NAME

SYNOPSIS

    package MySuite;

    use base qw(Test::Unit::TestSuite);

    sub name { 'My very own test suite' } 
    sub include_tests { qw(MySuite1 MySuite2 MyTestCase1 ...) }

This is the easiest way of building suites; there are many more. Read on ...

DESCRIPTION

Any module can be a test suite runnable by the framework if it provides a "suite()" method which returns a "Test::Unit::TestSuite" object, e.g.

    use Test::Unit::TestSuite;

    # more code here ...

    sub suite {
        my $class = shift;

        # Create an empty suite.
        my $suite = Test::Unit::TestSuite->empty_new("A Test Suite");
        # Add some tests to it via $suite->add_test() here

        return $suite;
    }

This is useful if you want your test suite to be contained in the module it tests, for example.

Alternatively, you can have "standalone" test suites, which inherit directly from "Test::Unit::TestSuite", e.g.:

    package MySuite;

    use base qw(Test::Unit::TestSuite);

    sub new {
        my $class = shift;
        my $self = $class->SUPER::empty_new();
        # Build your suite here
        return $self;
    }

    sub name { 'My very own test suite' }

or if your "new()" is going to do nothing more interesting than add tests from other suites and testcases via "add_test()", you can use the "include_tests()" method as shorthand:

    package MySuite;

    use base qw(Test::Unit::TestSuite);

    sub name { 'My very own test suite' } 
    sub include_tests { qw(MySuite1 MySuite2 MyTestCase1 ...) }

This is the easiest way of building suites.

CONSTRUCTORS

    my $suite = Test::Unit::TestSuite->empty_new('my suite name');

METHODS

    # Get and add an existing suite.
    $suite->add_test('MySuite1');

    # This is exactly equivalent:
    $suite->add_test(Test::Unit::TestSuite->new('MySuite1'));

    # So is this, provided MySuite1 inherits from Test::Unit::TestSuite.
    use MySuite1;
    $suite->add_test(MySuite1->new());

    # Extract yet another suite by way of suite() method and add it to
    # $suite.
    use MySuite2;
    $suite->add_test(MySuite2->suite());
    
    # Extract test case methods from MyModule::TestCase into a
    # new suite and add it to $suite.
    $suite->add_test(Test::Unit::TestSuite->new('MyModule::TestCase'));

AUTHOR

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SEE ALSO

• Test::Unit::TestRunner
• Test::Unit::TkTestRunner
• For further examples, take a look at the framework self test collection (t::tlib::AllTests).