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/Test2-Suite/.

MAINTAINERS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

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

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