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  <module>ct_property_test</module>
  <modulesummary>EXPERIMENTAL support in Common Test for calling
    property-based tests.</modulesummary>

  <description>

    <p>EXPERIMENTAL support in <c>Common Test</c> for calling property-based
      tests.</p>

    <p>This module is a first step to run property-based tests in the
      <c>Common Test</c> framework. A property testing tool like QuickCheck
      or PropEr is assumed to be installed.</p>

    <p>The idea is to have a <c>Common Test</c> test suite calling a property
      testing tool with special property test suites as defined by that tool.
      The usual Erlang application directory structure is assumed. The tests
      are collected in the <c>test</c> directory of the application. The
      <c>test</c> directory has a subdirectory <c>property_test</c>, where
      everything needed for the property tests is collected.</p>

    <p>A typical <c>Common Test</c> test suite using <c>ct_property_test</c>
      is organized as follows:</p>

    <pre>
 -include_lib("common_test/include/ct.hrl").

 all() -&gt; [prop_ftp_case].

 init_per_suite(Config) -&gt;
     ct_property_test:init_per_suite(Config).

 %%%---- test case
 prop_ftp_case(Config) -&gt;
     ct_property_test:quickcheck(
       ftp_simple_client_server:prop_ftp(Config),
       Config
      ).</pre>

    <warning>
      <p>This is experimental code that can be changed or removed anytime
        without any warning.</p>
    </warning>

  </description>

  <funcs>
    <func>
    <name>init_per_suite(Config) -&gt; Config | {skip, Reason}</name>
    <fsummary>Initializes Config for property testing.</fsummary>
      <desc><marker id="init_per_suite-1"/>
        <p>Initializes <c>Config</c> for property testing.</p>

        <p>This function investigates if support is available for either
          Quickcheck, PropEr, or Triq. The options
          <c>{property_dir,AbsPath}</c> and <c>{property_test_tool,Tool}</c>
          are set in the <c>Config</c> returned.</p>

        <p>The function is intended to be called in function
          <c>init_per_suite</c> in the test suite.</p>

        <p>The property tests are assumed to be in subdirectory
          <c>property_test</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
    <name>quickcheck(Property, Config) -&gt; true | {fail, Reason}</name>
    <fsummary>Calls quickcheck and returns the result in a form suitable for
      Common Test.</fsummary>
      <desc><marker id="quickcheck-2"/>
        <p>Calls quickcheck and returns the result in a form suitable for
          <c>Common Test</c>.</p>

        <p>This function is intended to be called in the test cases in the
          test suite.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

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