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+// Copyright (C) 2019 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef GTEST_UTIL_H
+#define GTEST_UTIL_H
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace isc {
+namespace test {
+
+/// @brief Verifies an expected exception type and message
+///
+/// If the statement does not generate the expected exception
+/// containing the expected message it will generate a non-fatal
+/// failure.
+///
+/// @param statement - statement block to execute
+/// @param etype - type of exception expected
+/// @param emsg - exact content expected to be returned by ex.what()
+#define EXPECT_THROW_MSG(statement,etype,emsg) \
+{ \
+    try { \
+        statement; \
+        ADD_FAILURE() << "no exception, expected:" << #etype; \
+    } catch (const etype& ex)  { \
+        EXPECT_EQ(std::string(ex.what()), emsg); \
+    } catch (...) { \
+        ADD_FAILURE() << "wrong exception type thrown, expected " << #etype; \
+    } \
+} \
+
+/// @brief Verifies an expected exception type and message
+///
+/// If the statement does not generate the expected exception
+/// containing the expected message it will generate a fatal
+/// failure.
+///
+/// @param statement - statement block to execute
+/// @param etype - type of exception expected
+/// @param emsg - exact content expected to be returned by ex.what()
+#define ASSERT_THROW_MSG(statement,etype,emsg) \
+{ \
+    try { \
+        statement; \
+        GTEST_FAIL() << "no exception, expected:" << #etype; \
+    } catch (const etype& ex)  { \
+        ASSERT_EQ(std::string(ex.what()), emsg); \
+    } catch (...) { \
+        GTEST_FAIL() << "wrong exception type thrown, expected " << #etype; \
+    } \
+} \
+
+}; // end of isc::test namespace
+}; // end of isc namespace
+
+#endif // GTEST_UTIL_H