[WIP] unit testing for C API

Makefile.am

@@ -72,26 +72,37 @@ ORG_FILES = \
 
 src_libtrexio_la_SOURCES = $(SOURCES)
 
-TESTS = tests/test_c tests/test_f
+# section related to tests
+
+TESTS_C = \
+  tests/io_all \
+  tests/io_num_hdf5 \
+  tests/io_num_text 
+
+TESTS_F = \
+  tests/test_f
+
+TESTS_ALL = $(TESTS_C) $(TESTS_F)
+
+TESTS = $(TESTS_ALL)
 check_PROGRAMS = $(TESTS)
 
-tests_test_c_DEPENDENCIES = $(trexio_h)
-tests_test_c_SOURCES = tests/test.c $(trexio_h)
-tests_test_c_LDADD   = src/libtrexio.la
-tests_test_c_LDFLAGS = -no-install
+# specify common options for all tests
+LDADD = src/libtrexio.la
+
+# in principal, specifying -no-install (see example below) for each test provides better 
+# and faster (?) `make check` but becomes tedious as the number of tests increases
+
+#tests_io_all_LDFLAGS = -no-install
 
 test_trexio_f = $(srcdir)/tests/trexio_f.f90
 
-tests_test_f_DEPENDENCIES = $(test_trexio_f)
-tests_test_f_SOURCES = $(test_trexio_f) tests/test_f.f90
-tests_test_f_LDADD   = src/libtrexio.la
-tests_test_f_LDFLAGS = -no-install
-
 $(test_trexio_f): $(trexio_f)
 	cp $(trexio_f) $(test_trexio_f)
 
-clean-local:
-	-rm -rf -- test_write.dir/ test_write_f.dir/ test_write.h5 test_write_f.h5
+
+tests_test_f_SOURCES = $(test_trexio_f) tests/test_f.f90
+
 
 if TREXIO_DEVEL
 
@@ -118,3 +129,7 @@ cppcheck.out: $(trexio_h)
 .PHONY: cppcheck
 
 endif
+
+clean-local:
+	-rm -rf -- *.dir/ *.h5
+

tests/io_num_hdf5.c

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "trexio.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static int test_write_num (const char* file_name, const back_end_t backend) {
+
+/* Try to write dimensioning attribute (num variable) into the HDF5 file */
+
+  trexio_t* file = NULL;
+  trexio_exit_code rc;
+
+  // parameters to be written
+  int num = 12;
+
+/*================= START OF TEST ==================*/
+
+  // open file in 'write' mode
+  file = trexio_open(file_name, 'w', backend);
+  assert (file != NULL);
+
+
+  // write numerical attribute in an empty file
+  rc = trexio_write_nucleus_num(file,num);
+  assert (rc == TREXIO_SUCCESS);
+
+
+  // close current session
+  rc = trexio_close(file);
+  assert (rc == TREXIO_SUCCESS);
+
+/*================= END OF TEST ==================*/
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+
+/*============== Test launcher ================*/
+
+  int rc;
+  rc = system("rm -rf test_write_num.h5");
+  assert (rc == 0);
+  test_write_num("test_write_num.h5", TREXIO_HDF5);
+  rc = system("rm -rf test_write_num.h5");
+  assert (rc == 0);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+

tests/io_num_text.c

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "trexio.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static int test_write_num (const char* file_name, const back_end_t backend) {
+
+/* Try to write dimensioning attribute (num variable) into the TEXT file */
+
+  trexio_t* file = NULL;
+  trexio_exit_code rc;
+
+  // parameters to be written
+  int num = 12;
+
+/*================= START OF TEST ==================*/
+
+  // open file in 'write' mode
+  file = trexio_open(file_name, 'w', backend);
+  assert (file != NULL);
+
+
+  // write numerical attribute in an empty file
+  rc = trexio_write_nucleus_num(file,num);
+  assert (rc == TREXIO_SUCCESS);
+
+
+  // close current session
+  rc = trexio_close(file);
+  assert (rc == TREXIO_SUCCESS);
+
+/*================= END OF TEST ==================*/
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+
+/*============== Test launcher ================*/
+
+  int rc;
+  rc = system("rm -rf test_write_num.dir");
+  assert (rc == 0);
+  test_write_num("test_write_num.dir", TREXIO_TEXT);
+  rc = system("rm -rf test_write_num.dir");
+  assert (rc == 0);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+