plan($tests)¶

How many tests you plan to run. An error will be thrown if you try to call this method twice.

result($flag,@args)¶

Low-level method to generate a test result.

ok($flag, $name)¶

Report on the success or failure of a test:

    $manager->ok(1, 'This is good');
    $manager->ok(0, 'This is bad');

is($this, $that, $name)¶

Test if the first two arguments are equal.

    $manager->is($this, $that, "This and that are equal");

isnt($this, $that, $name)¶

Test if the first two arguments are not equal.

    $manager->isnt($this, $that, "This and that are equal");

like($text, qr/regex/, $name)¶

Test if the first argument is matched by the regex passed as the second argument.

    $manager->like($this, qr/like that/i, "This and that are alike");

unlike($text, qr/regex/, $name)¶

Test if the first argument is not matched by the regex passed as the second argument.

    $manager->unlike($this, qr/like that/i, "This and that are unalike");

pass($name)¶

Pass a test.

    $manager->pass('Module Loaded');

fail($name)¶

Fail a test.

    $manager->fail('Stonehenge crushed by a dwarf');

skip($reason)¶

Skip a single test.

    $manager->skip("We don't have that piece of scenery any more");

skip_some($number,$reason)¶

Skip a number of tests.

    $manager->skip_some(11, "We don't have that piece of scenery any more");

skip_rest(,$reason)¶

Skip any remaining tests.

    $manager->skip_rest("We don't have that piece of scenery any more");

skip_all($reason)¶

Skip all tests. This should be called instead of plan()

    $manager->skip_all("We don't have that piece of scenery any more");

colour($flag)¶

Method to enable or disable colour mode.

color($flag)¶

An alias for colour().

finish()¶

This method is called automatically when the "Badger::Test::Manager" object is destroyed. It flushes any pending tests, performs any final sanity checks and prints a summary if requested.

flush()¶

This methods flushes any cached test results. You don't need to worry about it.

summary()¶

This method generates a final summary of the tests

test_msg()¶

Used to generate the test messages displayed via the Badger::Base messages() method. The message formats are defined in the $MESSAGES package variable.

test_name()¶

Use to generate a name for a test if one isn't explicitly provided.

different($expect,$result)¶

This method is call when a test find a result that doesn't match the expected value. If "Algorithm::Diff" is installed on your machine, it will generate a message showing how the output and expected values differ.

Otherwise it will generate a regular message reporting the mismatch.