1MooX::Cmd::Tester(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation MooX::Cmd::Tester(3)
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NAME

6       MooX::Cmd::Tester - MooX cli app commands tester
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SYNOPSIS

9         use MooX::Cmd::Tester;
10         use Test::More;
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12         use MyFoo;
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14         # basic tests as instance check, initialization check etc. is done there
15         my $rv = test_cmd( MyFoo => [ command(s) option(s) ] );
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17         like( $rv->stdout, qr/operation successful/, "Command performed" );
18         like( $rv->stderr, qr/patient dead/, "Deal with expected command error" );
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20         is_deeply( $rv->execute_rv, \@expected_return_values, "got what I deserve?" );
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22         cmp_ok( $rv->exit_code, "==", 0, "Command successful" );
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DESCRIPTION

25       The test coverage of most CLI apps is somewhere between poor and
26       wretched.  With the same approach as App::Cmd::Tester comes
27       MooX::Cmd::Tester to ease writing tests for CLI apps.
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FUNCTIONS

30   test_cmd
31         my $rv = test_cmd( MyApp => \@argv );
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33       test_cmd invokes the app with given argv as if would be invoked from
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36       Some minor tests are done to prove whether class matches, execute
37       succeeds, command_name and command_chain are not totally scrambled.
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39       It returns an object with following attributes/accessors:
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43       Name of package of App
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47       Name of executed (1st level) command
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51       Content of stdout
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53       stderr
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55       Content of stderr
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59       Content of merged stdout and stderr
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63       the exception thrown by running the application (if any)
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69       exit_code
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71       0 on success, $! when error occurred and $! available, -1 otherwise
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73   test_cmd_ok
74         my $rv = test_cmd_ok( MyApp => \@argv );
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76       Runs "test_cmd" and expects it being successful - command_name must be
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79       Returns the same object "test_cmd" returns.
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81       If an error occurred, no additional test is done (behavior as
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84   result_class
85       Builder for result class to use. Returns "MooX::Cmd::Tester::Result" by
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

89       MooX::Cmd::Tester is inspired by App::Cmd::Tester from Ricardo Signes.
90       In fact, I reused the entire design and adopt it to the requirements of
91       MooX::Cmd.
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94       Copyright 2013-2017 Jens Rehsack.
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96       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
97       under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
98       by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
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100       See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> for more information.
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