# QtTest regression tests

Open the repository's root `dbc.pro` in Qt Creator. It contains `core` (a static
C++17 library) and `tests` (the `dbc_tests` QtTest executable). Core is built first;
tests link its archive rather than compiling its implementation again.
Qt Core and Qt Test development packages are required for tests only.

Build from the repository root with Qt 6 (use `qmake` for Qt 5):

```sh
mkdir build
cd build
qmake6 ../dbc.pro
make -j
make check
```

Or run `./tests/dbc_tests` directly. Both parser and decoder suites run, and the
executable returns nonzero when either suite fails. Decoder cases appear as
individual QtTest data rows; parser checks are grouped into named test slots.
Checks also run in release builds.

To build tests separately against an existing core build:

```sh
mkdir /tmp/dbc-tests-build
cd /tmp/dbc-tests-build
qmake6 /absolute/path/to/dbc/tests/tests.pro \
  DBC_CORE_BUILD_DIR=/absolute/path/to/build/core
make
make check
```

`parser_tests.pri` and `decoder_tests.pri` include the test sources.
`../core/core.pri` supplies the library include path and linkage.

## Decoder coverage

Coverage includes Motorola bit numbering within and across bytes, unaligned
signals, signed values, scaling, 64-bit extraction, signed/unsigned boundary values
(including `INT64_MIN`, `INT64_MAX`, and `UINT64_MAX`), numeric output, invalid lengths, insufficient
payloads, and Intel regression cases. Frame validity means the definition was
found; insufficient payloads are checked through signal validity.

## Parser coverage

Parser tests cover standard and extended CAN IDs, whitespace, payload storage
boundaries, missing fields, malformed and overflowing numbers, reserved ID bits,
error paths and line numbers, and integration with signals and comments.
Signal tests cover complete syntax and numeric validation, scientific notation,
finite physical parameters and ordered ranges, spaces and tabs, receiver lists,
unsupported multiplexing, and Intel/Motorola declared-payload boundaries.
Value-description tests cover full `VAL_` syntax, whitespace, escaped quotes,
empty text, exact integer boundaries, duplicate keys within and across statements,
deferred and normalized frame references, missing targets, error locations,
raw lookup with scaling, unknown/invalid values, and both database builders.
Temporary DBC fixtures are created in the system temporary directory and removed
automatically.

Dispatch tests also verify exact keyword matching, handler construction and reuse,
unknown statements, and independent parsing sessions, including recovery after errors.

## Tree and optional model tests

`tree_node_test.cpp` is a standalone C++17 executable without Qt; see the root
README for its compiler command. It checks parents, sibling positions, null
children, bounds, and unique_ptr transfer.

Enable `CONFIG+=dbc_qt` in the root qmake invocation to build `dbc_qt` and
`dbc_model_tests` alongside existing tests. Qt 5.11+ or Qt 6 is required.
`make check` runs all suites. Model tests parse a temporary DBC fixture and use
QAbstractItemModelTester, verify navigation across columns, invalid/foreign
indexes, metadata and exact VAL_ integers, and persistent-index invalidation
when reloading or clearing the tree. No GUI/display server is needed.