GoogleTest is a popular open-source unit testing and mocking framework for C++. It provides a rich set of assertions, mocks, and utilities for creating tests for modern C++ code. For more details, see https://github.com/google/googletest.

C/C++test CT includes an integrated version of the GoogleTest framework, based on GoogleTest version 1.17.0, located at:

<INSTALL_DIR>/googletest/googletest.zip

Accessing the Documentation

Documentation for the integrated GoogleTest is available inside the googletest.zip package.

To access the documentation:

1. Extract the contents of <INSTALL_DIR>/googletest/googletest.zip.
2. Go to the docs subfolder in the extracted directory.
3. Browse the documentation files (in Markdown format).

Using GoogleTest on Safety-Related Software

The integrated GoogleTest framework can be used for developing functional safety software (in selected build environments). Please contact Parasoft for details.

See also: Using C/C++test CT on Safety-Related Software.

Related topics

• See Integrating GoogleTest with C++ Projects for information on how to integrate the GoogleTest framework provided with C/C++test with your project.
• See Collecting Code Coverage for information on how to collect code coverage from your application under test.
• See Configuring Test Traceability Associations for information on how to associate GoogleTest test cases with development artifacts, such as requirements or test definitions.