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Brannon King 7c3ef9b635 moved claimtrie_tests into claimtriebranching_tests to take advantage of the test fixture there added counts & hash checks to tests also ran the code format tool ran the formatting tool cleaned up the earlier question on hashes, fixed crash bug ran formatter		2018-08-07 16:03:53 -06:00
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accounting_tests.cpp
addrman_tests.cpp
alert_tests.cpp
allocator_tests.cpp
amount_tests.cpp
arith_uint256_tests.cpp
base32_tests.cpp
base58_tests.cpp
base64_tests.cpp
bctest.py
bip32_tests.cpp
bitcoin-util-test.py
bloom_tests.cpp
buildenv.py.in
Checkpoints_tests.cpp
claimtriebranching_tests.cpp	moved claimtrie_tests into claimtriebranching_tests	2018-08-07 16:03:53 -06:00
claimtriecache_tests.cpp	moved claimtrie_tests into claimtriebranching_tests	2018-08-07 16:03:53 -06:00
coins_tests.cpp
compress_tests.cpp
crypto_tests.cpp
dbwrapper_tests.cpp
DoS_tests.cpp
getarg_tests.cpp
hash_tests.cpp
key_tests.cpp
lbry_tests.cpp	adding test to check the POW algorithm	2016-08-10 21:04:04 -04:00
limitedmap_tests.cpp
main_tests.cpp
Makefile
mempool_tests.cpp
merkle_tests.cpp
miner_tests.cpp	Updating chainparams, adding checkpoint at block 4000 to mainnet, fixing broken tests	2016-07-01 15:06:28 -04:00
multisig_tests.cpp
nameclaim_tests.cpp	Add new function CalcMinClaimTrieFee to calulate the fee required for claimtrie transactions	2018-04-18 16:54:11 -04:00
netbase_tests.cpp
pmt_tests.cpp
policyestimator_tests.cpp
pow_tests.cpp
prevector_tests.cpp
README.md
reverselock_tests.cpp
rpc_tests.cpp	Sanitize claimtrie RPC commands.	2018-07-19 15:03:05 -04:00
rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
sanity_tests.cpp
scheduler_tests.cpp
script_P2SH_tests.cpp
script_tests.cpp
scriptnum10.h
scriptnum_tests.cpp
serialize_tests.cpp
sighash_tests.cpp
sigopcount_tests.cpp
skiplist_tests.cpp
streams_tests.cpp
test_bitcoin.cpp	integrate new CalcMinClaimTrieFee function into the memory pool check and wallet transaction creation.	2018-04-18 16:54:11 -04:00
test_bitcoin.h
testutil.cpp
testutil.h
timedata_tests.cpp
transaction_tests.cpp	lowering dust threshold to 1 , in order to not break lbrynet	2016-08-08 20:49:40 -04:00
txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
uint256_tests.cpp
univalue_tests.cpp
util_tests.cpp
versionbits_tests.cpp

README.md

Notes

The sources in this directory are unit test cases. Boost includes a unit testing framework, and since bitcoin already uses boost, it makes sense to simply use this framework rather than require developers to configure some other framework (we want as few impediments to creating unit tests as possible).

The build system is setup to compile an executable called "test_bitcoin" that runs all of the unit tests. The main source file is called test_bitcoin.cpp, which simply includes other files that contain the actual unit tests (outside of a couple required preprocessor directives). The pattern is to create one test file for each class or source file for which you want to create unit tests. The file naming convention is "<source_filename>_tests.cpp" and such files should wrap their tests in a test suite called "<source_filename>_tests". For an examples of this pattern, examine uint160_tests.cpp and uint256_tests.cpp.

Add the source files to /src/Makefile.test.include to add them to the build.

For further reading, I found the following website to be helpful in explaining how the boost unit test framework works: http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/03/31/c-unit-testing-with-boosttest/.

test_bitcoin has some built-in command-line arguments; for example, to run just the getarg_tests verbosely:

test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests

... or to run just the doubledash test:

test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash

Run test_bitcoin --help for the full list.