Test::Unit::ProceduralUser Contributed Perl DocumentaTest::Unit::Procedural(3)NAMETest::Unit::Procedural - Procedural style unit testing interface
SYNOPSIS
use Test::Unit::Procedural;
# your code to be tested goes here
sub foo { return 23 };
sub bar { return 42 };
# define tests
sub test_foo { assert(foo() == 23, "Your message here"); }
sub test_bar { assert(bar() == 42, "I will be printed if this fails"); }
# set_up and tear_down are used to
# prepare and release resources need for testing
sub set_up { print "hello world\n"; }
sub tear_down { print "leaving world again\n"; }
# run your test
create_suite();
run_suite();
DESCRIPTIONTest::Unit::Procedural is the procedural style interface to a
sophisticated unit testing framework for Perl that is derived from the
JUnit testing framework for Java by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma. While
this framework is originally intended to support unit testing in an
object-oriented development paradigm (with support for inheritance of
tests etc.), Test::Unit::Procedural is intended to provide a simpler
interface to the framework that is more suitable for use in a scripting
style environment. Therefore, Test::Unit::Procedural does not provide
much support for an object-oriented approach to unit testing - if you
want that, please have a look at Test::Unit::TestCase.
You test a given unit (a script, a module, whatever) by using
Test::Unit::Procedural, which exports the following routines into your
namespace:
assert()
used to assert that a boolean condition is true
create_suite()
used to create a test suite consisting of all methods with a name
prefix of "test"
run_suite()
runs the test suite (text output)
add_suite()
used to add test suites to each other
For convenience, "create_suite()" will automatically build a test suite
for a given package. This will build a test case for each subroutine in
the package given that has a name starting with "test" and pack them
all together into one TestSuite object for easy testing. If you dont
give a package name to "create_suite()", the current package is taken
as default.
Test output is one status line (a "." for every successful test run, or
an "F" for any failed test run, to indicate progress), one result line
("OK" or "!!!FAILURES!!!"), and possibly many lines reporting detailed
error messages for any failed tests.
Please remember, Test::Unit::Procedural is intended to be a simple and
convenient interface. If you need more functionality, take the object-
oriented approach outlined in Test::Unit::TestCase.
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 2000-2002, 2005 the PerlUnit Development Team (see
Test::Unit or the AUTHORS file included in this distribution).
All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
· Test::Unit::TestCase
· the procedural style examples in the examples directory
perl v5.14.1 2005-08-01 Test::Unit::Procedural(3)
