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Unit Tests

Test Functions

// module code here

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_func() {
        //ARRANGE

        // ACT

        // ASSERT
        assert!(bool, "optional custom error message");
        assert_eq!(expected, actual, "optional custom error message");
        assert_ne!(expected, actual, "optional custom error message");
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_panic("optional custom error message")]
    fn test_func() {/* ... */}

    #[test]
    #[ignore]
    fn test_func() {/* ... */}
}

Controlling How Tests Are Run

cargo test -- --test-threads=<number>  # run tests in parallel (1 no parallelism)
cargo test -- --show-output  # show content printed in stdout in each test
cargo test <test_name>  # run only a specific test
cargo test <partial_test_name>  # run only specific tests
cargo test -- --ignored  # run tests annotated with #[ignore]
cargo test --test  # run all integration tests

Test Organization

Unit Tests:

  • Inside the same module as the tested code
  • annotated with #[cfg(test)]
  • can test private code by default
  • import tested code with super::*
  • compiled only with cargo test

Integration tests:

  • inside top level tests folder
  • need to import tested code by crate name
  • place util functions in a mod.rs to avoid testing them, e.g: tests/common/mod.rs
  • compiled only with cargo test