Devel::Cover::Test(3)

NAME
Devel::Cover::Test - Internal module for testing

VERSION
version 1.36

METHODS

  new
  my $test = Devel::Cover::Test->new($test, criteria => $string)

Constructor.

"criteria" parameter (optional, defaults to "statement branch condition subroutine") is a space separated list of tokens. Supported tokens are "statement", "branch", "condition", "subroutine" and "pod".

More optional parameters are supported. Refer to "get_params" sub.

  shell_quote
  my $quoted_item = shell_quote($item)

Returns properly quoted item to cope with embedded spaces.

  perl
  my $perl = $self->perl

Returns absolute path to Perl interpreter with proper -I options (blib-wise).

  test_command
  my $command = $self->test_command

Returns test command, made of:

absolute path to Perl interpreter
Devel::Cover -M option (if applicable)
test file
test file parameters (if applicable)

  cover_command
  my $command = $self->cover_command

Returns test command, made of:

absolute path to Perl interpreter
absolute path to cover script
cover parameters

  test_file
  my $file = $self->test_file

Returns absolute path to test file.

  test_file_parameters
  my $parameters = $self->test_file_parameters

Accessor to test_file_parameters property.

  get_params
Populates the keys "criteria", "select", "test_parameters", "db_name", "cover_db", "cover_parameters" and "skip" using the "test_file" if available otherwise sets the default.

  cover_gold
  my ($base, $v) = $self->cover_gold;

Returns the absolute path of the base to the golden file and the suffix version number.

$base comes from the name of the test and $v will be $] from the earliest perl version for which the golden results should be the same as for the current $]

$v will be overridden if installed libraries' versions dictate; for instance, if Math::BigInt is at version > 1.999806, then the version of Perl will be overridden as though it is 5.26.

  run_command
  $self->run_command($command)

Runs command, most likely obtained from "test_command" sub.

BUGS
Huh?

LICENCE
Copyright 2001-2019, Paul Johnson (paul@pjcj.net)

This software is free. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.

The latest version of this software should be available from my homepage: http://www.pjcj.net