Added the ability to check if an operation throws the correct exception

CppUnitLite/Test.h

@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ protected:
 { if (!(condition)) \
 { result_.addFailure (Failure (name_, __FILE__,__LINE__, #condition)); return; } }
 
-
+#define THROWS_EXCEPTION(condition)\
+{ try { condition; \
+		result_.addFailure (Failure (name_, __FILE__,__LINE__, SimpleString("Didn't throw: ") + StringFrom(#condition))); \
+		return; } \
+  catch (...) {} }
 
 #define CHECK_EQUAL(expected,actual)\
 { if ((expected) == (actual)) return; result_.addFailure(Failure(name_, __FILE__, __LINE__, StringFrom(expected), StringFrom(actual))); }

CppUnitLite/TestRegistry.cpp

@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ int TestRegistry::run (TestResult& result)
 	result.testsStarted ();
 
 	for (Test *test = tests; test != 0; test = test->getNext ()) {
-		// TODO: add a try/catch wrapper here
 		try {
 			test->run (result);
 		} catch (std::exception& e) {
+			// catch standard exceptions and derivatives
 			result.addFailure(
 					Failure(test->getName(), test->getFilename(), test->getLineNumber(),
 							SimpleString("Exception: ") + SimpleString(e.what())));
 		} catch (...) {
+			// catch all other exceptions
 			result.addFailure(
 					Failure(test->getName(), test->getFilename(), test->getLineNumber(),
 							SimpleString("ExceptionThrown!")));

wrap/testWrap.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ TEST( wrap, ArgumentList ) {
   CHECK(args.names()=="x,x,x");
 }
 
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+TEST( wrap, check_exception ) {
+	THROWS_EXCEPTION(Module(".", "geometry",verbose));
+}
+
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 TEST( wrap, parse ) {
 	Module module(".", "geometry",verbose);