NAME

Badger::Test - test module

SYNOPSIS

    use Badger::Test
        tests => 8,
        debug => 'My::Badger::Module Your::Badger::Module',
        args  => \@ARGV;
    
    # -d in @ARGV will enable $DEBUG for My::Badger::Module 
    # and Your::Badger::Module, as well as exporting a $DEBUG
    # flag here. -c will enable colour mode.
    # e.g.   $ perl t/test.t -d -c
    
    ok( $bool, 'Test passes if $bool true' );
    
    is( $one, $two, 'Test passes if $one eq $two' );
    isnt( $one, $two, 'Test passes if $one ne $two' );
    
    like( $one, qr/regex/, 'Test passes if $one =~ /regex/' );
    unlike( $one, qr/regex/, 'Test passes if $one !~ /regex/' );
    
    pass('This test always passes');
    fail('This test always fails');

DESCRIPTION

This module implements a simple test framework in the style of Test::Simple or Test::More. As well as the usual plan(), ok(), is(), isnt() and other subroutines you would expect to find, it also implements a number of import hooks to enable certain Badger-specific features.

EXPORTED SUBROUTINES

The Badger::Test module exports the following subroutines, similar to those found in Test::Simple or Test::More.

plan($tests)

Specify how many tests you plan to run. You can also sepcify this using the tests import hook.

    plan(1);

ok($flag, $name)

Report on the success or failure of a test:

    ok(1, 'This is good');
    ok(0, 'This is bad');

is($this, $that, $name)

Test if the first two arguments are equal.

    is($this, $that, "This and that are equal");

isnt($this, $that, $name)

Test if the first two arguments are not equal.

    isnt($this, $that, "This and that are equal");

like($text, qr/regex/, $name)

Test if the first argument is matched by the regex passed as the second argument.

    like($this, qr/like that/i, "This and that are alike");

unlike($text, qr/regex/, $name)

Test if the first argument is not matched by the regex passed as the second argument.

    unlike($this, qr/like that/i, "This and that are unalike");

pass($name)

Pass a test.

    pass('Module Loaded');

fail($name)

Fail a test.

    fail('Stonehenge crushed by a dwarf');

skip_all($reason)

Skip all tests. This should be called instead of plan()

    skip_all("We don't have that piece of scenery any more");

skip_some($number,$reason)

Skip a number of tests.

    skip_some(11, "Hugeness of object understated");

skip_rest(,$reason)

Skip any remaining tests.

    skip_rest("Should have made a big thing out of it");

CLASS METHODS

The Badger::Test module defines the following class methods to access and/or configure the test framework.

tests()

This class method can be used to set the number of tests. It does the same thing as the plan() subroutine.

    Badger::Test->tests(42);

manager()

Method to get or set the name of the backend test manager object class. This is defined in the $MANAGER package variable. The default manager is Badger::Test::Manager.

    # defining a custom manager class
    Badger::Test->manager('My::Test::Manager');

summary()

Prints a summary of the test results. Delegates to Badger::Test::Manager method of the same name.

colour()

Method to enable or disable colour output.

    Badger::Test->colour(1);        # technicolor
    Badger::Test->colour(0);        # monochrome

color()

An alias for colour().

args(@args)

This method parses the arguments looking for -d to enable debugging, -c to enable colour output or -s to print a test summary. This method is called by the args import hook. Arguments can also be passed as a reference to a list, in which case any -c, -d or -s arguments at the start will be removed.

    Badger::Test->args(@ARGV);      # either
    Badger::Test->args(\@ARGV);     # or

debug($modules)

This method can be called to define one or more modules that should have their $DEBUG flag enabled when running in debug mode (i.e. with the -d command line option). This method is called by the debug import hook.

    Badger::Test->debug('My::Badger::Module');  

Multiple modules can be specified in a single string or by reference to a list.

    # whitespace-delimited string
    Badger::Test->debug('My::Badger::Module Your::Badger::Module');  

    # list reference
    Badger::Test->debug(['My::Badger::Module', 'Your::Badger::Module']);  

debugging($flag)

This method enables or disables debugging for all modules named in the $DEBUG list. It also sets the $DEBUGGING flag.

    Badger::Test->debugging(1);         # enable debugging
    Badger::Test->debugging(0);         # disable debugging

IMPORT HOOKS

The following import hooks are provided to allow you to load and configure the Badger::Test module in one fell swoop.

tests

Specify the number of tests. Does the same thing as calling the plan() subroutine or tests() class method.

    use Badger::Test 
        tests => 42;

manager

An import hook to define a different test manager module. See the manager() method.

    use My::Test::Manager;
    use Badger::Test 
        manager => 'My::Test::Manager';

colour

An import hook to enable colour mode. See the colour() method.

    use Badger::Test 
        colour => 1;

color

An alias for colour

args

This import hook can be used to feed the command line arguments to the args() method so that -d and -c enable debugging and colour moes, respectively.

    use Badger::Test 
        args => \@ARGV;

debug

An import hook to associate a list of module with our debugging mode. See the debug() method.

    use Badger::Test 
        debug => 'My::Badger::Module Your Badger::Module',
        args  => \@ARGV;

PACKAGE VARIABLES

$MANAGER

This package variable stores the name of the manager class, Badger::Test::Manager by default.

$DEBUG

The $DEBUG package variable holds the name(s) of module(s) for which debugging should be enabled, as defined via the debug() method.

$DEBUGGING

Flag set true or false to indicate debugging mode is enabled or disabled. As set by the debugging() method.

AUTHOR

Andy Wardley http://wardley.org/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Badger::Test::Manager, Test::Simple, Test::More.

cpanm Badger

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Badger