NAME
Test2::Tools - Documentation for Tools.
DESCRIPTION
Tools are packages that export test functions, typically all related to a specific aspect of testing. If you have a couple different categories of exports then you may want to break them into separate modules.
Tools should export testing functions. Loading tools should not have side- effects, or alter the behavior of other tools. If you want to alter behaviors or create side-effects then you probably want to write a Test2::Plugin.
FAQ
- Why is it called Test2::Tools, and not Test2::Tool?
-
This question arises since Tools is the only namespace in the plural. This is because each Plugin should be a distinct unit of functionality, but a Tools dist can (and usually should) export several tools. A bundle is also typically described as a single unit. Nobody would like Test2::Bundles::Foo.
- Should my tools subclass Test2::Tools?
-
No. Currently this class is empty. Eventually we may want to add behavior, in which case we do not want anyone to already be subclassing it.
HOW DO I WRITE A 'TOOLS' MODULE?
It is very easy to write tools:
package Test2::Tools::Mine
use strict;
use warnings;
# All tools should use the context() function.
use Test2::API qw/context/;
our @EXPORTS = qw/ok plan/;
use base 'Exporter';
sub ok($;$) {
my ($bool, $name) = @_;
# All tool functions should start by grabbing a context
my $ctx = context();
# The context is the primary interface for generating events
$ctx->ok($bool, $name);
# When you are done you release the context
$ctx->release;
return $bool ? 1 : 0;
}
sub plan {
my ($max) = @_;
my $ctx = context();
$ctx->plan($max);
$ctx->release;
}
1;See Test2::API::Context for documentation on what the $ctx object can do.
SOURCE
The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/.
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