Test::Toolbox(3)

NAME
Test::Toolbox - tools for testing

SYNOPSIS
 # load module
 use Test::Toolbox;

 # plan tests
 rtplan 43;

 # or, plan tests, but die on the first failure
 rtplan 43, autodie=>1;

 # basic test
 rtok 'my test name', $success;

 # test for failure if you prefer
 rtok 'test name', $success, should=>0;

 # two values should equal each other
 rtcomp 'test name', $val, $other_val;

 # two values should not equal each other
 rtcomp 'test name', $val, $other_val, should=>0;

 # run some code which should succeed
 # note that the second param is undef
 rteval 'test name', undef, sub { mysub() };

 # run some code which should cause a specific error code
 rteval 'test name', 'file-open-failed', sub { mysub() };

 # check that $@ has a specific error code
 rtid 'test name', $@, 'missing-keys';

 # much more

OVERVIEW
Test::Toolbox provides (as you might guess) tools for automated testing. Test::Toolbox is much like some other testing modules, such as Test::More and Test::Simple. Test::Toolbox provides a different flavor of tests which may or may not actually be to your preference.

The tools in Test::Toolbox have a standard format. Commands start with (the command (of course), followed by the test name. Then there is usually the value being tested, or values being compared, then other options. So, for example, this command checks compares two values:

 rtcomp 'test name', $val, $other_val;

In some cases it's preferable to flip the logic of the test, so that, for example, two values should not be the same. In that case, you can add the "should" option:

 rtcomp 'test name', $val, $other_val, should=>0;

All test commands require a test name as the first param.

Meta commands

  go_script_dir()
go_script_dir() changes to the directory that the script is running in. This can be handy of your test script needs to read files that are part of your tests. go_script_dir() takes no params:

 go_script_dir();

  rtplan()
rtplan() indicates how many tests you plan on running. Like with other test modules, failing to run exactly that many tests is itself considered on error. So, this command plans on running exactly 43 tests.

 rtplan 43;

You might prefer that your script dies on the first failure. In that case add the "autodie" option:

 rtplan 43, autodie=>1;

  rtcounts()
rtcounts() returns a hashref of the test counts so far. The hashref has the following elements:

•   success: number of successful tests so far.

•   fail: number of failed tests so far.

•   sofar: total number of tests so far.

•   planned: total number of planned tests.

Test commands

  rtok()
rtok() is the basic command of Test::Toolbox. It requires two params, the name of the test, and a scalar indicating success (true) or failure (false). So, this simple command indicates a successful test:

 rtok 'my test', 1;

You might prefer to flip the logic, so that false indicates success. For that, use the "should" option:

 rtok 'my test', $val, should=>0;

All other test command call rtok().

  rtcomp()
rtcomp() compares the string value of two values. It sets success if they are the same, failure if thet are different. Its simplest use would be like this:

 rtcomp 'my test', $first, $second;

As with other commands, you can flip the logic of the command so that success is if they are not the same:

 rtcomp 'my test', $first, $second, should=>0;

rtcomp() interprets undef as matching undef, so the following test would would be successful.

 rtcomp 'my test', undef, undef;

rtcomp() takes several options.

•   collapse

    If this option is true, then the strings are collapsed before they are compared. So, for example, the following test would succeed:

     rtcomp 'my test', ' Fred ', 'Fred', collapse=>1;

•   nospace

    nospace removes all spaces before comparing strings. So this test would succeed:

     rtcomp 'my test', 'Fr   ed', 'Fred', nospace=>1;

•   case_insensitive

    The case_insensitive option indicates to compare the values case insensitively. So, the following test would be successful.

  rtelcount
Checks if an array has the correct number of elements. The first param is an integer 0 or greater. The second param is an array reference. So, the following test would pass:

 rtelcount 'my test', 3, \@arr;

  rtarr
rtarr compares two arrays. In its simplest use, the test passes if they are identical:

 @first = qw{Larry Curly Moe};
 @second = qw{Larry Curly Moe};
 rtarr 'my test', \@first, \@second;

Like with rtcomp, two undefs are considered the same, so the following test would pass.

 @first = ('Larry', 'Moe', 'Curly', undef);
 @second = ('Larry', 'Moe', 'Curly', undef);
 rtarr 'my test', \@first, \@second;

rtarr takes several options.

•   order_insensitive

    If the order_insensitive option is true, then the arrays are considered the same even if the elements are not in the same order. So the following test would pass:

     @first = ('Curly', 'Larry', 'Moe');
     @second = ('Larry', 'Moe', 'Curly');
     rtarr 'my test', \@first, \@second, order_insensitive=>1;

•   case_insensitive

    If the case_insensitive option is true, then the elements are compared case insensitively. So the following test would pass:

     @first = ('CURLY', 'LARRY', undef, 'MOE');
     @second = ('Curly', 'Larry', undef, 'Moe');
     rtarr 'my test', \@first, \@second, case_insensitive=>1;

  rthash
rthash checks is two hashes contain the same keys and values. The following test would pass. Keep in mind that hashes don't have the concept of order, so it doesn't matter that the hashes are created with differently ordered keys.

 %first = ( Curly=>'big hair', Moe=>'flat hair', Schemp=>undef);
 %second = ( Moe=>'flat hair', Schemp=>undef, Curly=>'big hair');
 rthash 'my test', \%first, \%second;

rthash doesn't currently have a case_insensitive option. That will probably be added in future releases.

  rtisa
rtisa tests if a given value is of the given class. For example, the following test would pass.

 $val = [];
 rtisa 'my test', $val, 'ARRAY';

The second value can be either the name of the class or an example of the class, so the following test would also pass.

 $val = [];
 rtisa 'my test', $val, [];

If the class is undef or an empty string, then rtisa returns true if the given object is not a reference.

 $val = 'whatever';
 rtisa 'my test', $val, '';

  rtbool
rtbool checks if two values have the same boolean value, that is, if they are both true or both false. Booleans are checked in the perlish sense, so the values don't have to be the same, they just have to have the same perlish boolean values. Here are some examples.

 rtbool 'my test', 'whatever', 'dude'; # passes
 rtbool 'my test', 'whatever', 1;      # passes
 rtbool 'my test', 'whatever', undef;  # fails
 rtbool 'my test', 0, undef;           # passes

  rtdef
rtdef tests if the given value is defined. The second param is the value being tested, the third param is if the value should be defined or not. So, the following tests would pass.

 rtdef 'my test', 'hello', 1;
 rtdef 'my test', undef, 0;

The third param must be defined.

  rtrx
rtrx tests if the given value matches the given regular expression. The following test would pass.

 rtrx 'my test', 'Fred', 'red';

If you want to get fancy with your regular expressions, use qr// to create the regexes as you pass them in. The following test is an example.

 rtrx 'my test', 'Fred', qr/RED$/i;

  rtfile
rtfile tests if the given file path exists. In its simplest use, rtfile takes just the name of the file and the path:

 rtfile 'my test', '/tmp/log.txt';

You can use the "should" option to test if the file doesn't exist:

 rtfile 'my test', '/tmp/log.txt', should=>0;

Message ID tests
The following tests checking for errors that begin with an error code, followed by a colon, followed by plain language. For example:

 croak 'error-opening-log-file: error opening log file';

Note that the error ID must be followed by a colon.

  rtid()
rtid() checks if the given string starts with the given id. For example, to test is $! starts with the id 'error-opening-log-file' you would use this command:

 rtid 'my test', $!, 'error-opening-log-file';

  rteval()
rteval() allows you to test some code then check for an error id, all in one easy command. rteval runs the given subroutine in an eval{} block, then tests Here's an (admittedly contrived) example:

 rteval
   'my test',
   sub { die 'error-opening-log-file: whatever' },
   'error-opening-log-file';

If your subroutine is really long, you might prefer to put the id as the first param, then the sub. rteval() provides some forgivness in that regard: if the second param is a sub, then the first param is assumed to be the id. So the following example works the same as the above example:

 rteval
   'my test',
   'error-opening-log-file',
   sub { die 'error-opening-log-file: whatever' };

If the sub is supposed to work, you can put undef for the expected code:

 rteval
   'my test',
   sub { my $val = 1 },
   undef;

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Copyright (c) 2016 by Miko O'Sullivan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This software comes with NO WARRANTY of any kind.

AUTHOR
Miko O'Sullivan miko@idocs.com

VERSION
Version: 0.04

HISTORY

•   Version 0.01 Aug 21, 2016

    Initial release.

•   Version 0.02 Aug 23, 2016

    Fixed dependency problem. Should not have been using String::Util.

•   Version 0.03 Aug 25, 2016

    Added private sub collapse() which should have been in there all along.

•   Version 0.04 Aug 26, 2016

    Added private subs define(), rtrim(), ltrim() which should have been there all along.

    Added rtdiag(). Not sure how to test rtdiag(), so for now no tests for that.

    May have fixed test for rtfile().