Provided by: libtest-routine-perl_0.025-1_all bug

NAME

       Test::Routine - composable units of assertion

VERSION

       version 0.025

SYNOPSIS

         # mytest.t
         use Test::More;
         use Test::Routine;
         use Test::Routine::Util;

         has fixture => (
           is   => 'ro',
           lazy => 1,
           clearer => 'reset_fixture',
           default => sub { ...expensive setup... },
         );

         test "we can use our fixture to do stuff" => sub {
           my ($self) = @_;

           $self->reset_fixture; # this test requires a fresh one

           ok( $self->fixture->do_things, "do_things returns true");
           ok( ! $self->fixture->no_op,   "no_op returns false");

           for my $item ($self->fixture->contents) {
             isa_ok($item, 'Fixture::Entry');
           }
         };

         test "fixture was recycled" => sub {
           my ($self) = @_;

           my $fixture = $self->fixture; # we don't expect a fresh one

           is( $self->fixture->things_done, 1, "we have done one thing already");
         };

         run_me;
         done_testing;

DESCRIPTION

       Test::Routine is a very simple framework for writing your tests as composable units of
       assertion.  In other words: roles.

       For a walkthrough of tests written with Test::Routine, see Test::Routine::Manual::Demo.

       Test::Routine is similar to Test::Class in some ways.  These similarities are largely
       superficial, but the idea of "tests bound together in reusable units" is a useful one to
       understand when coming to Test::Routine.  If you are already familiar with Test::Class, it
       is the differences rather than the similarities that will be more important to understand.
       If you are not familiar with Test::Class, there is no need to understand it prior to using
       Test::Routine.

       On the other hand, an understanding of the basics of Moose is absolutely essential.
       Test::Routine composes tests from Moose classes, roles, and attributes.  Without an
       understanding of those, you will not be able to use Test::Routine.  The Moose::Manual is
       an excellent resource for learning Moose, and has links to other online tutorials and
       documentation.

   The Concepts
   The Basics of Using Test::Routine
       There actually isn't much to Test::Routine other than the basics.  It does not provide
       many complex features, instead delegating almost everything to the Moose object system.

       Writing Tests

       To write a set of tests (a test routine, which is a role), you add "use Test::Routine;" to
       your package.  "main" is an acceptable target for turning into a test routine, meaning
       that you may use Test::Routine in your *.t files in your distribution.

       "use"-ing Test::Routine will turn your package into a role that composes
       Test::Routine::Common, and will give you the "test" declarator for adding tests to your
       routine.  Test::Routine::Common adds the "run_test" method that will be called to run each
       test.

       The "test" declarator is very simple, and will generally be called like this:

         test $NAME_OF_TEST => sub {
           my ($self) = @_;

           is($self->foo, 123, "we got the foo we expected");
           ...
           ...
         };

       This defines a test with a given name, which will be invoked like a method on the test
       object (described below).  Tests are ordered by declaration within the file, but when
       multiple test routines are run in a single test, the ordering of the routines is
       undefined.

       "test" may also be given a different name for the installed method and the test
       description.  This isn't usually needed, but can make things clearer when referring to
       tests as methods:

         test $NAME_OF_TEST_METHOD => { description => $TEST_DESCRIPTION } => sub {
           ...
         }

       Each test will be run by the "run_test" method.  To add setup or teardown behavior, advice
       (method modifiers) may be attached to that method.  For example, to call an attribute
       clearer before each test, you could add:

         before run_test => sub {
           my ($self) = @_;

           $self->clear_some_attribute;
         };

       Running Tests

       To run tests, you will need to use Test::Routine::Util, which will provide two functions
       for running tests: "run_tests" and "run_me".  The former is given a set of packages to
       compose and run as tests.  The latter runs the caller, assuming it to be a test routine.

       "run_tests" can be called in several ways:

         run_tests( $desc, $object );

         run_tests( $desc, \@packages, $arg );

         run_tests( $desc, $package, $arg );  # equivalent to ($desc, [$pkg], $arg)

       In the first case, the object is assumed to be a fully formed, testable object.  In other
       words, you have already created a class that composes test routines and have built an
       instance of it.

       In the other cases, "run_tests" will produce an instance for you.  It divides the given
       packages into classes and roles.  If more than one class was given, an exception is
       thrown.  A new class is created subclassing the given class and applying the given roles.
       If no class was in the list, Moose::Object is used.  The new class's "new" is called with
       the given $arg (if any).

       The composition mechanism makes it easy to run a test routine without first writing a
       class to which to apply it.  This is what makes it possible to write your test routine in
       the "main" package and run it directly from your *.t file.  The following is a valid,
       trivial use of Test::Routine:

         use Test::More;
         use Test::Routine;
         use Test::Routine::Util;

         test demo_test => sub { pass("everything is okay") };

         run_tests('our tests', 'main');
         done_testing;

       In this circumstance, though, you'd probably use "run_me", which runs the tests in the
       caller.  You'd just replace the "run_tests" line with "run_me;".  A description for the
       run may be supplied, if you like.

       Each call to "run_me" or "run_tests" generates a new instance, and you can call them as
       many times, with as many different arguments, as you like.  Since Test::Routine can't know
       how many times you'll call different test routines, you are responsible for calling
       "done_testing" when you're done testing.

       Running individual tests

       If you only want to run a subset of the tests, you can set the "TEST_METHOD" environment
       variable to a regular expression that matches the names of the tests you want to run.

       For example, to run just the test named "customer profile" in the "MyTests" class.

         use Test::More;
         use Test::Routine::Util;

         $ENV{TEST_METHOD} = 'customer profile';
         run_tests('one test', 'MyTests');
         done_testing;

       To run all tests with "customer" in the name:

         use Test::More;
         use Test::Routine::Util;

         $ENV{TEST_METHOD}= '.*customer.*';
         run_tests('some tests', 'MyTests');
         done_testing;

       If you specify an invalid regular expression, your tests will not be run:

         use Test::More;
         use Test::Routine::Util

         $ENV{TEST_METHOD} = 'C++'
         run_tests('invalid', 'MyTests');
         done_testing;

       When you run it:

             1..0
             # No tests run!
         not ok 1 - No tests run for subtest "invalid"

AUTHOR

       Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

       •   Alex White <VVu@geekfarm.org>

       •   Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>

       •   gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>

       •   Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>

       •   Yanick Champoux <yanick@babyl.dyndns.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Ricardo Signes.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.