HTML::Mason::Tests - Test harness for testing Mason


NAME

HTML::Mason::Tests - Test harness for testing Mason


SYNOPSIS

 use HTML::Mason::Tests;
 my $group = HTML::Mason::Tests->new( name => 'name of group', description => 'tests something' );
 $group->add_test( name => 'foo',
                   description => 'tests foo',
                   component => <<'EOF'
 <%args>
 $foo => 1
 </%args>
 <% $foo %>
 EOF
                   expect => <<'EOF',
 1
 EOF
                 );
 $group->run;


DESCRIPTION

This module is designed to automate as much as possible of the Mason test suite. It does tasks like write component files to disk, call them, compare the actual results to the expected results, and more. In addition, it also is capable of printing out useful information about test failures when run in verbose mode. See the ADDITIONAL RUN MODES section for more information.

It also makes sure that any given group of tests provides all the information needed to run them (test names, components and results, etc.).

Now you have no excuse for writing new tests (and that goes double for me!).


METHODS

new

Takes the following parameters:

add_support

Takes the following parameters:

add_test

Takes the following parameters:

One of the following three options is required:

run

Run the tests in the group.

Class methods

These methods are provided since some tests may need to know these values.

base_path

The base path under which the component root and data directory for the tests are created.

comp_root

Returns the component root directory.

data_dir

Return the data directory

check_output ( actual => $actual_output, expect => $expected_output )

Given the parameters shown above, this method will check to see if the two are equal. If they're not equal, it will print out an error message attempting to highlight the difference.


ADDITIONAL RUN MODES

The following additional modes are available for running tests.

Verbose mode

To turn this on, set the environment variables MASON_VERBOSE or MASON_DEBUG as true or run the tests as 'make test TEST_VERBOSE=1'. In this mode, the run method will output information about tests as they are run. If a test fails, then it will also show the cause of the failure.

Debug mode

To turn this on, set the MASON_DEBUG environment variable to a true value. In this mode, the run method will print detailed information of its actions. This mode includes the output printed in VERBOSE mode.

No cleanup mode

Setting the MASON_NO_CLEANUP environment variable will tell the module to not clean up generated data from running the tests. This includes the components written to disk and the data directory used during testing. This can be useful when debugging.

Create mode

If the individual tests are run from the command line with the '--create' flag, then instead of checking the output of a component, the test harness will simply output its results. This allows you to cut and paste these results back into the test file (assuming they are correct!).

Running and/or skipping selected tests

You can run just some of a test file with the '--tests-to-run' flag or the MASON_TESTS_TO_RUN environment variable. Similarly you can skip specific tests with the '--tests-to-skip' flag or the MASON_TESTS_TO_SKIP environment variable.

The value of either flag is a comma-separated list of one or more of

   [test_file_name:](test_number|test_name|*)

e.g.

    perl ./01-syntax.t --tests-to-run=3,5
    MASON_TESTS_TO_SKIP=fake_percent,empty_percents perl ./01-syntax.t
    MASON_TESTS_TO_RUN="misc:autohandler, request:*, interp:private1" make test

Subclassing this module

You can run tests with your own Tests.pm subclass using the '--tests-class' flag or the MASON_TESTS_CLASS environment variable. The value is a fully qualified package name that will be loaded before each test file is run. e.g.

    perl ./01-syntax.t --tests-class=HTML::Mason::Tests::MyTests
    MASON_TESTS_CLASS=HTML::Mason::Tests::MyTests make test

For example, if you have created your own lexer subclass and want to make sure that tests still pass with it, create a Tests subclass that overrides the _make_interp method to use your subclass:

    sub _make_interp
    {
        my ($self, %interp_params) = @_;
        return HTML::Mason::Interp->new
            ( lexer_class => HTML::Mason::MyLexer,
              %interp_params );
    }


SEE ALSO

HTML::Mason

 HTML::Mason::Tests - Test harness for testing Mason