TestCase(3pm)

NAME
Lire::Test::TestCase - Common base for Lire test cases.

SYNOPSIS
 use base qw/Lire::Test::TestCase/;

 sub set_up {
     my $self = shift->SUPER::set_up();

     $self->{'cfg'}{'lr_schemas_path'} = [ $self->{'tmpdir'} ];
 }

DESCRIPTION
This package can be used to write test cases for Lire instead of inheriting directly from Test::Unit::TestCase.

The default set_up method will create a Lire::Test::HashConfig object and set it up in the configuration framework. This makes it easy to set configuration variables to arbitrary values in the set_up() method.

It also sets the LC_MESSAGES locale category to 'C'.

If you override set_up() and tear_down() be sure to call the SUPER:: implementation.

This subclass also defined a new kind of assertion which make sure that a snippet of code died with a proper error message.

  assert_died( $test, $regex, [ $msg ] )
Execute $test and fail unless it dies with a message matching $regex. $test should be a reference to CODE. $regex should be a Regexp ref.

  assert_dies( $regex, $test, [ $msg ] )
Like assert_died() but with a signature closer to the one defined in Test::Unit::Assert.

  assert_isa( $class, $instance, [ $msg ] )
Fails unless $instance is an instance of $class.

FIXTURE RELATED METHOD

  lire_default_config_spec()
Returns a Lire::Config::ConfigSpec object initialized from the default Lire configuration specification.

  set_up_tz( $tz )
When you tests uses timelocal() or localtime(), you should use that method to specify the TZ under which it should run.

The TZ will be reset to its previous value during tear_down().

  set_up_plugin_mgr()
This will make the global PluginManager an instance that will only live for the current test. The old PluginManager will be reinstated during tear_down(). This way, you do not need to track calls to register_plugin().

SEE ALSO
Test::Unit::TestCase(3pm)

VERSION
$Id: TestCase.pm,v 1.16 2004/06/03 23:12:21 flacoste Exp $

AUTHORS
Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This file is part of Lire.

Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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