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NAME

       Test::FITesque::Fixture - Abstract calls for fixtures

SYNOPSIS

         package Buddha::Fixture;

         use strict;
         use warnings;
         use base qw(Test::FITesque::Fixture);
         use Test::More qw();

         sub click_on_button : Test {
           my ($self, @args) = @_;
           ...
           ok(1);
         }

         sub open_window : Test : Plan(3) {
           my ($self, @args) = @_;
           ...
           ok(1);
           ok(2);
           ok(3);
         }

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides the base class for FITesque fixtures. It provides methods for the 'Test' and 'Plan'
       attributes along with some utility functions for Test::FITesque::Fixture.

       All methods for use as FITesque test methods must be marked with the 'Test' attribute.

       The 'Plan' attribute states how many Test::More functions the FITesque test method expects to run. If a
       method does not have the 'Plan' attribute set, it is implied that the test method will execute one
       Test::More functions.

         # Execute 10 Test::More functions
         sub test_method : Test : Plan(10) {
           ...
         }

         # Just one this time
         sub test_method : Test {
           ...
         }

         # not a test method
         sub normal_method {
           ...
         }

       There are also 2 methods which may require overriding. The parse_method_string method returns a coderef
       of the method that relates to the method string used as the first element of a FITesque test row.

         # get coderef for the 'click_on_buton' method of the fixture class
         my $coderef = $fixture->parse_method_string('click on button');

       The other method, 'parse_arguments' provides a hook in point to allow preprocessing on arguments to
       FITesque fixture test methods. This might be useful in case you want to design a domain specific language
       into your arguments. By default, this method just returns the arguments as is.

METHODS

   new
         my $fixture = Buddha::Fixture->new();

       Simple constructor

   method_test_count
        my $count = $fixture->method_test_count('foo');

       This returns the planned test count associated with the passed method name.

   parse_method_string
         my $coderef = $fixture->parse_method_string('click on button');

       This method takes a string of text and attempts to return a coderef of a method within the fixture class.

   parse_arguments
         my @arguments = $fixture->parse_arguments(qw(one two three));

       This method provides a way to preprocess arguments for methods before they are run.

AUTHORS

       Scott McWhirter, "<konobi@cpan.org>"

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright 2007 Scott McWhirter, all rights reserved.

       This program is released under the following license: BSD. Please see the LICENSE file included in this
       distribution for details.