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+/* Copyright (c) 2010-2022. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#ifndef ACTIVITY_LIFECYCLE_HPP
+#define ACTIVITY_LIFECYCLE_HPP
+
+#include <catch.hpp>
+
+#include <simgrid/s4u.hpp>
+#include <xbt/log.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+XBT_LOG_EXTERNAL_DEFAULT_CATEGORY(s4u_test);
+
+extern std::vector<simgrid::s4u::Host*> all_hosts;
+
+/* Helper function easing the testing of actor's ending condition */
+extern void assert_exit(bool exp_success, double duration);
+
+/* Helper function in charge of doing some sanity checks after each test */
+extern void assert_cleanup();
+
+/* We need an extra actor here, so that it can sleep until the end of each test */
+#define BEGIN_SECTION(descr) \
+ SECTION(descr) \
+ { simgrid::s4u::Actor::create(descr, all_hosts[0], []()
+#define END_SECTION \
+ })
+
+#define RUN_SECTION(descr, ...) SECTION(descr) simgrid::s4u::Actor::create(descr, all_hosts[0], __VA_ARGS__)
+
+// Normally, we should be able use Catch2's REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(...), but it generates errors with Address Sanitizer.
+// They're certainly false positive. Nevermind and use this simpler replacement.
+#define REQUIRE_NETWORK_FAILURE(...) \
+ do { \
+ try { \
+ __VA_ARGS__; \
+ FAIL("Expected exception NetworkFailureException not caught"); \
+ } catch (simgrid::NetworkFailureException const&) { \
+ XBT_VERB("got expected NetworkFailureException"); \
+ } \
+ } while (0)
+
+#endif // ACTIVITY_LIFECYCLE_HPP