Documentation/4.6/Developers/FAQ/Testing

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Testing

What is the difference between add_test, simple_test, slicer_add_python_test, and slicer_add_python_unittest CMake macros/functions ?

• add_test: provided by CMake and allows to add a test that can be executed using ctest.

• simple_test(testname):
  • Usually called after configuring a test driver using SlicerMacroConfigureModuleCxxTestDriver.
  • Accept the same arguments as add_test.
  • Conveniently call ExternalData_add_test with the appropriate parameters.
  • Set the LABELS test property.
  • Invoke test driver using ${Slicer_LAUNCH_COMMAND}

• slicer_add_python_unittest(SCRIPT script [TESTNAME_PREFIX prefix] [SLICER_ARGS slicer_arg1 [slicer_arg2 [...]]]):
  • Run unittests with Slicer using --python-code "import slicer.testing\\; slicer.testing.runUnitTest(['${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}', '${_script_source_dir}'], '${test_name}')".
  • Slicer arguments systematically passed are --testing and --no-splash.
  • Conveniently call ExternalData_add_test with the appropriate parameters.

• slicer_add_python_test(SCRIPT script [TESTNAME_PREFIX prefix] [SLICER_ARGS slicer_arg1 [slicer_arg2 [...]]] [SCRIPT_ARGS script_arg1 [script_arg2 [..]]]):
  • Useful to run a python test that can not be added as a unittest.
  • Run Slicer with the given script.
  • Slicer arguments systematically passed are --testing and --no-splash.
  • Conveniently call ExternalData_add_test with the appropriate parameters.

What is the meaning of prefix py_ in test name ?

It means that the test is implemented in python.