In the second step the XML file is processed and the C++ files are created.
Each invocation of xml2mockpp creates a set consisting of
two or more files depending on the given options and the XML file. The
filenames are composed of the according C++ class name and the
extension "_mock" plus some file specific suffix.
A C++ header file with the filename extension "_mock.h".
A C++ implementation file with the filename extension "_mock.cpp".
Optionally a C++ implementation file containing user defined constructors with the filename ending in "_mock_user.cpp".
There are several options that influence the file creation process:
Generate files that use the visitable mock method approach.
Generate files that use chainableable mock methods.
By default the implementation of the constructors is placed
in the implementation file for the mock methods. In case you have to adjust
the constructor for special cases you can enable a third file for user
defined constructors. If this file
already exists, then the new content is written to a fourth file with the
extension _user_mock.cpp.new.
You can then move the new parts from there to the user defined implementation file.
Without additional options each of the classes in the XML file result in a set of header and source files. If you want to create files for only a selected set of classes you have to pass the class name using this option. When you need more than one class you have to pass this option multiple times.
The name of the XML file with the class data.
Without further options the resulting files are written to the current directory. If you want a different destination you provide the desired path with this parameter.
The following line creates the C++ files MockppIdlTest_mock.h
and MockppIdlTest_mock.cpp from the XML file
header-data.xml with a class MockppIdlTestMock.
These files are based on
visitable mock methods and they are written
to the subdirectory tests. For better readability the long
command line is broken into two lines.
xml2mockpp --gen-visitable-method --file-name=header-data.xml \
--dest-dir=tests --gen-class=MockppIdlTest