NAME

Test2::Aggregate - Aggregate tests

SYNOPSIS

    use Test2::Aggregate;

    Test2::Aggregate::run_tests(
        dirs => \@test_dirs
    );

    done_testing();

VERSION

Version 0.02

DESCRIPTION

Aggregates all tests specified in dirs (which can even be individual tests), to avoid forking, reloading etc that can help with performance or profiling. Test files are expected to end in .t and are run as subtests of a single aggregate test.

A bit similar but simpler in concept and execution than Test::Aggregate, which makes it more likely to work with your test suite and also with more modern Test2 bundles. It does not try to package each test which may be good or bad (e.g. redefines), depending on your requirements.

METHODS

run_tests

    Test2::Aggregate::run_tests(
        dirs          => \@dirs,              # optional if lists defined
        lists         => \@lists,             # optional if dirs defined
        root          => '/testroot/',        # optional
        load_modules  => \@modules,           # optional
        shuffle       => 1,                   # optional
        reverse       => 1,                   # optional
        repeat        => $no_iterations,      # optional, requires Test2::Plugin::BailOnFail for < 0
        slow          => 1,                   # optional
        override      => \%override,          # optional, requires Sub::Override
        stats_output  => $stats_output_path,  # optional, requires Time::HiRes
        test_warnings => 1                    # optional
    );

Runs the aggregate tests. Hash parameter specifies:

• dirs (either this or lists is required)

  An arrayref containing directories which will be searched recursively, or even individual tests. The directories (unless shuffle or reverse are true) will be processed and tests run in order specified.

• lists (either this or dirs is required)

  Arrayref of flat files from which each line will be pushed to dirs (so they have a lower precedence - note root still applies).

• root (optional)

  Specifies a root directory to prefix all dirs (and lists items) with.

• load_modules (optional)

  Arrayref with modules to be loaded (with eval "use ...") at the start of the test. Useful for testing modules with special namespace requirements.

• override (optional)

  Pass Sub::Override key/values as a hashref.

• repeat (optional)

  Number of times to repeat the test(s). If repeat is negative, the test will repeat until it fails (or produces a warning when test_warnings is also set).

• shuffle (optional)

  Random order of tests.

• reverse (optional)

  Reverse order of tests.

• slow (optional)

  When true, tests will be skipped if the environment variable SKIP_SLOW is set.

• test_warnings (optional)

  Tests for warnings over all the tests. It will print an array of warnings, however if you want to see the warnings the moment they are generated (for debugging etc), then leave it disabled.

• stats_output_path (optional)

  stats_output_path when defined specifies a path where a file with running time per test (average if multiple iterations are specified), starting with the slowest test and passing percentage gets written. On negative repeat the stats of each successful run will be written separately instead of the averages. The name of the file is caller_script-YYYYMMDD_HHmmss.txt.

USAGE NOTES

Not all tests can be modified to run under the aggregator, it is not intended for tests that require an isolated environment. So, for those that do not, sometimes very simple changes might needed like giving unique names to subs (or not warning for redefines, or replacing things that complain such as Test::More), restoring the environment at the end of the test etc.

Speaking about Test::More, by replacing Test2:V0 with Test::More in the source of this module would generally work fine (except for the option repeat < 0) and not complain on Test::More-based suites, but perhaps you'd be better off starting to move to Test2.

The environment variable AGGREGATE_TESTS will be set while the tests are running. Example usage is a module that can only be loaded once, so you load it on the aggregated test file and then use something like this in the individual test files:

 eval 'use My::Module' unless $ENV{AGGREGATE_TESTS};

Trying to aggregate too many tests into a single one can be counter-intuitive as you would ideally want to parallelize your test suite (so a super-long test continuing after the rest are done will slow down the suite). And in general more tests will run aggregated if they are grouped so that tests that can't be aggregated together are in different groups.

AUTHOR

Dimitrios Kechagias, <dkechag at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-test2-aggregate at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test2-Aggregate. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

GIT

https://github.com/SpareRoom/Test2-Aggregate

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2019, SpareRoom.com

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