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29.Dd July 17, 2009
30.Dt ATF-C-API 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ATF_CHECK ,
34.Nm ATF_CHECK_MSG ,
35.Nm ATF_CHECK_EQ ,
36.Nm ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG ,
37.Nm ATF_CHECK_STREQ ,
38.Nm ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG ,
39.Nm ATF_REQUIRE ,
40.Nm ATF_REQUIRE_MSG ,
41.Nm ATF_REQUIRE_EQ ,
42.Nm ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG ,
43.Nm ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ ,
44.Nm ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG ,
45.Nm ATF_TC ,
46.Nm ATF_TC_BODY ,
47.Nm ATF_TC_BODY_NAME ,
48.Nm ATF_TC_CLEANUP ,
49.Nm ATF_TC_CLEANUP_NAME ,
50.Nm ATF_TC_HEAD ,
51.Nm ATF_TC_HEAD_NAME ,
52.Nm ATF_TC_NAME ,
53.Nm ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP ,
54.Nm ATF_TP_ADD_TC ,
55.Nm ATF_TP_ADD_TCS ,
56.Nm atf_no_error ,
57.Nm atf_tc_fail ,
58.Nm atf_tc_fail_nonfatal ,
59.Nm atf_tc_pass ,
60.Nm atf_tc_skip
61.Nd C API to write ATF-based test programs
62.Sh SYNOPSIS
63.In atf-c.h
64.Fn ATF_CHECK "expression"
65.Fn ATF_CHECK_MSG "expression" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
66.Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ "expression_1" "expression_2"
67.Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG "expression_1" "expression_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
68.Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ "string_1" "string_2"
69.Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG "string_1" "string_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
70.Fn ATF_REQUIRE "expression"
71.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MSG "expression" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
72.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ "expression_1" "expression_2"
73.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG "expression_1" "expression_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
74.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ "string_1" "string_2"
75.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG "string_1" "string_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
76.Fn ATF_TC "name"
77.Fn ATF_TC_BODY "name" "tc"
78.Fn ATF_TC_BODY_NAME "name"
79.Fn ATF_TC_CLEANUP "name" "tc"
80.Fn ATF_TC_CLEANUP_NAME "name"
81.Fn ATF_TC_HEAD "name" "tc"
82.Fn ATF_TC_HEAD_NAME "name"
83.Fn ATF_TC_NAME "name"
84.Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP "name"
85.Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TC "tp_name"
86.Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TCS "tp_name" "tc_name"
87.Fn atf_no_error
88.Fn atf_tc_fail "reason"
89.Fn atf_no_error
90.Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal "reason"
91.Fn atf_tc_pass
92.Fn atf_tc_skip "reason"
93.Sh DESCRIPTION
94The ATF
95.Pp
96C-based test programs always follow this template:
97.Bd -literal -offset indent
98.Ns ... C-specific includes go here ...
99
100#include <atf-c.h>
101
102ATF_TC(tc1);
103ATF_TC_HEAD(tc1, tc)
104{
105    ... first test case's header ...
106}
107ATF_TC_BODY(tc1, tc)
108{
109    ... first test case's body ...
110}
111
112ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP(tc2);
113ATF_TC_HEAD(tc2, tc)
114{
115    ... second test case's header ...
116}
117ATF_TC_BODY(tc2, tc)
118{
119    ... second test case's body ...
120}
121ATF_TC_CLEANUP(tc2, tc)
122{
123    ... second test case's cleanup ...
124}
125
126.Ns ... additional test cases ...
127
128ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp, tcs)
129{
130    ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tcs, tc1)
131    ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tcs, tc2)
132    ... add additional test cases ...
133
134    return atf_no_error();
135}
136.Ed
137.Ss Definition of test cases
138Test cases have an identifier and are composed of three different parts:
139the header, the body and an optional cleanup routine, all of which are
140described in
141.Xr atf-test-case 8 .
142To define test cases, one can use the
143.Fn ATF_TC
144or the
145.Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP
146macros, which take a single parameter specifiying the test case's name.
147The former does not allow the specification of a cleanup routine for the
148test case while the latter does.
149It is important to note that these
150.Em do not
151set the test case up for execution when the program is run.
152In order to do so, a later registration is needed with the
153.Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TC
154macro detailed in
155.Sx Program initialization .
156.Pp
157Later on, one must define the three parts of the body by means of three
158functions.
159Their headers are given by the
160.Fn ATF_TC_HEAD ,
161.Fn ATF_TC_BODY
162and
163.Fn ATF_TC_CLEANUP
164macros, all of which take the test case name provided to the
165.Fn ATF_TC
166or
167.Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP
168macros and the name of the variable that will hold a pointer to the
169test case data.
170Following each of these, a block of code is expected, surrounded by the
171opening and closing brackets.
172.Ss Program initialization
173The library provides a way to easily define the test program's
174.Fn main
175function.
176You should never define one on your own, but rely on the
177library to do it for you.
178This is done by using the
179.Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TCS
180macro, which is passed the name of the object that will hold the test
181cases; i.e. the test program instance.
182This name can be whatever you want as long as it is a valid variable
183identifier.
184.Pp
185After the macro, you are supposed to provide the body of a function, which
186should only use the
187.Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TC
188macro to register the test cases the test program will execute and return
189a success error code.
190The first parameter of this macro matches the name you provided in the
191former call.
192The success status can be returned using the
193.Fn atf_no_error
194function.
195.Ss Header definitions
196The test case's header can define the meta-data by using the
197.Fn atf_tc_set_md_var
198method, which takes three parameters: the first one points to the test
199case data, the second one specifies the meta-data variable to be set
200and the third one specifies its value.
201Both of them are strings.
202.Ss Configuration variables
203The test case has read-only access to the current configuration variables
204by means of the
205.Ft bool
206.Fn atf_tc_has_config_var
207and the
208.Ft const char *
209.Fn atf_tc_get_config_var
210methods, which can be called in any of the three parts of a test case.
211.Ss Access to the source directory
212It is possible to get the path to the test case's source directory from any
213of its three components by querying the
214.Sq srcdir
215configuration variable.
216.Ss Requiring programs
217Aside from the
218.Va require.progs
219meta-data variable available in the header only, one can also check for
220additional programs in the test case's body by using the
221.Fn atf_tc_require_prog
222function, which takes the base name or full path of a single binary.
223Relative paths are forbidden.
224If it is not found, the test case will be automatically skipped.
225.Ss Test case finalization
226The test case finalizes either when the body reaches its end, at which
227point the test is assumed to have
228.Em passed ,
229unless any non-fatal errors were raised using
230.Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal ,
231or at any explicit call to
232.Fn atf_tc_pass ,
233.Fn atf_tc_fail
234or
235.Fn atf_tc_skip .
236These three functions terminate the execution of the test case immediately.
237The cleanup routine will be processed afterwards in a completely automated
238way, regardless of the test case's termination reason.
239.Pp
240.Fn atf_tc_pass
241does not take any parameters.
242.Fn atf_tc_fail ,
243.Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal
244and
245.Fn atf_tc_skip
246take a format string and a variable list of parameters, which describe, in
247a user-friendly manner, why the test case failed or was skipped,
248respectively.
249It is very important to provide a clear error message in both cases so that
250the user can quickly know why the test did not pass.
251.Ss Helper macros for common checks
252The library provides several macros that are very handy in multiple
253situations.
254These basically check some condition after executing a given statement or
255processing a given expression and, if the condition is not met, they
256report the test case as failed.
257.Pp
258The
259.Sq REQUIRE
260variant of the macros immediately abort the test case as soon as an error
261condition is detected by calling the
262.Fn atf_tc_fail
263function.
264Use this variant whenever it makes now sense to continue the execution of a
265test case when the checked condition is not met.
266The
267.Sq CHECK
268variant, on the other hand, reports a failure as soon as it is encountered
269using the
270.Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal
271function, but the execution of the test case continues as if nothing had
272happened.
273Use this variant whenever the checked condition is important as a result of
274the test case, but there are other conditions that can be subsequently
275checked on the same run without aborting.
276.Pp
277Additionally, the
278.Sq MSG
279variants take an extra set of parameters to explicitly specify the failure
280message.
281This failure message is formatted according to the
282.Xr printf 3
283formatters.
284.Pp
285.Fn ATF_CHECK ,
286.Fn ATF_CHECK_MSG ,
287.Fn ATF_REQUIRE
288and
289.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MSG
290take an expression and fail if the expression evaluates to false.
291.Pp
292.Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ ,
293.Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG ,
294.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ
295and
296.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG
297take two expressions and fail if the two evaluated values are not equal.
298.Pp
299.Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ ,
300.Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG ,
301.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ
302and
303.Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG
304take two strings and fail if the two are not equal character by character.
305.Sh EXAMPLES
306The following shows a complete test program with a single test case that
307validates the addition operator:
308.Bd -literal -offset indent
309#include <atf-c.h>
310
311ATF_TC(addition);
312ATF_TC_HEAD(addition, tc)
313{
314    atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
315                      "Sample tests for the addition operator");
316}
317ATF_TC_BODY(addition, tc)
318{
319    ATF_CHECK_EQ(0 + 0, 0);
320    ATF_CHECK_EQ(0 + 1, 1);
321    ATF_CHECK_EQ(1 + 0, 1);
322
323    ATF_CHECK_EQ(1 + 1, 2);
324
325    ATF_CHECK_EQ(100 + 200, 300);
326}
327
328ATF_TC(string_formatting);
329ATF_TC_HEAD(string_formatting, tc)
330{
331    atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
332                      "Sample tests for the snprintf");
333}
334ATF_TC_BODY(string_formatting, tc)
335{
336    char buf[1024];
337    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "a %s", "string");
338    ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG("a string", buf, "%s is not working");
339}
340
341ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
342{
343    ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, addition);
344    ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, string_formatting);
345
346    return atf_no_error();
347}
348.Ed
349.Sh SEE ALSO
350.Xr atf-test-program 1 ,
351.Xr atf 7 ,
352.Xr atf-test-case 8
353