NAME

Test::Stream::Plugin::Grab - Object used to temporarily intercept all events.

DEPRECATED

This distribution is deprecated in favor of Test2, Test2::Suite, and Test2::Workflow.

See Test::Stream::Manual::ToTest2 for a conversion guide.

DESCRIPTION

Once created this object will intercept and stash all events sent to the shared Test::Stream::Hub object. Once the object is destroyed events will once again be sent to the shared hub.

SYNOPSIS

use Test::Stream qw/Core Grab/;

my $grab = grab();

# Generate some events, they are intercepted.
ok(1, "pass");
ok(0, "fail");

my $events_a = $grab->flush;

# Generate some more events, they are intercepted.
ok(1, "pass");
ok(0, "fail");

# Same as flush, except it destroys the grab object.
my $events_b = $grab->finish;

After calling finish() the grab object is destroyed and $grab is set to undef. $events_a is an arrayref with the first 2 events. $events_b is an arrayref with the second 2 events.

EXPORTS

$grab = grab()

This lets you intercept all events for a section of code without adding anything to your call stack. This is useful for things that are sensitive to changes in the stack depth.

my $grab = grab();
    ok(1, 'foo');
    ok(0, 'bar');

# $grab is magically undef after this.
my $events = $grab->finish;

is(@$events, 2, "grabbed 2 events.");

When you call finish() the $grab object will automagically undef itself, but only for the reference used in the method call. If you have other references to the $grab object they will not be undef'd.

If the $grab object is destroyed without calling finish(), it will automatically clean up after itself and restore the parent hub.

{
    my $grab = grab();
    # Things are grabbed
}
# Things are back to normal

By default the hub used has no_ending set to true. This will prevent the hub from enforcing that you issued a plan and ran at least 1 test. You can turn enforcement back one like this:

$grab->hub->set_no_ending(0);

With no_ending turned off, finish will run the post-test checks to enforce the plan and that tests were run. In many cases this will result in additional events in your events array.

METHODS

$grab = $class->new()

Create a new grab object, immediately starts intercepting events.

$ar = $grab->flush()

Get an arrayref of all the events so far, clearing the grab objects internal list.

$ar = $grab->events()

Get an arrayref of all events so far, does not clear the internal list.

$ar = $grab->finish()

Get an arrayref of all the events, then destroy the grab object.

$hub = $grab->hub()

Get the hub that is used by the grab event.

ENDING BEHAVIOR

By default the hub used has no_ending set to true. This will prevent the hub from enforcing that you issued a plan and ran at least 1 test. You can turn enforcement back one like this:

$grab->hub->set_no_ending(0);

With no_ending turned off, finish will run the post-test checks to enforce the plan and that tests were run. In many cases this will result in additional events in your events array.

SEE ALSO

Test::Stream::Plugin::Intercept - Accomplish the same thing, but using blocks instead.

SOURCE

The source code repository for Test::Stream can be found at http://github.com/Test-More/Test-Stream/.

MAINTAINERS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015 Chad Granum <exodist7@gmail.com>.

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

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/