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NAME
Config::Model::Tester - Test framework for Config::Model
VERSION
version 3.003
SYNOPSIS
# in t/model_test.t
use warnings;
use strict;
use Config::Model::Tester ;
use ExtUtils::testlib;
my $arg = shift || ''; # typically e t l
my $test_only_app = shift || ''; # only run one set of test
my $do = shift ; # select subtests to run with a regexp
run_tests($arg, $test_only_app, $do) ;
DESCRIPTION
This class provides a way to test configuration models with tests files. This class was designed to
tests several models and several tests cases per model.
A specific layout for test files must be followed.
Test specification
Each set of test is defined in a file like:
t/model_tests.d/<app-name>-test-conf.pl
This file specifies that "app-name" (which is defined in "lib/Config/Model/*.d" directory) will be used
for the test cases defined in the "*-test-conf.pl" file.
This file contains a list of test case (explained below) and expects a set of files used as test data.
The layout of these test data files is explained in next section.
Simple test file layout
Each test case is represented by a configuration file (not a directory) in the "*-examples" directory.
This configuration file will be used by the model to test and is copied as "$confdir/$conf_file_name"
using the global variables explained below.
In the example below, we have 1 app model to test: "lcdproc" and 2 tests cases. The app name matches the
file specified in "lib/Config/Model/*.d" directory. In this case, the app name matches
"lib/Config/Model/system.d/lcdproc"
t
|-- model_test.t
\-- model_tests.d # do not change directory name
|-- lcdproc-test-conf.pl # test specification for lcdproc app
\-- lcdproc-examples
|-- t0 # subtest t0
\-- LCDD-0.5.5 # subtest for older LCDproc
Test specification is written in "lcdproc-test-conf.pl" file (i.e. this modules looks for files named
like "<app-name>-test-conf.pl>").
Subtests data is proviced in files in directory "lcdproc-examples" ( i.e. this modules looks for test
data in directory "<model-name>-examples>". "lcdproc-test-conf.pl" contains instructions so that each
file will be used as a "/etc/LCDd.conf" file during each test case.
"lcdproc-test-conf.pl" can contain specifications for more test cases. Each test case requires a new file
in "lcdproc-examples" directory.
See "Examples" for a link to the actual LCDproc model tests
Test file layout for multi-file configuration
When a configuration is spread over several files, each test case is provided in a sub-directory. This
sub-directory is copied in $conf_dir (a global variable as explained below)
In the example below, the test specification is written in "dpkg-test-conf.pl". Dpkg layout requires
several files per test case. "dpkg-test-conf.pl" will contain instructions so that each directory under
"dpkg-examples" will be used.
t/model_tests.d
\-- dpkg-test-conf.pl # test specification
\-- dpkg-examples
\-- libversion # example subdir, used as subtest name
\-- debian # directory for one test case
|-- changelog
|-- compat
|-- control
|-- copyright
|-- rules
|-- source
| \-- format
\-- watch
See "Examples" for a link to the (many) Dpkg model tests
More complex file layout
Each test case is a sub-directory on the "*-examples" directory and contains several files. The
destination of the test files may depend on the system (e.g. the OS). For instance, system wide
"ssh_config" is stored in "/etc/ssh" on Linux, and directly in "/etc" on MacOS.
These files are copied in a test directory using a "setup" parameter:
setup => {
test_file_in_example_dir => 'destination'
}
Let's consider this example of 2 tests cases for ssh:
t/model_tests.d/
|-- ssh-test-conf.pl
|-- ssh-examples
\-- basic
|-- system_ssh_config
\-- user_ssh_config
Unfortunately, "user_ssh_config" is a user file, so you specify where the home directory for the tests
with another global variable:
$home_for_test = '/home/joe' ;
For Linux only, the "setup" parameter is:
setup => {
'system_ssh_config' => '/etc/ssh/ssh_config',
'user_ssh_config' => "~/.ssh/config"
}
On the other hand, system wide config file is different on MacOS and the test file must be copied in the
correct location. When the value of the "setup" hash is another hash, the key of this other hash is used
as to specify the target location for other OS (as returned by Perl $^O variable:
setup => {
'system_ssh_config' => {
'darwin' => '/etc/ssh_config',
'default' => '/etc/ssh/ssh_config',
},
'user_ssh_config' => "~/.ssh/config"
}
See the actual Ssh and Sshd model tests <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-
openssh/tree/master/t/model_tests.d>
Basic test specification
Each model test is specified in "<model>-test-conf.pl". This file contains a set of global variables.
(yes, global variables are often bad ideas in programs, but they are handy for tests):
# config file name (used to copy test case into test wr_root directory)
$conf_file_name = "fstab" ;
# config dir where to copy the file (optional)
#$conf_dir = "etc" ;
# home directory for this test
$home_for_test = '/home/joe' ;
Here, "t0" file will be copied in "wr_root/test-t0/etc/fstab".
# config model name to test
$model_to_test = "Fstab" ;
# list of tests. This modules looks for @tests global variable
@tests = (
{
# test name
name => 't0',
# add optional specification here for t0 test
},
{
name => 't1',
# add optional specification here for t1 test
},
);
1; # to keep Perl happy
You can suppress warnings by specifying "no_warnings => 1". On the other hand, you may also want to check
for warnings specified to your model. In this case, you should avoid specifying "no_warnings" here and
specify warning tests or warning filters as mentioned below.
See actual fstab test <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/fstab-test-
conf.pl>.
Skip a test
A test file can be skipped using $skip global variable.
In this example, test is skipped when not running on a Debian system:
eval { require AptPkg::Config; };
$skip = ( $@ or not -r '/etc/debian_version' ) ? 1 : 0;
Internal tests or backend tests
Some tests will require the creation of a configuration class dedicated for test (typically to test
corner cases on a backend).
This test class can be created directly in the test specification by calling create_config_class on
$model variable. See for instance the layer test <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-
model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/layer-test-conf.pl> or the test for shellvar backend
<https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/backend-shellvar-test-conf.pl>.
Test specification with arbitrary file names
In some models like "Multistrap", the config file is chosen by the user. In this case, the file name must
be specified for each tests case:
# not needed if test file is named multistrap-test-conf.pl
$model_to_test = "Multistrap";
@tests = (
{
name => 'arm',
config_file => '/home/foo/my_arm.conf',
check => {},
},
);
See the actual multistrap test <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-
model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/multistrap-test-conf.pl>.
Backend argument
Some application like systemd requires a backend argument specified by User (e.g. a service name for
systemd). The parameter "backend_arg" can be specified to emulate this behavior.
Re-use test data
When the input data for test is quite complex (several files), it may be interested to re-use these data
for other tests case. Knowing that test name must must unique, you can re-use test data with "data_from"
parameter. For instance:
@tests = (
{
name => 'some-test',
# ...
},
{
name => 'some-other-test',
data_from => 'some-test', # re-use data from test above
# ...
},
See plainfile backend test <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/backend-
plainfile-test-conf.pl> for a real life example.
Test scenario
Each subtest follow a sequence explained below. Each step of this sequence may be altered by adding
specification in "<model-to-test>-test-conf.pl":
• Setup test in "wr_root/<subtest name>/". If your configuration file layout depend on the target
system, you will have to specify the path using "setup" parameter. See "Test file layout depending
on system".
• Create configuration instance, load config data and check its validity. Use "load_check => 'no'" if
your file is not valid.
• Check for config data warning. You should pass the list of expected warnings. E.g.
load_warnings => [ qr/Missing/, (qr/deprecated/) x 3 , ],
Use an empty array_ref to mask load warnings.
• Optionally run update command:
update => {
[ returns => 'foo' , ]
no_warnings => [ 0 | 1 ], # default 0
quiet => [ 0 | 1], # default 0, passed to update method
update_warnings => [ qr/.../, ]
}
Where:
• "returns" is the expected return value (optional).
• "no_warnings" to suppress the warnings coming from Config::Model::Value. Note that "no_warnings
=> 1" may be useful for less verbose test.
• "quiet" to suppress progress messages during update.
• "update_warnings" is an array ref of quoted regexp (See qr operator) to check the warnings
produced during update. use "update => []" to check that no warnings are issued during update.
All other arguments are passed to "update" method.
• Optionally load configuration data. You should design this config data to suppress any error or
warning mentioned above. E.g:
load => 'binary:seaview Synopsis="multiplatform interface for sequence alignment"',
See Config::Model::Loader for the syntax of the string accepted by "load" parameter.
• Optionally, run a check before running apply_fix (if any). This step is useful to check warning
messages:
check_before_fix => {
dump_errors => [ ... ] # optional, see below
dump_warnings => [ ... ] # optional, see below
}
Use "dump_errors" if you expect issues:
check_before_fix => {
dump_errors => [
# the issues and a way to fix the issue using Config::Model::Node::load
qr/mandatory/ => 'Files:"*" Copyright:0="(c) foobar"',
qr/mandatory/ => ' License:FOO text="foo bar" ! Files:"*" License short_name="FOO" '
],
}
Likewise, specify any expected warnings (note the list must contain only ref to regular expressions):
check_before_fix => {
dump_warnings => [ (qr/deprecated/) x 3 ],
}
You can tolerate any dump warning this way:
check_before_fix => {
dump_warnings => undef ,
}
Both "dump_warnings" and "dump_errors" can be specified in "check_before_fix" hash.
• Optionally, call apply_fixes:
apply_fix => 1,
• Call dump_tree to check the validity of the data after optional "apply_fix". This step is not
optional.
As with "check_before_fix", both "dump_errors" or "dump_warnings" can be used.
• Run specific content check to verify that configuration data was retrieved correctly:
check => {
'fs:/proc fs_spec', "proc" ,
'fs:/proc fs_file', "/proc" ,
'fs:/home fs_file', "/home",
},
The keys of the hash points to the value to be checked using the syntax described in "grab(...)" in
Config::Model::AnyThing:.
You can run check using different check modes (See "fetch( ... )" in Config::Model::Value) by passing
a hash ref instead of a scalar :
check => {
'sections:debian packages:0' , { mode => 'layered', value => 'dpkg-dev' },
'sections:base packages:0', { mode => 'layered', value => "gcc-4.2-base' },
},
The whole hash content (except "value") is passed to grab and fetch
A regexp can also be used to check value:
check => {
"License text" => qr/gnu/i,
"License text" => { mode => 'custom', value => qr/gnu/i },
}
• Verify if a hash contains one or more keys (or keys matching a regexp):
has_key => [
'sections' => 'debian', # sections must point to a hash element
'control' => [qw/source binary/],
'copyright Files' => qr/.c$/,
'copyright Files' => [qr/\.h$/], qr/\.c$/],
],
• Verify that a hash has not a key (or a key matching a regexp):
has_not_key => [
'copyright Files' => qr/.virus$/ # silly, isn't ?
],
• Verify annotation extracted from the configuration file comments:
verify_annotation => {
'source Build-Depends' => "do NOT add libgtk2-perl to build-deps (see bug #554704)",
'source Maintainer' => "what a fine\nteam this one is",
},
• Write back the config data in "wr_root/<subtest name>/". Note that write back is forced, so the
tested configuration files are written back even if the configuration values were not changed during
the test.
You can skip warning when writing back with the global :
no_warnings => 1,
• Check the content of the written files(s) with Test::File::Contents. Tests can be grouped in an array
ref:
file_contents => {
"/home/foo/my_arm.conf" => "really big string" ,
"/home/bar/my_arm.conf" => [ "really big string" , "another"], ,
}
file_contents_like => {
"/home/foo/my_arm.conf" => [ qr/should be there/, qr/as well/ ] ,
}
file_contents_unlike => {
"/home/foo/my_arm.conf" => qr/should NOT be there/ ,
}
• Check the mode of the written files:
file_mode => {
"~/.ssh/ssh_config" => 0600, # octal mode
"debian/stuff.postinst" => 0755,
}
Only the last four octets of the mode are tested. I.e. the test is done with " $file_mode & 07777 "
Note: this test is skipped on Windows
• Check added or removed configuration files. If you expect changes, specify a subref to alter the file
list:
file_check_sub => sub {
my $list_ref = shift ;
# file added during tests
push @$list_ref, "/debian/source/format" ;
},
Note that actual and expected file lists are sorted before check, adding a file can be done with
"push".
• Copy all config data from "wr_root/<subtest name>/" to "wr_root/<subtest name>-w/". This steps is
necessary to check that configuration written back has the same content as the original
configuration.
• Create a second configuration instance to read the conf file that was just copied (configuration data
is checked.)
• You can skip the load check if the written file still contain errors (e.g. some errors were ignored
and cannot be fixed) with "load_check2 => 'no'"
• Optionally load configuration data in the second instance. You should design this config data to
suppress any error or warning that occur in the step below. E.g:
load2 => 'binary:seaview',
See Config::Model::Loader for the syntax of the string accepted by "load2" parameter.
• Compare data read from original data.
• Run specific content check on the written config file to verify that configuration data was written
and retrieved correctly:
wr_check => {
'fs:/proc fs_spec' => "proc" ,
'fs:/proc fs_file' => "/proc",
'fs:/home fs_file' => "/home",
},
Like the "check" item explained above, you can run "wr_check" using different check modes.
Running the test
Run all tests with one of these commands:
prove -l t/model_test.t :: [ t|l|e [ <model_name> [ <regexp> ]]]
perl -Ilib t/model_test.t [ t|l|e [ <model_name> [ <regexp> ]]]
By default, all tests are run on all models.
You can pass arguments to "t/model_test.t":
• a bunch of letters. 't' to get test traces. 'e' to get stack trace in case of errors, 'l' to have
logs. All other letters are ignored. E.g.
# run with log and error traces
prove -lv t/model_test.t :: el
• The model name to tests. E.g.:
# run only fstab tests
prove -lv t/model_test.t :: x fstab
• A regexp to filter subtest E.g.:
# run only fstab tests foobar subtest
prove -lv t/model_test.t :: x fstab foobar
# run only fstab tests foo subtest
prove -lv t/model_test.t :: x fstab '^foo$'
Examples
• LCDproc <http://lcdproc.org> has a single configuration file: "/etc/LCDd.conf". Here's LCDproc test
layout <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-lcdproc/tree/master/t/model_tests.d> and the test
specification <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-lcdproc/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/lcdd-test-
conf.pl>
• Dpkg packages are constructed from several files. These files are handled like configuration files by
Config::Model::Dpkg. The test layout <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-
perl/packages/libconfig-model-dpkg-perl.git;a=tree;f=t/model_tests.d;hb=HEAD> features test with
multiple file in dpkg-examples <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-perl/packages/libconfig-
model-dpkg-perl.git;a=tree;f=t/model_tests.d/dpkg-examples;hb=HEAD>. The test is specified in
dpkg-test-conf.pl <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-perl/packages/libconfig-model-dpkg-
perl.git;a=blob_plain;f=t/model_tests.d/dpkg-test-conf.pl;hb=HEAD>
• multistrap-test-conf.pl <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-
model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/multistrap-test-conf.pl> and multistrap-examples
<https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/tree/master/t/model_tests.d/multistrap-examples> specify a
test where the configuration file name is not imposed by the application. The file name must then be
set in the test specification.
• backend-shellvar-test-conf.pl <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-
model/blob/master/t/model_tests.d/backend-shellvar-test-conf.pl> is a more complex example showing
how to test a backend. The test is done creating a dummy model within the test specification.
SEE ALSO
• Config::Model
• Test::More
AUTHOR
Dominique Dumont
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2013-2017 by Dominique Dumont.
This is free software, licensed under:
The GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, February 1999
SUPPORT
Websites
The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in
addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.
• Search CPAN
The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Config-Model-Tester>
• AnnoCPAN
The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl module documentation.
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Config-Model-Tester>
• CPAN Ratings
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<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Config-Model-Tester>
• CPANTS
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<http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Config-Model-Tester>
• CPAN Testers
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<http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/C/Config-Model-Tester>
• CPAN Testers Matrix
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distribution on various Perls/platforms.
<http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Config-Model-Tester>
• CPAN Testers Dependencies
The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies
for a distribution.
<http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Config::Model::Tester>
Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "ddumont at cpan.org", or through the web
interface at <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-tester/issues>. You will be automatically notified
of any progress on the request by the system.
Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play
with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from
your repository :)
<http://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-tester.git>
git clone git://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-tester.git
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