I use value-parameterized tests in gtest. For example, if I write
INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(InstantiationName,
FooTest,
::testing::Values("meeny", "miny", "moe"));
then in the output I see test names such as
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/0 for "meeny"
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/1 for "miny"
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/2 for "moe"
Is there any way to make these names more meaningful? I'd like to see
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/meeny
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/miny
InstantiationName/FooTest.DoesBlah/moe
INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P accepts an optional 4th argument which can be used for this purpose. See https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-param-test.h#L1409.
Two ways: (http://osdir.com/ml/googletestframework/2011-09/msg00005.html)
1) Patch the existing PrettyUnitTestPrinter to print test names; something like:
--- a/gtest-1.7.0/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/gtest-1.7.0/src/gtest.cc
@@ -2774,6 +2774,7 @@ void PrettyUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestCaseStart(const TestCase& test_case) {
void PrettyUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestStart(const TestInfo& test_info) {
ColoredPrintf(COLOR_GREEN, "[ RUN ] ");
PrintTestName(test_info.test_case_name(), test_info.name());
+ PrintFullTestCommentIfPresent(test_info);
printf("\n");
fflush(stdout);
}
2) Write a new TestListener to print test results however you like. (https://code.google.com/p/googletest/source/browse/trunk/samples/sample9_unittest.cc) GTest allows registering a new test listener (and un-registering the builtin default), allowing pretty flexible customization of test output. See the link for example code.
This is now available in INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P.
The optional last argument to INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P() allows the
user to specify a function or functor that generates custom test name
suffixes based on the test parameters.
Of interest is also this section in the source:
// A user can teach this function how to print a class type T by
// defining either operator<<() or PrintTo() in the namespace that
// defines T. More specifically, the FIRST defined function in the
// following list will be used (assuming T is defined in namespace
// foo):
//
// 1. foo::PrintTo(const T&, ostream*)
// 2. operator<<(ostream&, const T&) defined in either foo or the
// global namespace.