// 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 -test.bench // 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" "runtime/pprof" "time" ) var ( // The short flag requests that tests run more quickly, but its functionality // is provided by test writers themselves. The testing package is just its // home. The all.bash installation script sets it to make installation more // efficient, but by default the flag is off so a plain "gotest" will do a // full test of the package. short = flag.Bool("test.short", false, "run smaller test suite to save time") // Report as tests are run; default is silent for success. chatty = flag.Bool("test.v", false, "verbose: print additional output") match = flag.String("test.run", "", "regular expression to select tests to run") memProfile = flag.String("test.memprofile", "", "write a memory profile to the named file after execution") memProfileRate = flag.Int("test.memprofilerate", 0, "if >=0, sets runtime.MemProfileRate") cpuProfile = flag.String("test.cpuprofile", "", "write a cpu profile to the named file during execution") timeout = flag.Int64("test.timeout", 0, "if > 0, sets time limit for tests in seconds") ) // Short reports whether the -test.short flag is set. func Short() bool { return *short } // 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...)) } // Logf 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 InternalTest struct { Name string F func(*T) } func tRunner(t *T, test *InternalTest) { test.F(t) t.ch <- t } // An internal function but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation // of gotest. func Main(matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, os.Error), tests []InternalTest, benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) { flag.Parse() before() startAlarm() RunTests(matchString, tests) stopAlarm() RunBenchmarks(matchString, benchmarks) after() } func RunTests(matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, os.Error), tests []InternalTest) { ok := true if len(tests) == 0 { println("testing: warning: no tests to run") } for i := 0; i < len(tests); i++ { matched, err := matchString(*match, tests[i].Name) if err != nil { println("invalid regexp for -test.run:", err.String()) os.Exit(1) } if !matched { continue } if *chatty { println("=== RUN ", tests[i].Name) } ns := -time.Nanoseconds() t := new(T) t.ch = make(chan *T) go tRunner(t, &tests[i]) <-t.ch ns += time.Nanoseconds() tstr := fmt.Sprintf("(%.2f seconds)", float64(ns)/1e9) if t.failed { println("--- FAIL:", tests[i].Name, tstr) print(t.errors) ok = false } else if *chatty { println("--- PASS:", tests[i].Name, tstr) print(t.errors) } } if !ok { println("FAIL") os.Exit(1) } println("PASS") } // before runs before all testing. func before() { if *memProfileRate > 0 { runtime.MemProfileRate = *memProfileRate } if *cpuProfile != "" { f, err := os.Create(*cpuProfile) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: %s", err) return } if err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(f); err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: can't start cpu profile: %s", err) f.Close() return } // Could save f so after can call f.Close; not worth the effort. } } // after runs after all testing. func after() { if *cpuProfile != "" { pprof.StopCPUProfile() // flushes profile to disk } if *memProfile != "" { f, err := os.Create(*memProfile) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: %s", err) return } if err = pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f); err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: can't write %s: %s", *memProfile, err) } f.Close() } } var timer *time.Timer // startAlarm starts an alarm if requested. func startAlarm() { if *timeout > 0 { timer = time.AfterFunc(*timeout*1e9, alarm) } } // stopAlarm turns off the alarm. func stopAlarm() { if *timeout > 0 { timer.Stop() } } // alarm is called if the timeout expires. func alarm() { panic("test timed out") }