NAME

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();

DESCRIPTION

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

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