NAME

Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp - Test::WWW::Mechanize for CGI::Application

SYNOPSIS

  # We're in a t/*.t test script...
  use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;

  my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;

  # test a class that uses CGI::Application calling semantics.
  # (in this case we'll new up an instance of the app and call
  # its ->run() method)
  #
  $mech->app("My::WebApp");
  $mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");

  # test a class that uses CGI::Application::Dispatch
  # to locate the run_mode
  # (in this case we'll just call the ->dispatch() class method).
  #
  my $dispatched_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
  $dispatched_mech->app("My::DispatchApp");
  $mech->get_ok("/WebApp/my_run_mode?arg1=1&arg2=42");

  # create an anonymous sub that this class will use to
  # handle the request.
  #
  # this could be useful if you need to do something novel
  # after creating an instance of your class (e.g. the
  # fiddle_with_stuff() below) or maybe you have a unique
  # way to get the app to run.
  #
  my $custom_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
  $custom_mech->app(
     sub {
       require "My::WebApp";
       my $app = My::WebApp->new();
       $app->fiddle_with_stuff();
       $app->run();
     });
  $mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");

  # at this point you can play with all kinds of cool
  # Test::WWW::Mechanize testing methods.
  is($mech->ct, "text/html");
  $mech->title_is("Root", "On the root page");
  $mech->content_contains("This is the root page", "Correct content");
  $mech->follow_link_ok({text => 'Hello'}, "Click on Hello");
  # ... and all other Test::WWW::Mechanize methods

DESCRIPTION

This package makes testing CGIApp based modules fast and easy. It takes advantage of Test::WWW::Mechanize to provide functions for common web testing scenarios. For example:

  $mech->get_ok( $page );
  $mech->title_is( "Invoice Status",
                   "Make sure we're on the invoice page" );
  $mech->content_contains( "Andy Lester", "My name somewhere" );
  $mech->content_like( qr/(cpan|perl)\.org/,
                      "Link to perl.org or CPAN" );

For applications that inherit from CGI::Application it will handle requests by creating a new instance of the class and calling its "run" method. For applications that use CGI::Application::Dispatch it will call the "dispatch" class method. If neither of these options are the right thing, you can set a reference to a sub that will be used to handle the request.

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Check out Test::WWW::Mechanize for more information about all of the cool things you can test!

CONSTRUCTOR

new

Behaves like, and calls, Test::WWW::Mechanize's "new" method. It optionally uses an "app" parameter (see below), any other parameters get passed to Test::WWW::Mechanize's constructor. Note that you can either pass the name of the CGI::Application into the constructor using the "app" parameter or set it later using the "app" method.

  use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
  my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;

  # or

  my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new(app => 'TestApp');

METHODS

$mech->app($app_handler)

This method provides a mechanism for informing Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp how it should go about executing your run_mode. If you set it to the name of a class, then it will load the class and either create an instance and ->run() it (if it's CGI::Application based), invoke the ->dispatch() method if it's CGI::Application::Dispatch based, or call the supplied anonymous subroutine and let it do all of the heavy lifting.

AUTHOR

George Hartzell, "<hartzell@alerce.com>"

based on Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst by Leon Brocard, "<acme@astray.com>".

COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.