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+// Helper macros for writing exception-based tests
+
+
+
+
+/** The exception that is thrown if a test fails.
+It doesn't inherit from any type so that it is not possible to catch it by a mistake,
+it needs to be caught explicitly (used in the TEST_THROWS).
+It bears a single message that is to be displayed to stderr. */
+class TestException
+{
+public:
+	TestException(const AString & aMessage):
+		mMessage(aMessage)
+	{
+	}
+
+	AString mMessage;
+};
+
+
+
+
+
+/** Checks that the two values are equal; if not, throws a TestException. */
+#define TEST_EQUAL(VAL1, VAL2) \
+	if (VAL1 != VAL2) \
+	{ \
+		throw TestException(Printf("%s (line %d): Equality test failed: %s != %s", \
+			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, \
+			#VAL1, #VAL2 \
+		)); \
+	}
+
+
+
+/** Checks that the two values are not equal; if they are, throws a TestException. */
+#define TEST_NOTEQUAL(VAL1, VAL2) \
+	if (VAL1 == VAL2) \
+	{ \
+		throw TestException(Printf("%s (line %d): Inequality test failed: %s == %s", \
+			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, \
+			#VAL1, #VAL2 \
+		)); \
+	}
+
+
+
+/** Checks that the statement throws an exception of the specified class. */
+#define TEST_THROWS(Stmt, ExcClass) \
+	try \
+	{ \
+		Stmt; \
+		throw TestException(Printf("%s (line %d): Failed to throw an exception of type %s", \
+			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, \
+			#ExcClass \
+		)); \
+	} \
+	catch (const ExcClass &) \
+	{ \
+		/* This is the expected case. */ \
+	} \
+	catch (const std::exception & exc) \
+	{ \
+		throw TestException(Printf("%s (line %d): An unexpected std::exception descendant was thrown, was expecting type %s. Message is: %s", \
+			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, \
+			#ExcClass, exc.what() \
+		)); \
+	} \
+	catch (...) \
+	{ \
+		throw TestException(Printf("%s (line %d): An unexpected exception object was thrown, was expecting type %s", \
+			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, \
+			#ExcClass \
+		)); \
+	}
+
+
+