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Source file src/pkg/testing/testing.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// The testing package provides support for automated testing of Go packages.
// It is intended to be used in concert with the ``gotest'' utility, which automates
// execution of any function of the form
//     func TestXxx(*testing.T)
// where Xxx can be any alphanumeric string (but the first letter must not be in
// [a-z]) and serves to identify the test routine.
// These TestXxx routines should be declared within the package they are testing.
//
// Functions of the form
//     func BenchmarkXxx(*testing.B)
// are considered benchmarks, and are executed by gotest when the -benchmarks
// flag is provided.
//
// A sample benchmark function looks like this:
//     func BenchmarkHello(b *testing.B) {
//         for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
//             fmt.Sprintf("hello")
//         }
//     }
// The benchmark package will vary b.N until the benchmark function lasts
// long enough to be timed reliably.  The output
//     testing.BenchmarkHello	500000	      4076 ns/op
// means that the loop ran 500000 times at a speed of 4076 ns per loop.
//
// If a benchmark needs some expensive setup before running, the timer
// may be stopped:
//     func BenchmarkBigLen(b *testing.B) {
//         b.StopTimer()
//         big := NewBig()
//         b.StartTimer()
//         for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
//             big.Len()
//         }
//     }
package testing

import (
    "flag"
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "runtime"
)

// Report as tests are run; default is silent for success.
var chatty = flag.Bool("v", false, "verbose: print additional output")
var match = flag.String("match", "", "regular expression to select tests to run")


// Insert final newline if needed and tabs after internal newlines.
func tabify(s string) string {
    n := len(s)
    if n > 0 && s[n-1] != '\n' {
        s += "\n"
        n++
    }
    for i := 0; i < n-1; i++ { // -1 to avoid final newline
        if s[i] == '\n' {
            return s[0:i+1] + "\t" + tabify(s[i+1:n])
        }
    }
    return s
}

// T is a type passed to Test functions to manage test state and support formatted test logs.
// Logs are accumulated during execution and dumped to standard error when done.
type T struct {
    errors string
    failed bool
    ch     chan *T
}

// Fail marks the Test function as having failed but continues execution.
func (t *T) Fail() { t.failed = true }

// Failed returns whether the Test function has failed.
func (t *T) Failed() bool { return t.failed }

// FailNow marks the Test function as having failed and stops its execution.
// Execution will continue at the next Test.
func (t *T) FailNow() {
    t.Fail()
    t.ch <- t
    runtime.Goexit()
}

// Log formats its arguments using default formatting, analogous to Print(),
// and records the text in the error log.
func (t *T) Log(args ...interface{}) { t.errors += "\t" + tabify(fmt.Sprintln(args)) }

// Log formats its arguments according to the format, analogous to Printf(),
// and records the text in the error log.
func (t *T) Logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
    t.errors += "\t" + tabify(fmt.Sprintf(format, args))
}

// Error is equivalent to Log() followed by Fail().
func (t *T) Error(args ...interface{}) {
    t.Log(args)
    t.Fail()
}

// Errorf is equivalent to Logf() followed by Fail().
func (t *T) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
    t.Logf(format, args)
    t.Fail()
}

// Fatal is equivalent to Log() followed by FailNow().
func (t *T) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
    t.Log(args)
    t.FailNow()
}

// Fatalf is equivalent to Logf() followed by FailNow().
func (t *T) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
    t.Logf(format, args)
    t.FailNow()
}

// An internal type but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
// of gotest.
type Test struct {
    Name string
    F    func(*T)
}

func tRunner(t *T, test *Test) {
    test.F(t)
    t.ch <- t
}

// An internal function but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
// of gotest.
func Main(tests []Test) {
    flag.Parse()
    ok := true
    if len(tests) == 0 {
        println("testing: warning: no tests to run")
    }
    re, err := CompileRegexp(*match)
    if err != "" {
        println("invalid regexp for -match:", err)
        os.Exit(1)
    }
    for i := 0; i < len(tests); i++ {
        if !re.MatchString(tests[i].Name) {
            continue
        }
        if *chatty {
            println("=== RUN ", tests[i].Name)
        }
        t := new(T)
        t.ch = make(chan *T)
        go tRunner(t, &tests[i])
        <-t.ch
        if t.failed {
            println("--- FAIL:", tests[i].Name)
            print(t.errors)
            ok = false
        } else if *chatty {
            println("--- PASS:", tests[i].Name)
            print(t.errors)
        }
    }
    if !ok {
        println("FAIL")
        os.Exit(1)
    }
    println("PASS")
}