Build cppunit tests with cmake

• https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cppunit/
• git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/libreoffice/cppunit/ --branch feature/cmake

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Visual Studio

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
 
msbuild /p:Configuration=Release UnitTest.sln

copy /Y cppunit-src\bin\Release\cppunit.dll Release\
Release\Test_cppunit.exe

 test Money class with cppunit
 =========================
 MoneyTest::testConstructor : OK
 MoneyTest::testEqual : OK
 MoneyTest::testAdd : OK
 MoneyTest::testAddThrow : OK
 MoneyTest::testConstructor : OK
 MoneyTest::testEqual : OK
 MoneyTest::testAdd : OK
 MoneyTest::testAddThrow : OK
 MoneyTest::testConstructor : OK
 MoneyTest::testEqual : OK
 MoneyTest::testAdd : OK
 MoneyTest::testAddThrow : OK
 =========================

Linux

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
 
make
ctest
    Test project /home/david/Git/cmake_cppunit/build
    Start 1: Test_cppunit
1/1 Test #1: Test_cppunit .....................   Passed    0.00 sec

Inclusion in a cmake project

 # Project/test/               -> folder with cmake_cppunit files
 # Project/CMakeLists.txt      -> main project CMakeLists
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 project(test_include_cpp_unit CXX)
 # ...
 ## tests
 option (UNIT_TEST "Build unit tests" ON)
 if (UNIT_TEST)
   enable_testing ()
   add_subdirectory ( "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test" )
 else()
   message("Skip unit tests...")
 endif()
 # ...

Based on

Building GoogleTest and GoogleMock directly in a CMake project

• https://crascit.com/2015/07/25/cmake-gtest/
• https://github.com/Crascit/DownloadProject

Author

David Laperriere dlaperriere@outlook.com