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Basu

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From: Cornell University

Registered: 2006-12-15

Posts: 296

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Testing private methods in CppUnit

I'm doing a software engineering course in C++ and I'd really like to be able to test my private methods. I know there's a whole debate as to whether private methods should be tested at all, and I have a blog post in the works where i'll spell out my thoughts. Till then I'd just like to know if there's a way to get CppUnit to test private methods (without having my test classes be subclasses and everything be protected).
Thanks

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kakTuZ

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From: Hannover, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-20

Posts: 86

Re: Testing private methods in CppUnit

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TestingPrivateMe … eePlusPlus
choose wisely
I would go with a test class defined as a friend.