C++ Unit Test in Visual Studio 2019 - c++

Question

I am having a problem with Visual Studio 2019 CPPUnitTestFramework. I follow the instructions, but every time I get an error. I have looked for tutorials, but anything I get is for Visual Studio 2017 and it does not solve my problem.
I am writing a program that uses OOP in C++ and I want to make unit tests, since it is going to be a considerably long project. The problem that I am having is that the program is not compiling in the test module.
Consider that I have the code such that I have the header file:
//A.h
#pragma once
class A
{
private:
// One parameter.
int a;
public:
// Add function.
int add(int, int);
// Subtract function.
int subtract(int, int);
A();
};
with the proper source file:
// A.cpp
#include "A.h"
int a;
int A::add(int alpha, int beta)
{
return alpha + beta;
}
int A::subtract(int alpha, int beta)
{
return alpha - beta;
}
A::A()
{
a = 4;
}
The structure of the program looks something like this:
To make my Unit Test, I right click on the "Solution 'TestTestUnit'" label and choose new project, look for the unit test, add the unit test and attach the reference, such that I get a file structure such as the one below:
To perform the unit test I write the code:
// TestUnitForTestTestUnit.cpp
#include "pch.h"
#include "CppUnitTest.h"
#include "../TestTestUnit/A.h"
using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
namespace TestUnitForTestTestUnit
{
TEST_CLASS(TestUnitForTestTestUnit)
{
public:
TEST_METHOD(TestMethod1)
{
A first;
Assert::AreEqual(first.add(3, 2), 5);
}
};
}
When I try to run a test, the Test Explorer does nothing and throws the message: Aborting test run due to build failures. Please see the build for more details.
I cannot find the mistake here. The program runs perfect, but when instantiating a new "A" object the test fails. I am stuck here, are there any suggestions? What am I doing wrong (besides developing in Windows)?
UPDATE:
I have followed the suggestion to remove the namespace, as suggested by #ChrisMM, so that the test file now reads:
// TestUnitForTestTestUnit.cpp
#include "pch.h"
#include "CppUnitTest.h"
#include "../TestTestUnit/A.h"
using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
TEST_CLASS(TestUnitForTestTestUnit)
{
public:
TEST_METHOD(TestMethod1)
{
A first;
Assert::AreEqual(first.add(3, 2), 5);
}
};
such that when I run the Test Explorer gives the same message:
with error message:
1>------ Build started: Project: TestUnitForTestTestUnit, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> Creating library C:\Users\<user>\Desktop\CPlusPlus\TestTestUnit\Debug\TestUnitForTestTestUnit.lib and object C:\Users\<user>\Desktop\CPlusPlus\TestTestUnit\Debug\TestUnitForTestTestUnit.exp
1>TestUnitForTestTestUnit.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: int __thiscall A::add(int,int)" (?add#A##QAEHHH#Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall TestUnitForTestTestUnit::TestMethod1(void)" (?TestMethod1#TestUnitForTestTestUnit##QAEXXZ)
1>TestUnitForTestTestUnit.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall A::A(void)" (??0A##QAE#XZ) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall TestUnitForTestTestUnit::TestMethod1(void)" (?TestMethod1#TestUnitForTestTestUnit##QAEXXZ)
1>C:\Users\<user>\Desktop\CPlusPlus\TestTestUnit\Debug\TestUnitForTestTestUnit.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals
1>Done building project "TestUnitForTestTestUnit.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
Help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You cannot put a test class inside a namespace. From the documentation
TEST_CLASS must be declared at namespace scope.

Answer 2

I suggest you to check if TestUnitForTestTestUnit has added Additional Dependencies. When I didn’t add it, the same problem as you occurred. After I added it, the program worked fine.
Right click TestUnitForTestTestUnit->Properties->C/C++->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies-> add ..\TestTestUnit\Debug\*.obj