I have a C++ Project folder which contains two folders.
a C++ src folder with multiple sub-folders and CmakeList.txt file. The src folder contains main.cpp file.
**Cmakelist.txt src folder** project (TestProject) # Include all global directories and the current directory include_directories(${GLOBAL_INCLUDES} ".") link_directories(${GLOBAL_LIB_DIRS}) file(GLOB_RECURSE GLOBAL_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp") add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${GLOBAL_SOURCES}) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${GLOBAL_LIBS}) set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "d") install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR})
a C++ build standard external folder ExtLib containing multiple subfolders and a build.sh script for its compilation and CmakeList.txt file. The .cpp files from the src folder are linked (includes header(.h) files) to this ExtLib folder.
The Project folder contains a main build.sh file which compiles the project and creates a build folder including debug and release configurations. It also contains a CmakeList.txt file which I suppose gets executed when build.sh file is executed. The task that I need to perform on this project is to create a new tests folder and add a file (RunAllTests.cpp) which performs unit-testing (using catch unit-test) on the code written in the src folder .cpp files.
Problem I face:
The first problem is when I am creating a source test file in my tests folder, and trying to include header files from src folder, the compiler throws a fatal error that no such (.h) files found which means if i include a file in tests folder source file, which includes a header file from ExtLib folder - then i get error in linking files from ExtLib folder in tests folder files via src folder files. Are my all Cmakelist files correctly written?
**Cmakelist.txt tests folder** cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON) include_directories(../src) include_directories(../ExtLib) link_directories(${GLOBAL_LIB_DIRS}) add_library(AConfigTest ./aconfigtest/AConfigTest.cpp) add_library(AClientTest ./aclienttest/AClientTest.cpp) add_library(AServerTest ./aservertest/AServerTest.cpp) file(GLOB_RECURSE GLOBAL_SOURCES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/AConfig/*.cpp" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/AClient/*.cpp" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/AServer/*.cpp" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ErrorLogger.cpp" ) add_executable(tests RunAllTests.cpp ${GLOBAL_SOURCES}) set_target_properties(tests PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "d") target_link_libraries(tests ${GLOBAL_LIBS} AConfigTest AClientTest AServerTest )
The second question is, if by some how I am able to include files from other src or ExtLib folders successfully, how can I be able to run the test source file RunAllTests.cpp for executing my test cases? Are my all Cmakelist files correctly written?
I am stucked on this problem since 3 weeks, I desperately need a solution for this. Below is the compiler error:
Compiler error:
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/Caspian/TestProject/build/linux/debug'
[ 56%] Building CXX object tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/RunAllTests.cpp.o
cd /home/Caspian/TestProject/build/linux/debug/tests && /usr/bin/c++ -I/home/Caspian/TestProject/tests/../src -I/home/Caspian/TestProject/tests/../ExtLib -g -o CMakeFiles/tests.dir/RunAllTests.cpp.o -c /home/Caspian/TestProject/tests/RunAllTests.cpp
In file included from /home/Caspian/TestProject/tests/RunAllTests.cpp:14:0:
/home/Caspian/TestProject/tests/../src/AConfig/Config.h:16:29: fatal error: xxplatformlayer.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/RunAllTests.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/RunAllTests.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/Caspian/TestProject/build/linux/debug'
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:277: recipe for target 'tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [tests/CMakeFiles/tests.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/Caspian/TestProject/build/linux/debug'
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
make failed.
The project heirarchy is shown below:
/TestProject
│ build.sh
│ CMakeList.txt
/ExtLib
│ build.sh
│ CMakeList.txt
│ debug
│ release
│ A/include/..(multiple subfolders and .cpp files)
/src
│ build.sh
│ CMakeList.txt
│ AServer(multiple subfolders and .cpp files)
│ AClient(multiple subfolders and .cpp files)
│ AConfigt(multiple subfolders and .cpp files)
/tests
│ CMakeList.txt
│ RunAllTests.cpp
│ aservertest/AServerTest.cpp (testing src AServer)
│ aclienttest/AClientTest.cpp (testing src AClient)
│ aconfigtest/AConfigTest.cpp (testing src AConfig)