output_ref

A reference to a scalar that accumulates text of test report. If this test parameter is specified then value of test parameter "fh_out" is ignore.

This parameter can be used only when passing the test parameters as arguments from a calling Perl script.

fh_out

A filehandle (or anything else that supports "print") to use for test report output. This parameter is ignored if test parameter "output_ref" is specified also.

This parameter can be used only when passing the test parameters as arguments from a calling Perl script.

mail

Option to e-mail output to one or more addresses specified by "mail_addresses" test parameter.

mail_success_subject

Sets "Subject" header for test report e-mails when all tests are passed successfully. In this string some character sequences have special meaning (see "mail_failure_subject" parameter for their description).

Default Value

"Web tests succeeded"

mail_failure_subject

Sets "Subject" header for test report e-mails when some tests fail. In this string some character sequences have special meaning:

%f

the number of failed tests

%s

the number of successful tests

%t

the total number of tests

%%

replaced with single "%"

Default Value

"WEB TESTS FAILED! FOUND %f ERROR(S)"

mail_addresses

A list of e-mail addresses where report will be send (if sending report is enabled with "mail" test parameter).

• all

  Send e-mail containing test results.

• errors

  Send e-mail only if one or more tests fails.

• no

  Do not send e-mail.

Default value

"no"

mail_server

Fully-qualified name of of the mail server (e.g., mailhost.mycompany.com).

Default value

"localhost"

mail_from

Sets From: header for test report e-mails.

Default Value

Name of user under which test script runs.

test_output ()

Returns a reference to buffer that stores copy of test output.

print (@array)

Also stores this data into buffer accessible via method "test_output".

start_tests ()

If you redefine this method in a subclass, be sure to call the superclass method in the new method:

    sub start_tests {
        my $self = shift;

        $self->SUPER::start_tests;

        # your code here
        ....
    }

end_tests ()

If you redefine this method in subclass be sure to call the superclass method in the new method:

    sub end_tests {
        my $self = shift;

        # your code here
        ....

        $self->SUPER::end_tests;
    }