Test Each File

   

Easily generate tests for files in a specified directory for comprehensive testing.

A simple example of the macro is shown below:

test_each_file! { in "./resources" => test }

fn test(content: &str) {
    // Make assertions on the `content` of the file here.
}

Given the following file structure:

- resources
  - a.txt
  - b.txt
  - extra
    - c.txt
- src
  - main.rs

The macro expands to:

#[test]
fn a() {
    // The macro actually uses an absolute path for `a.txt` behind the scenes
    test(include_str!("../resources/a.txt"))
}

#[test]
fn b() {
    test(include_str!("../resources/b.txt"))
}

mod extra {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn c() {
        test(include_str!("../resources/extra/c.txt"))
    }
}

Generate submodule

The tests can automatically be inserted into a module, by using the as keyword. For example:

test_each_file! { in "./resources" as example => test }

This will wrap the tests above in an additional mod example { ... }. This feature is useful when test_each_file! is used multiple times in a single file, to prevent that the generated tests have the same name.

File grouping

Sometimes it may be preferable to write a test that takes the contents of multiple files as input. A common use-case for this is testing a function that performs a transformation from a given input (.in file) to an output (.out file).

test_each_file! { for ["in", "out"] in "./resources" => test }

fn test([input, output]: [&str; 2]) {
    // Make assertions on the content of the `input` and `output` files here.
}

Both the .in and .out files must exist and be located in the same directory, as demonstrated below:

- resources
  - a.in
  - a.out
  - b.in
  - b.out
  - extra
    - c.in
    - c.out
- src
  - main.rs

Note that .in and .out are just examples here - any number of unique extensions can be given of arbitrary types.

Test each path

A similar macro exists for passing all the paths in a given directory. This macro behaves identically to test_each_file!, except that it passes the paths of the files rather than the contents. It is usually preferable to use test_each_file!, because it includes the files in the binary, whereas the paths still need to be there during run-time for test_each_path!.

test_each_path! { for ["in", "out"] in "./resources" => test }

fn test([input, output]: [&Path; 2]) {
    // Make assertions on the path of `input` and `output` here.
}

More examples

The expression that is called on each file can also be a closure, for example:

test_each_file! { in "./resources" => |c: &str| assert!(c.contains("Hello World")) }

All the options above can be combined, for example:

test_each_file! { for ["in", "out"] in "./resources" as example => |[a, b]: [&str; 2]| assert_eq!(a, b) }