1Test::Able::Planner(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationTest::Able::Planner(3)
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6 Test::Able::Planner - Planning role
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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
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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
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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
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27 At the moment Test::Builder does not support deferred planning. Until
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31 If Test::Builder's plan is set to a numeric value then Test::Able will
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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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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
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