tested in your `*_test.cc` file.
   1668     (#including `.cc` files is not a good way to reuse code - you should not do
   1669     this in production code!)
   1670 
   1671     However, a better approach is to move the private code into the
   1672     `foo::internal` namespace, where `foo` is the namespace your project
   1673     normally uses, and put the private declarations in a `*-internal.h` file.
   1674     Your production `.cc` files and your tests are allowed to include this
   1675     internal header, but your clients are not. This way, you can fully test your
   1676     internal implementation without leaking it to your clients.
   1677 
   1678 *   Private class members are only accessible from within the class or by
   1679     friends. To access a class' private members, you can declare your test
   1680     fixture as a friend to the class and define accessors in your fixture. Tests
   1681     using the fixture can then access the private members of your production
   1682     class via the accessors in the fixture. Note that even though your fixture
   1683     is a friend to your production class, your tests are not automatically
   1684     friends to it, as they are technically defined in sub-classes of the
   1685     fixture.
   1686 
   1687     Another way to test private members is to refactor them into an
   1688     implementation class, which is then declared in a `*-internal.h` file. Your
   1689     clients aren't allowed to include this header but your tests can. Such is
   1690     called the
   1691     [Pimpl](https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/the-c-pimpl-r1794/)
   1692     (Private Implementation) idiom.
   1693 
   1694     Or, you can declare an individual test as a friend of your class by adding
   1695     this line in the class body:
   1696 
   1697     ```c++
   1698         FRIEND_TEST(TestSuiteName, TestName);
   1699     ```
   1700 
   1701     For example,
   1702 
   1703     ```c++
   1704     // foo.h
   1705     class Foo {
   1706       ...
   1707      private:
   1708       FRIEND_TEST(FooTest, BarReturnsZeroOnNull);
   1709 
   1710       int Bar(void* x);
   1711     };
   1712 
   1713     // foo_test.cc
   1714     ...
   1715     TEST(FooTest, BarReturnsZeroOnNull) {
   1716       Foo foo;
   1717       EXPECT_EQ(foo.Bar(NULL), 0);  // Uses Foo's private member Bar().
   1718     }
   1719     ```
   1720 
   1721     Pay special attention when your class is defined in a namespace, as you
   1722     should define your test fixtures and tests in the same namespace if you want
   1723     them to be friends of your class. For example, if the code to be tested
   1724     looks like:
   1725 
   1726     ```c++
   1727     namespace my_namespace {
   1728 
   1729     class Foo {
   1730       friend class FooTest;
   1731       FRIEND_TEST(FooTest, Bar);
   1732       FRIEND_TEST(FooTest, Baz);
   1733       ... definition of the class Foo ...
   1734     };
   1735 
   1736     }  // namespace my_namespace
   1737     ```
   1738 
   1739     Your test code should be something like:
   1740 
   1741     ```c++
   1742     namespace my_namespace {
   1743 
   1744     class FooTest : public ::testing::Test {
   1745      protected:
   1746       ...
   1747     };
   1748 
   1749     TEST_F(FooTest, Bar) { ... }
   1750     TEST_F(FooTest, Baz) { ... }
   1751 
   1752     }  // namespace my_namespace
   1753     ```
   1754 
   1755 ## "Catching" Failures
   1756 
   1757 If you are building a testing utility on top of googletest, you'll want to test
   1758 your utility. What framework would you use to test it? googletest, of course.
   1759 
   1760 The challenge is to verify that your testing utility reports failures correctly.
   1761 In frameworks that report a failure by throwing an exception, you could catch
   1762 the exception and assert on it. But googletest doesn't use exceptions, so how do
   1763 we test that a piece of code generates an expected failure?
   1764 
   1765 gunit-spi.h contains some constructs to do this. After #including this header,
   1766 you can use
   1767 
   1768 ```c++
   1769   EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE(statement, substring);
   1770 ```
   1771 
   1772 to assert that `statement` generates a fatal (e.g. `ASSERT_*`) failure in the
   1773 current thread whose message contains the given `substring`, or use
   1774 
   1775 ```c++
   1776   EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(statement, substring);
   1777 ```
   1778 
   1779 if you are expecting a non-fatal (e.g. `EXPECT_*`) failure.
   1780 
   1781 Only failures in the current thread are checked to determine the result of this
   1782 type of expectations. If `statement` creates new threads, failures in these
   1783 threads are also ignored. If you want to catch failures in other threads as
   1784 well, use one of the following macros instead:
   1785 
   1786 ```c++
   1787   EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE_ON_ALL_THREADS(statement, substring);
   1788   EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE_ON_ALL_THREADS(statement, substring);
   1789 ```
   1790 
   1791 NOTE: Assertions from multiple threads are currently not supported on Windows.
   1792 
   1793 For technical reasons, there are some caveats:
   1794 
   1795 1.  You cannot stream a failure message to either macro.
   1796 
   1797 2.  `statement` in `EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE{_ON_ALL_THREADS}()` cannot reference
   1798     local non-static variables or non-static members of `this` object.
   1799 
   1800 3.  `statement` in `EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE{_ON_ALL_THREADS}()` cannot return a
   1801     value.
   1802 
   1803 ## Registering tests programmatically
   1804 
   1805 The `TEST` macros handle the vast majority of all use cases, but there are few
   1806 were runtime registration logic is required. For those cases, the framework
   1807 provides the `::testing::RegisterTest` that allows callers to register arbitrary
   1808 tests dynamically.
   1809 
   1810 This is an advanced API only to be used when the `TEST` macros are insufficient.
   1811 The macros should be preferred when possible, as they avoid most of the
   1812 complexity of calling this function.
   1813 
   1814 It provides the following signature:
   1815 
   1816 ```c++
   1817 template <typename Factory>
   1818 TestInfo* RegisterTest(const char* test_suite_name, const char* test_name,
   1819                        const char* type_param, const char* value_param,
   1820                        const char* file, int line, Factory factory);
   1821 ```
   1822 
   1823 The `factory` argument is a factory callable (move-constructible) object or
   1824 function pointer that creates a new instance of the Test object. It handles
   1825 ownership to the caller. The signature of the callable is `Fixture*()`, where
   1826 `Fixture` is the test fixture class for the test. All tests registered with the
   1827 same `test_suite_name` must return the same fixture type. This is checked at
   1828 runtime.
   1829 
   1830 The framework will infer the fixture class from the factory and will call the
   1831 `SetUpTestSuite` and `TearDownTestSuite` for it.
   1832 
   1833 Must be called before `RUN_ALL_TESTS()` is invoked, otherwise behavior is
   1834 undefined.
   1835 
   1836 Use case example:
   1837 
   1838 ```c++
   1839 class MyFixture : public ::testing::Test {
   1840  public:
   1841   // All of these optional, just like in regular macro usage.
   1842   static void SetUpTestSuite() { ... }
   1843   static void TearDownTestSuite() { ... }
   1844   void SetUp() override { ... }
   1845   void TearDown() override { ... }
   1846 };
   1847 
   1848 class MyTest : public MyFixture {
   1849  public:
   1850   explicit MyTest(int data) : data_(data) {}
   1851   void TestBody() override { ... }
   1852 
   1853  private:
   1854   int data_;
   1855 };
   1856 
   1857 void RegisterMyTests(const std::vector<int>& values) {
   1858   for (int v : values) {
   1859     ::testing::RegisterTest(
   1860         "MyFixture", ("Test" + std::to_string(v)).c_str(), nullptr,
   1861         std::to_string(v).c_str(),
   1862         __FILE__, __LINE__,
   1863         // Important to use the fixture type as the return type here.
   1864         [=]() -> MyFixture* { return new MyTest(v); });
   1865   }
   1866 }
   1867 ...
   1868 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   1869   std::vector<int> values_to_test = LoadValuesFromConfig();
   1870   RegisterMyTests(values_to_test);
   1871   ...
   1872   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
   1873 }
   1874 ```
   1875 ## Getting the Current Test's Name
   1876 
   1877 Sometimes a function may need to know the name of the currently running test.
   1878 For example, you may be using the `SetUp()` method of your test fixture to set
   1879 the golden file name based on which test is running. The `::testing::TestInfo`
   1880 class has this information:
   1881 
   1882 ```c++
   1883 namespace testing {
   1884 
   1885 class TestInfo {
   1886  public:
   1887   // Returns the test suite name and the test name, respectively.
   1888   //
   1889   // Do NOT delete or free the return value - it's managed by the
   1890   // TestInfo class.
   1891   const char* test_suite_name() const;
   1892   const char* name() const;
   1893 };
   1894 
   1895 }
   1896 ```
   1897 
   1898 To obtain a `TestInfo` object for the currently running test, call
   1899 `current_test_info()` on the `UnitTest` singleton object:
   1900 
   1901 ```c++
   1902   // Gets information about the currently running test.
   1903   // Do NOT delete the returned object - it's managed by the UnitTest class.
   1904   const ::testing::TestInfo* const test_info =
   1905     ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info();
   1906 
   1907 
   1908 
   1909   printf("We are in test %s of test suite %s.\n",
   1910          test_info->name(),
   1911          test_info->test_suite_name());
   1912 ```
   1913 
   1914 `current_test_info()` returns a null pointer if no test is running. In
   1915 particular, you cannot find the test suite name in `TestSuiteSetUp()`,
   1916 `TestSuiteTearDown()` (where you know the test suite name implicitly), or
   1917 functions called from them.
   1918 
   1919 ## Extending googletest by Handling Test Events
   1920 
   1921 googletest provides an **event listener API** to let you receive notifications
   1922 about the progress of a test program and test failures. The events you can
   1923 listen to include the start and end of the test program, a test suite, or a test
   1924 method, among others. You may use this API to augment or replace the standard
   1925 console output, replace the XML output, or provide a completely different form
   1926 of output, such as a GUI or a database. You can also use test events as
   1927 checkpoints to implement a resource leak checker, for example.
   1928 
   1929 ### Defining Event Listeners
   1930 
   1931 To define a event listener, you subclass either testing::TestEventListener or
   1932 testing::EmptyTestEventListener The former is an (abstract) interface, where
   1933 *each pure virtual method can be overridden to handle a test event* (For
   1934 example, when a test starts, the `OnTestStart()` method will be called.). The
   1935 latter provides an empty implementation of all methods in the interface, such
   1936 that a subclass only needs to override the methods it cares about.
   1937 
   1938 When an event is fired, its context is passed to the handler function as an
   1939 argument. The following argument types are used:
   1940 
   1941 *   UnitTest reflects the state of the entire test program,
   1942 *   TestSuite has information about a test suite, which can contain one or more
   1943     tests,
   1944 *   TestInfo contains the state of a test, and
   1945 *   TestPartResult represents the result of a test assertion.
   1946 
   1947 An event handler function can examine the argument it receives to find out
   1948 interesting information about the event and the test program's state.
   1949 
   1950 Here's an example:
   1951 
   1952 ```c++
   1953   class MinimalistPrinter : public ::testing::EmptyTestEventListener {
   1954     // Called before a test starts.
   1955     virtual void OnTestStart(const ::testing::TestInfo& test_info) {
   1956       printf("*** Test %s.%s starting.\n",
   1957              test_info.test_suite_name(), test_info.name());
   1958     }
   1959 
   1960     // Called after a failed assertion or a SUCCESS().
   1961     virtual void OnTestPartResult(const ::testing::TestPartResult& test_part_result) {
   1962       printf("%s in %s:%d\n%s\n",
   1963              test_part_result.failed() ? "*** Failure" : "Success",
   1964              test_part_result.file_name(),
   1965              test_part_result.line_number(),
   1966              test_part_result.summary());
   1967     }
   1968 
   1969     // Called after a test ends.
   1970     virtual void OnTestEnd(const ::testing::TestInfo& test_info) {
   1971       printf("*** Test %s.%s ending.\n",
   1972              test_info.test_suite_name(), test_info.name());
   1973     }
   1974   };
   1975 ```
   1976 
   1977 ### Using Event Listeners
   1978 
   1979 To use the event listener you have defined, add an instance of it to the
   1980 googletest event listener list (represented by class TestEventListeners - note
   1981 the "s" at the end of the name) in your `main()` function, before calling
   1982 `RUN_ALL_TESTS()`:
   1983 
   1984 ```c++
   1985 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   1986   ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   1987   // Gets hold of the event listener list.
   1988   ::testing::TestEventListeners& listeners =
   1989         ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners();
   1990   // Adds a listener to the end.  googletest takes the ownership.
   1991   listeners.Append(new MinimalistPrinter);
   1992   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
   1993 }
   1994 ```
   1995 
   1996 There's only one problem: the default test result printer is still in effect, so
   1997 its output will mingle with the output from your minimalist printer. To suppress
   1998 the default printer, just release it from the event listener list and delete it.
   1999 You can do so by adding one line:
   2000 
   2001 ```c++
   2002   ...
   2003   delete listeners.Release(listeners.default_result_printer());
   2004   listeners.Append(new MinimalistPrinter);
   2005   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
   2006 ```
   2007 
   2008 Now, sit back and enjoy a completely different output from your tests. For more
   2009 details, see [sample9_unittest.cc].
   2010 
   2011 [sample9_unittest.cc]: ../samples/sample9_unittest.cc "Event listener example"
   2012 
   2013 You may append more than one listener to the list. When an `On*Start()` or
   2014 `OnTestPartResult()` event is fired, the listeners will receive it in the order
   2015 they appear in the list (since new listeners are added to the end of the list,
   2016 the default text printer and the default XML generator will receive the event
   2017 first). An `On*End()` event will be received by the listeners in the *reverse*
   2018 order. This allows output by listeners added later to be framed by output from
   2019 listeners added earlier.
   2020 
   2021 ### Generating Failures in Listeners
   2022 
   2023 You may use failure-raising macros (`EXPECT_*()`, `ASSERT_*()`, `FAIL()`, etc)
   2024 when processing an event. There are some restrictions:
   2025 
   2026 1.  You cannot generate any failure in `OnTestPartResult()` (otherwise it will
   2027     cause `OnTestPartResult()` to be called recursively).
   2028 2.  A listener that handles `OnTestPartResult()` is not allowed to generate any
   2029     failure.
   2030 
   2031 When you add listeners to the listener list, you should put listeners that
   2032 handle `OnTestPartResult()` *before* listeners that can generate failures. This
   2033 ensures that failures generated by the latter are attributed to the right test
   2034 by the former.
   2035 
   2036 See [sample10_unittest.cc] for an example of a failure-raising listener.
   2037 
   2038 [sample10_unittest.cc]: ../samples/sample10_unittest.cc "Failure-raising listener example"
   2039 
   2040 ## Running Test Programs: Advanced Options
   2041 
   2042 googletest test programs are ordinary executables. Once built, you can run them
   2043 directly and affect their behavior via the following environment variables
   2044 and/or command line flags. For the flags to work, your programs must call
   2045 `::testing::InitGoogleTest()` before calling `RUN_ALL_TESTS()`.
   2046 
   2047 To see a list of supported flags and their usage, please run your test program
   2048 with the `--help` flag. You can also use `-h`, `-?`, or `/?` for short.
   2049 
   2050 If an option is specified both by an environment variable and by a flag, the
   2051 latter takes precedence.
   2052 
   2053 ### Selecting Tests
   2054 
   2055 #### Listing Test Names
   2056 
   2057 Sometimes it is necessary to list the available tests in a program before
   2058 running them so that a filter may be applied if needed. Including the flag
   2059 `--gtest_list_tests` overrides all other flags and lists tests in the following
   2060 format:
   2061 
   2062 ```none
   2063 TestSuite1.
   2064   TestName1
   2065   TestName2
   2066 TestSuite2.
   2067   TestName
   2068 ```
   2069 
   2070 None of the tests listed are actually run if the flag is provided. There is no
   2071 corresponding environment variable for this flag.
   2072 
   2073 #### Running a Subset of the Tests
   2074 
   2075 By default, a googletest program runs all tests the user has defined. Sometimes,
   2076 you want to run only a subset of the tests (e.g. for debugging or quickly
   2077 verifying a change). If you set the `GTEST_FILTER` environment variable or the
   2078 `--gtest_filter` flag to a filter string, googletest will only run the tests
   2079 whose full names (in the form of `TestSuiteName.TestName`) match the filter.
   2080 
   2081 The format of a filter is a '`:`'-separated list of wildcard patterns (called
   2082 the *positive patterns*) optionally followed by a '`-`' and another
   2083 '`:`'-separated pattern list (called the *negative patterns*). A test matches
   2084 the filter if and only if it matches any of the positive patterns but does not
   2085 match any of the negative patterns.
   2086 
   2087 A pattern may contain `'*'` (matches any string) or `'?'` (matches any single
   2088 character). For convenience, the filter `'*-NegativePatterns'` can be also
   2089 written as `'-NegativePatterns'`.
   2090 
   2091 For example:
   2092 
   2093 *   `./foo_test` Has no flag, and thus runs all its tests.
   2094 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=*` Also runs everything, due to the single
   2095     match-everything `*` value.
   2096 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=FooTest.*` Runs everything in test suite
   2097     `FooTest` .
   2098 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=*Null*:*Constructor*` Runs any test whose full
   2099     name contains either `"Null"` or `"Constructor"` .
   2100 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=-*DeathTest.*` Runs all non-death tests.
   2101 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=FooTest.*-FooTest.Bar` Runs everything in test
   2102     suite `FooTest` except `FooTest.Bar`.
   2103 *   `./foo_test --gtest_filter=FooTest.*:BarTest.*-FooTest.Bar:BarTest.Foo` Runs
   2104     everything in test suite `FooTest` except `FooTest.Bar` and everything in
   2105     test suite `BarTest` except `BarTest.Foo`.
   2106 
   2107 #### Temporarily Disabling Tests
   2108 
   2109 If you have a broken test that you cannot fix right away, you can add the
   2110 `DISABLED_` prefix to its name. This will exclude it from execution. This is
   2111 better than commenting out the code or using `#if 0`, as disabled tests are
   2112 still compiled (and thus won't rot).
   2113 
   2114 If you need to disable all tests in a test suite, you can either add `DISABLED_`
   2115 to the front of the name of each test, or alternatively add it to the front of
   2116 the test suite name.
   2117 
   2118 For example, the following tests won't be run by googletest, even though they
   2119 will still be compiled:
   2120 
   2121 ```c++
   2122 // Tests that Foo does Abc.
   2123 TEST(FooTest, DISABLED_DoesAbc) { ... }
   2124 
   2125 class DISABLED_BarTest : public ::testing::Test { ... };
   2126 
   2127 // Tests that Bar does Xyz.
   2128 TEST_F(DISABLED_BarTest, DoesXyz) { ... }
   2129 ```
   2130 
   2131 NOTE: This feature should only be used for temporary pain-relief. You still have
   2132 to fix the disabled tests at a later date. As a reminder, googletest will print
   2133 a banner warning you if a test program contains any disabled tests.
   2134 
   2135 TIP: You can easily count the number of disabled tests you have using `gsearch`
   2136 and/or `grep`. This number can be used as a metric for improving your test
   2137 quality.
   2138 
   2139 #### Temporarily Enabling Disabled Tests
   2140 
   2141 To include disabled tests in test execution, just invoke the test program with
   2142 the `--gtest_also_run_disabled_tests` flag or set the
   2143 `GTEST_ALSO_RUN_DISABLED_TESTS` environment variable to a value other than `0`.
   2144 You can combine this with the `--gtest_filter` flag to further select which
   2145 disabled tests to run.
   2146 
   2147 ### Repeating the Tests
   2148 
   2149 Once in a while you'll run into a test whose result is hit-or-miss. Perhaps it
   2150 will fail only 1% of the time, making it rather hard to reproduce the bug under
   2151 a debugger. This can be a major source of frustration.
   2152 
   2153 The `--gtest_repeat` flag allows you to repeat all (or selected) test methods in
   2154 a program many times. Hopefully, a flaky test will eventually fail and give you
   2155 a chance to debug. Here's how to use it:
   2156 
   2157 ```none
   2158 $ foo_test --gtest_repeat=1000
   2159 Repeat foo_test 1000 times and don't stop at failures.
   2160 
   2161 $ foo_test --gtest_repeat=-1
   2162 A negative count means repeating forever.
   2163 
   2164 $ foo_test --gtest_repeat=1000 --gtest_break_on_failure
   2165 Repeat foo_test 1000 times, stopping at the first failure.  This
   2166 is especially useful when running under a debugger: when the test
   2167 fails, it will drop into the debugger and you can then inspect
   2168 variables and stacks.
   2169 
   2170 $ foo_test --gtest_repeat=1000 --gtest_filter=FooBar.*
   2171 Repeat the tests whose name matches the filter 1000 times.
   2172 ```
   2173 
   2174 If your test program contains
   2175 [global set-up/tear-down](#global-set-up-and-tear-down) code, it will be
   2176 repeated in each iteration as well, as the flakiness may be in it. You can also
   2177 specify the repeat count by setting the `GTEST_REPEAT` environment variable.
   2178 
   2179 ### Shuffling the Tests
   2180 
   2181 You can specify the `--gtest_shuffle` flag (or set the `GTEST_SHUFFLE`
   2182 environment variable to `1`) to run the tests in a program in a random order.
   2183 This helps to reveal bad dependencies between tests.
   2184 
   2185 By default, googletest uses a random seed calculated from the current time.
   2186 Therefore you'll get a different order every time. The console output includes
   2187 the random seed value, such that you can reproduce an order-related test failure
   2188 later. To specify the random seed explicitly, use the `--gtest_random_seed=SEED`
   2189 flag (or set the `GTEST_RANDOM_SEED` environment variable), where `SEED` is an
   2190 integer in the range [0, 99999]. The seed value 0 is special: it tells
   2191 googletest to do the default behavior of calculating the seed from the current
   2192 time.
   2193 
   2194 If you combine this with `--gtest_repeat=N`, googletest will pick a different
   2195 random seed and re-shuffle the tests in each iteration.
   2196 
   2197 ### Controlling Test Output
   2198 
   2199 #### Colored Terminal Output
   2200 
   2201 googletest can use colors in its terminal output to make it easier to spot the
   2202 important information:
   2203 
   2204 <code>
   2205 ...<br/>
   2206   <font color="green">[----------]</font><font color="black"> 1 test from
   2207   FooTest</font><br/>
   2208   <font color="green">[ RUN &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;]</font><font color="black">
   2209   FooTest.DoesAbc</font><br/>
   2210   <font color="green">[ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; OK ]</font><font color="black">
   2211   FooTest.DoesAbc </font><br/>
   2212   <font color="green">[----------]</font><font color="black">
   2213   2 tests from BarTest</font><br/>
   2214   <font color="green">[ RUN &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;]</font><font color="black">
   2215   BarTest.HasXyzProperty </font><br/>
   2216   <font color="green">[ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; OK ]</font><font color="black">
   2217   BarTest.HasXyzProperty</font><br/>
   2218   <font color="green">[ RUN &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;]</font><font color="black">
   2219   BarTest.ReturnsTrueOnSuccess ... some error messages ...</font><br/>
   2220   <font color="red">[ &nbsp; FAILED ]</font><font color="black">
   2221   BarTest.ReturnsTrueOnSuccess ...</font><br/>
   2222   <font color="green">[==========]</font><font color="black">
   2223   30 tests from 14 test suites ran.</font><br/>
   2224   <font color="green">[ &nbsp; PASSED ]</font><font color="black">
   2225   28 tests.</font><br/>
   2226   <font color="red">[ &nbsp; FAILED ]</font><font color="black">
   2227   2 tests, listed below:</font><br/>
   2228   <font color="red">[ &nbsp; FAILED ]</font><font color="black">
   2229   BarTest.ReturnsTrueOnSuccess</font><br/>
   2230   <font color="red">[ &nbsp; FAILED ]</font><font color="black">
   2231   AnotherTest.DoesXyz<br/>
   2232 <br/>
   2233   2 FAILED TESTS
   2234   </font>
   2235 </code>
   2236 
   2237 You can set the `GTEST_COLOR` environment variable or the `--gtest_color`
   2238 command line flag to `yes`, `no`, or `auto` (the default) to enable colors,
   2239 disable colors, or let googletest decide. When the value is `auto`, googletest
   2240 will use colors if and only if the output goes to a terminal and (on non-Windows
   2241 platforms) the `TERM` environment variable is set to `xterm` or `xterm-color`.
   2242 
   2243 #### Suppressing the Elapsed Time
   2244 
   2245 By default, googletest prints the time it takes to run each test. To disable
   2246 that, run the test program with the `--gtest_print_time=0` command line flag, or
   2247 set the GTEST_PRINT_TIME environment variable to `0`.
   2248 
   2249 #### Suppressing UTF-8 Text Output
   2250 
   2251 In case of assertion failures, googletest prints expected and actual values of
   2252 type `string` both as hex-encoded strings as well as in readable UTF-8 text if
   2253 they contain valid non-ASCII UTF-8 characters. If you want to suppress the UTF-8
   2254 text because, for example, you don't have an UTF-8 compatible output medium, run
   2255 the test program with `--gtest_print_utf8=0` or set the `GTEST_PRINT_UTF8`
   2256 environment variable to `0`.
   2257 
   2258 
   2259 
   2260 #### Generating an XML Report
   2261 
   2262 googletest can emit a detailed XML report to a file in addition to its normal
   2263 textual output. The report contains the duration of each test, and thus can help
   2264 you identify slow tests. The report is also used by the http://unittest
   2265 dashboard to show per-test-method error messages.
   2266 
   2267 To generate the XML report, set the `GTEST_OUTPUT` environment variable or the
   2268 `--gtest_output` flag to the string `"xml:path_to_output_file"`, which will
   2269 create the file at the given location. You can also just use the string `"xml"`,
   2270 in which case the output can be found in the `test_detail.xml` file in the
   2271 current directory.
   2272 
   2273 If you specify a directory (for example, `"xml:output/directory/"` on Linux or
   2274 `"xml:output\directory\"` on Windows), googletest will create the XML file in
   2275 that directory, named after the test executable (e.g. `foo_test.xml` for test
   2276 program `foo_test` or `foo_test.exe`). If the file already exists (perhaps left
   2277 over from a previous run), googletest will pick a different name (e.g.
   2278 `foo_test_1.xml`) to avoid overwriting it.
   2279 
   2280 The report is based on the `junitreport` Ant task. Since that format was
   2281 originally intended for Java, a little interpretation is required to make it
   2282 apply to googletest tests, as shown here:
   2283 
   2284 ```xml
   2285 <testsuites name="AllTests" ...>
   2286   <testsuite name="test_case_name" ...>
   2287     <testcase    name="test_name" ...>
   2288       <failure message="..."/>
   2289       <failure message="..."/>
   2290       <failure message="..."/>
   2291     </testcase>
   2292   </testsuite>
   2293 </testsuites>
   2294 ```
   2295 
   2296 *   The root `<testsuites>` element corresponds to the entire test program.
   2297 *   `<testsuite>` elements correspond to googletest test suites.
   2298 *   `<testcase>` elements correspond to googletest test functions.
   2299 
   2300 For instance, the following program
   2301 
   2302 ```c++
   2303 TEST(MathTest, Addition) { ... }
   2304 TEST(MathTest, Subtraction) { ... }
   2305 TEST(LogicTest, NonContradiction) { ... }
   2306 ```
   2307 
   2308 could generate this report:
   2309 
   2310 ```xml
   2311 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2312 <testsuites tests="3" failures="1" errors="0" time="0.035" timestamp="2011-10-31T18:52:42" name="AllTests">
   2313   <testsuite name="MathTest" tests="2" failures="1" errors="0" time="0.015">
   2314     <testcase name="Addition" status="run" time="0.007" classname="">
   2315       <failure message="Value of: add(1, 1)&#x0A;  Actual: 3&#x0A;Expected: 2" type="">...</failure>
   2316       <failure message="Value of: add(1, -1)&#x0A;  Actual: 1&#x0A;Expected: 0" type="">...</failure>
   2317     </testcase>
   2318     <testcase name="Subtraction" status="run" time="0.005" classname="">
   2319     </testcase>
   2320   </testsuite>
   2321   <testsuite name="LogicTest" tests="1" failures="0" errors="0" time="0.005">
   2322     <testcase name="NonContradiction" status="run" time="0.005" classname="">
   2323     </testcase>
   2324   </testsuite>
   2325 </testsuites>
   2326 ```
   2327 
   2328 Things to note:
   2329 
   2330 *   The `tests` attribute of a `<testsuites>` or `<testsuite>` element tells how
   2331     many test functions the googletest program or test suite contains, while the
   2332     `failures` attribute tells how many of them failed.
   2333 
   2334 *   The `time` attribute expresses the duration of the test, test suite, or
   2335     entire test program in seconds.
   2336 
   2337 *   The `timestamp` attribute records the local date and time of the test
   2338     execution.
   2339 
   2340 *   Each `<failure>` element corresponds to a single failed googletest
   2341     assertion.
   2342 
   2343 #### Generating a JSON Report
   2344 
   2345 googletest can also emit a JSON report as an alternative format to XML. To
   2346 generate the JSON report, set the `GTEST_OUTPUT` environment variable or the
   2347 `--gtest_output` flag to the string `"json:path_to_output_file"`, which will
   2348 create the file at the given location. You can also just use the string
   2349 `"json"`, in which case the output can be found in the `test_detail.json` file
   2350 in the current directory.
   2351 
   2352 The report format conforms to the following JSON Schema:
   2353 
   2354 ```json
   2355 {
   2356   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
   2357   "type": "object",
   2358   "definitions": {
   2359     "TestCase": {
   2360       "type": "object",
   2361       "properties": {
   2362         "name": { "type": "string" },
   2363         "tests": { "type": "integer" },
   2364         "failures": { "type": "integer" },
   2365         "disabled": { "type": "integer" },
   2366         "time": { "type": "string" },
   2367         "testsuite": {
   2368           "type": "array",
   2369           "items": {
   2370             "$ref": "#/definitions/TestInfo"
   2371           }
   2372         }
   2373       }
   2374     },
   2375     "TestInfo": {
   2376       "type": "object",
   2377       "properties": {
   2378         "name": { "type": "string" },
   2379         "status": {
   2380           "type": "string",
   2381           "enum": ["RUN", "NOTRUN"]
   2382         },
   2383         "time": { "type": "string" },
   2384         "classname": { "type": "string" },
   2385         "failures": {
   2386           "type": "array",
   2387           "items": {
   2388             "$ref": "#/definitions/Failure"
   2389           }
   2390         }
   2391       }
   2392     },
   2393     "Failure": {
   2394       "type": "object",
   2395       "properties": {
   2396         "failures": { "type": "string" },
   2397         "type": { "type": "string" }
   2398       }
   2399     }
   2400   },
   2401   "properties": {
   2402     "tests": { "type": "integer" },
   2403     "failures": { "type": "integer" },
   2404     "disabled": { "type": "integer" },
   2405     "errors": { "type": "integer" },
   2406     "timestamp": {
   2407       "type": "string",
   2408       "format": "date-time"
   2409     },
   2410     "time": { "type": "string" },
   2411     "name": { "type": "string" },
   2412     "testsuites": {
   2413       "type": "array",
   2414       "items": {
   2415         "$ref": "#/definitions/TestCase"
   2416       }
   2417     }
   2418   }
   2419 }
   2420 ```
   2421 
   2422 The report uses the format that conforms to the following Proto3 using the
   2423 [JSON encoding](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto3#json):
   2424 
   2425 ```proto
   2426 syntax = "proto3";
   2427 
   2428 package googletest;
   2429 
   2430 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
   2431 import "google/protobuf/duration.proto";
   2432 
   2433 message UnitTest {
   2434   int32 tests = 1;
   2435   int32 failures = 2;
   2436   int32 disabled = 3;
   2437   int32 errors = 4;
   2438   google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 5;
   2439   google.protobuf.Duration time = 6;
   2440   string name = 7;
   2441   repeated TestCase testsuites = 8;
   2442 }
   2443 
   2444 message TestCase {
   2445   string name = 1;
   2446   int32 tests = 2;
   2447   int32 failures = 3;
   2448   int32 disabled = 4;
   2449   int32 errors = 5;
   2450   google.protobuf.Duration time = 6;
   2451   repeated TestInfo testsuite = 7;
   2452 }
   2453 
   2454 message TestInfo {
   2455   string name = 1;
   2456   enum Status {
   2457     RUN = 0;
   2458     NOTRUN = 1;
   2459   }
   2460   Status status = 2;
   2461   google.protobuf.Duration time = 3;
   2462   string classname = 4;
   2463   message Failure {
   2464     string failures = 1;
   2465     string type = 2;
   2466   }
   2467   repeated Failure failures = 5;
   2468 }
   2469 ```
   2470 
   2471 For instance, the following program
   2472 
   2473 ```c++
   2474 TEST(MathTest, Addition) { ... }
   2475 TEST(MathTest, Subtraction) { ... }
   2476 TEST(LogicTest, NonContradiction) { ... }
   2477 ```
   2478 
   2479 could generate this report:
   2480 
   2481 ```json
   2482 {
   2483   "tests": 3,
   2484   "failures": 1,
   2485   "errors": 0,
   2486   "time": "0.035s",
   2487   "timestamp": "2011-10-31T18:52:42Z",
   2488   "name": "AllTests",
   2489   "testsuites": [
   2490     {
   2491       "name": "MathTest",
   2492       "tests": 2,
   2493       "failures": 1,
   2494       "errors": 0,
   2495       "time": "0.015s",
   2496       "testsuite": [
   2497         {
   2498           "name": "Addition",
   2499           "status": "RUN",
   2500           "time": "0.007s",
   2501           "classname": "",
   2502           "failures": [
   2503             {
   2504               "message": "Value of: add(1, 1)\n  Actual: 3\nExpected: 2",
   2505               "type": ""
   2506             },
   2507             {
   2508               "message": "Value of: add(1, -1)\n  Actual: 1\nExpected: 0",
   2509               "type": ""
   2510             }
   2511           ]
   2512         },
   2513         {
   2514           "name": "Subtraction",
   2515           "status": "RUN",
   2516           "time": "0.005s",
   2517           "classname": ""
   2518         }
   2519       ]
   2520     },
   2521     {
   2522       "name": "LogicTest",
   2523       "tests": 1,
   2524       "failures": 0,
   2525       "errors": 0,
   2526       "time": "0.005s",
   2527       "testsuite": [
   2528         {
   2529           "name": "NonContradiction",
   2530           "status": "RUN",
   2531           "time": "0.005s",
   2532           "classname": ""
   2533         }
   2534       ]
   2535     }
   2536   ]
   2537 }
   2538 ```
   2539 
   2540 IMPORTANT: The exact format of the JSON document is subject to change.
   2541 
   2542 ### Controlling How Failures Are Reported
   2543 
   2544 #### Turning Assertion Failures into Break-Points
   2545 
   2546 When running test programs under a debugger, it's very convenient if the
   2547 debugger can catch an assertion failure and automatically drop into interactive
   2548 mode. googletest's *break-on-failure* mode supports this behavior.
   2549 
   2550 To enable it, set the `GTEST_BREAK_ON_FAILURE` environment variable to a value
   2551 other than `0`. Alternatively, you can use the `--gtest_break_on_failure`
   2552 command line flag.
   2553 
   2554 #### Disabling Catching Test-Thrown Exceptions
   2555 
   2556 googletest can be used either with or without exceptions enabled. If a test
   2557 throws a C++ exception or (on Windows) a structured exception (SEH), by default
   2558 googletest catches it, reports it as a test failure, and continues with the next
   2559 test method. This maximizes the coverage of a test run. Also, on Windows an
   2560 uncaught exception will cause a pop-up window, so catching the exceptions allows
   2561 you to run the tests automatically.
   2562 
   2563 When debugging the test failures, however, you may instead want the exceptions
   2564 to be handled by the debugger, such that you can examine the call stack when an
   2565 exception is thrown. To achieve that, set the `GTEST_CATCH_EXCEPTIONS`
   2566 environment variable to `0`, or use the `--gtest_catch_exceptions=0` flag when
   2567 running the tests.