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+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2005-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 54633 $
+//
+//  Description : defines framework interface
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_FRAMEWORK_HPP_020805GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_FRAMEWORK_HPP_020805GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/global_typedef.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/fwd_decl.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/trivial_singleton.hpp>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************              init_unit_test_func             ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+#ifdef BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API
+typedef bool        (*init_unit_test_func)();
+#else
+typedef test_suite* (*init_unit_test_func)( int, char* [] );
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                   framework                  ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+namespace framework {
+
+// initialization
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    init( init_unit_test_func init_func, int argc, char* argv[] );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL bool    is_initialized();
+
+// mutation access methods
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    register_test_unit( test_case* tc );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    register_test_unit( test_suite* ts );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    deregister_test_unit( test_unit* tu );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    clear();
+
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    register_observer( test_observer& );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    deregister_observer( test_observer& );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    reset_observers();
+
+BOOST_TEST_DECL master_test_suite_t& master_test_suite();
+
+// constant access methods
+BOOST_TEST_DECL test_case const&    current_test_case();
+
+BOOST_TEST_DECL test_unit&  get( test_unit_id, test_unit_type );
+template<typename UnitType>
+UnitType&               get( test_unit_id id )
+{
+    return static_cast<UnitType&>( get( id, static_cast<test_unit_type>(UnitType::type) ) );
+}
+
+// test initiation
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    run( test_unit_id = INV_TEST_UNIT_ID, bool continue_test = true );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    run( test_unit const*, bool continue_test = true );
+
+// public test events dispatchers
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    assertion_result( bool passed );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    exception_caught( execution_exception const& );
+BOOST_TEST_DECL void    test_unit_aborted( test_unit const& );
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                framework errors              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+struct internal_error : std::runtime_error {
+    internal_error( const_string m ) : std::runtime_error( std::string( m.begin(), m.size() ) ) {}
+};
+
+struct setup_error : std::runtime_error {
+    setup_error( const_string m ) : std::runtime_error( std::string( m.begin(), m.size() ) ) {}
+};
+
+#define BOOST_TEST_SETUP_ASSERT( cond, msg ) if( cond ) {} else throw unit_test::framework::setup_error( msg )
+
+struct nothing_to_test {}; // not really an error
+
+} // namespace framework
+
+} // unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_FRAMEWORK_HPP_020805GER
+