Test a specific exception type is thrown AND the exception has the right properties

Question

I want to test that MyException is thrown in a certain case. EXPECT_THROW is good here. But I also want to check the exception has a specific state

Answer 1

My version; it produces the same output as EXPECT_THROW and just adds the string test:

#define EXPECT_THROW_MSG(statement, expected_exception, expected_what)                    \
  try                                                                                     \
  {                                                                                       \
    statement;                                                                            \
    FAIL() << "Expected: " #statement " throws an exception of type " #expected_exception \
              ".\n"                                                                       \
              "  Actual: it throws nothing.";                                             \
  }                                                                                       \
  catch (const expected_exception& e)                                                     \
  {                                                                                       \
    EXPECT_EQ(expected_what, std::string{e.what()});                                      \
  }                                                                                       \
  catch (...)                                                                             \
  {                                                                                       \
    FAIL() << "Expected: " #statement " throws an exception of type " #expected_exception \
              ".\n"                                                                       \
              "  Actual: it throws a different type.";                                    \
  }