1Test::Able::Planner(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationTest::Able::Planner(3)
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NAME

6       Test::Able::Planner - Planning role
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DESCRIPTION

9       This role represents the core of the planning support in Test::Able.
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11       The vast majority of the time all that's necessary, in terms of
12       planning, is to set the plans at the method level.  For a more thorough
13       explanation of how planning in Test::Able works read on.
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15       In order to facilitate planning there's a hierarchy of plans.  That
16       hierarchy is as follows:  test-related methods, test objects, test
17       runner object, and Test::Builder.  The sum of all the constituent
18       method plans make up the object plan.  The sum of all the constituent
19       object plans make up the runner object plan.  And the runner object
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22       Its possible to set a method's plan at any time.  To make this possible
23       the object and runner object plans are cleared when a method plan is
24       set.  Then, the runner object's plan gets recalculated, at the latest,
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27       At the moment Test::Builder does not support deferred planning.  Until
28       such time as Test::Builder supports it Test::Able emulates it as best
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31       If Test::Builder's plan is set to a numeric value then Test::Able will
32       not touch it.  If Test::Builder's plan is no_plan then Test::Able will
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36       Note that as a convenience, if Test::Builder's plan is not declared by
37       the time Test::Able's run_tests() is called the plan will be set to
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ATTRIBUTES

41       builder
42           The Test::Builder instance.
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45           Test plan similar to Test::Builder's.
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48           The plan that the test runner object manages.  This is the top
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52           Used by the test runner object in calculating Test::Builder's plan.
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AUTHOR

55       Justin DeVuyst, "justin@devuyst.com"
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58       Copyright 2009 by Justin DeVuyst.
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60       This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
61       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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65perl v5.28.1                      2010-11-21            Test::Able::Planner(3)
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