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1 | package Test::Simple; |
2 | |
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3 | use 5.004; |
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4 | |
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5 | use strict 'vars'; |
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6 | use vars qw($VERSION); |
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7 | $VERSION = '0.50'; |
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8 | |
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9 | |
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10 | use Test::Builder; |
11 | my $Test = Test::Builder->new; |
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12 | |
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13 | sub import { |
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14 | my $self = shift; |
15 | my $caller = caller; |
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16 | *{$caller.'::ok'} = \&ok; |
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17 | |
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18 | $Test->exported_to($caller); |
19 | $Test->plan(@_); |
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20 | } |
21 | |
22 | |
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23 | =head1 NAME |
24 | |
25 | Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests. |
26 | |
27 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
28 | |
29 | use Test::Simple tests => 1; |
30 | |
31 | ok( $foo eq $bar, 'foo is bar' ); |
32 | |
33 | |
34 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
35 | |
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36 | ** If you are unfamiliar with testing B<read Test::Tutorial> first! ** |
37 | |
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38 | This is an extremely simple, extremely basic module for writing tests |
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39 | suitable for CPAN modules and other pursuits. If you wish to do more |
40 | complicated testing, use the Test::More module (a drop-in replacement |
41 | for this one). |
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42 | |
43 | The basic unit of Perl testing is the ok. For each thing you want to |
44 | test your program will print out an "ok" or "not ok" to indicate pass |
45 | or fail. You do this with the ok() function (see below). |
46 | |
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47 | The only other constraint is you must pre-declare how many tests you |
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48 | plan to run. This is in case something goes horribly wrong during the |
49 | test and your test program aborts, or skips a test or whatever. You |
50 | do this like so: |
51 | |
52 | use Test::Simple tests => 23; |
53 | |
54 | You must have a plan. |
55 | |
56 | |
57 | =over 4 |
58 | |
59 | =item B<ok> |
60 | |
61 | ok( $foo eq $bar, $name ); |
62 | ok( $foo eq $bar ); |
63 | |
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64 | ok() is given an expression (in this case C<$foo eq $bar>). If it's |
65 | true, the test passed. If it's false, it didn't. That's about it. |
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66 | |
67 | ok() prints out either "ok" or "not ok" along with a test number (it |
68 | keeps track of that for you). |
69 | |
70 | # This produces "ok 1 - Hell not yet frozen over" (or not ok) |
71 | ok( get_temperature($hell) > 0, 'Hell not yet frozen over' ); |
72 | |
73 | If you provide a $name, that will be printed along with the "ok/not |
74 | ok" to make it easier to find your test when if fails (just search for |
75 | the name). It also makes it easier for the next guy to understand |
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76 | what your test is for. It's highly recommended you use test names. |
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77 | |
78 | All tests are run in scalar context. So this: |
79 | |
80 | ok( @stuff, 'I have some stuff' ); |
81 | |
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82 | will do what you mean (fail if stuff is empty) |
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83 | |
84 | =cut |
85 | |
86 | sub ok ($;$) { |
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87 | $Test->ok(@_); |
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88 | } |
89 | |
90 | |
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91 | =back |
92 | |
93 | Test::Simple will start by printing number of tests run in the form |
94 | "1..M" (so "1..5" means you're going to run 5 tests). This strange |
95 | format lets Test::Harness know how many tests you plan on running in |
96 | case something goes horribly wrong. |
97 | |
98 | If all your tests passed, Test::Simple will exit with zero (which is |
99 | normal). If anything failed it will exit with how many failed. If |
100 | you run less (or more) tests than you planned, the missing (or extras) |
101 | will be considered failures. If no tests were ever run Test::Simple |
102 | will throw a warning and exit with 255. If the test died, even after |
103 | having successfully completed all its tests, it will still be |
104 | considered a failure and will exit with 255. |
105 | |
106 | So the exit codes are... |
107 | |
108 | 0 all tests successful |
109 | 255 test died |
110 | any other number how many failed (including missing or extras) |
111 | |
112 | If you fail more than 254 tests, it will be reported as 254. |
113 | |
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114 | This module is by no means trying to be a complete testing system. |
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115 | It's just to get you started. Once you're off the ground its |
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116 | recommended you look at L<Test::More>. |
117 | |
118 | |
119 | =head1 EXAMPLE |
120 | |
121 | Here's an example of a simple .t file for the fictional Film module. |
122 | |
123 | use Test::Simple tests => 5; |
124 | |
125 | use Film; # What you're testing. |
126 | |
127 | my $btaste = Film->new({ Title => 'Bad Taste', |
128 | Director => 'Peter Jackson', |
129 | Rating => 'R', |
130 | NumExplodingSheep => 1 |
131 | }); |
132 | ok( defined($btaste) and ref $btaste eq 'Film', 'new() works' ); |
133 | |
134 | ok( $btaste->Title eq 'Bad Taste', 'Title() get' ); |
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135 | ok( $btaste->Director eq 'Peter Jackson', 'Director() get' ); |
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136 | ok( $btaste->Rating eq 'R', 'Rating() get' ); |
137 | ok( $btaste->NumExplodingSheep == 1, 'NumExplodingSheep() get' ); |
138 | |
139 | It will produce output like this: |
140 | |
141 | 1..5 |
142 | ok 1 - new() works |
143 | ok 2 - Title() get |
144 | ok 3 - Director() get |
145 | not ok 4 - Rating() get |
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146 | # Failed test (t/film.t at line 14) |
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147 | ok 5 - NumExplodingSheep() get |
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148 | # Looks like you failed 1 tests of 5 |
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149 | |
150 | Indicating the Film::Rating() method is broken. |
151 | |
152 | |
153 | =head1 CAVEATS |
154 | |
155 | Test::Simple will only report a maximum of 254 failures in its exit |
156 | code. If this is a problem, you probably have a huge test script. |
157 | Split it into multiple files. (Otherwise blame the Unix folks for |
158 | using an unsigned short integer as the exit status). |
159 | |
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160 | Because VMS's exit codes are much, much different than the rest of the |
161 | universe, and perl does horrible mangling to them that gets in my way, |
162 | it works like this on VMS. |
163 | |
164 | 0 SS$_NORMAL all tests successful |
165 | 4 SS$_ABORT something went wrong |
166 | |
167 | Unfortunately, I can't differentiate any further. |
168 | |
169 | |
170 | =head1 NOTES |
171 | |
172 | Test::Simple is B<explicitly> tested all the way back to perl 5.004. |
173 | |
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174 | Test::Simple is thread-safe in perl 5.8.0 and up. |
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175 | |
176 | =head1 HISTORY |
177 | |
178 | This module was conceived while talking with Tony Bowden in his |
179 | kitchen one night about the problems I was having writing some really |
180 | complicated feature into the new Testing module. He observed that the |
181 | main problem is not dealing with these edge cases but that people hate |
182 | to write tests B<at all>. What was needed was a dead simple module |
183 | that took all the hard work out of testing and was really, really easy |
184 | to learn. Paul Johnson simultaneously had this idea (unfortunately, |
185 | he wasn't in Tony's kitchen). This is it. |
186 | |
187 | |
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188 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
189 | |
190 | =over 4 |
191 | |
192 | =item L<Test::More> |
193 | |
194 | More testing functions! Once you outgrow Test::Simple, look at |
195 | Test::More. Test::Simple is 100% forward compatible with Test::More |
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196 | (i.e. you can just use Test::More instead of Test::Simple in your |
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197 | programs and things will still work). |
198 | |
199 | =item L<Test> |
200 | |
201 | The original Perl testing module. |
202 | |
203 | =item L<Test::Unit> |
204 | |
205 | Elaborate unit testing. |
206 | |
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207 | =item L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest> |
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208 | |
209 | Embed tests in your code! |
210 | |
211 | =item L<Test::Harness> |
212 | |
213 | Interprets the output of your test program. |
214 | |
215 | =back |
216 | |
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217 | |
218 | =head1 AUTHORS |
219 | |
220 | Idea by Tony Bowden and Paul Johnson, code by Michael G Schwern |
221 | E<lt>schwern@pobox.comE<gt>, wardrobe by Calvin Klein. |
222 | |
223 | |
224 | =head1 COPYRIGHT |
225 | |
226 | Copyright 2001 by Michael G Schwern E<lt>schwern@pobox.comE<gt>. |
227 | |
228 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
229 | modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
230 | |
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231 | See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html> |
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232 | |
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233 | =cut |
234 | |
235 | 1; |