1package TAP::Harness; 2 3use strict; 4use warnings; 5use Carp; 6 7use File::Spec; 8use File::Path; 9use IO::Handle; 10 11use base 'TAP::Base'; 12 13=head1 NAME 14 15TAP::Harness - Run test scripts with statistics 16 17=head1 VERSION 18 19Version 3.30 20 21=cut 22 23our $VERSION = '3.30'; 24 25$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} = 1; 26$ENV{HARNESS_VERSION} = $VERSION; 27 28END { 29 30 # For VMS. 31 delete $ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE}; 32 delete $ENV{HARNESS_VERSION}; 33} 34 35=head1 DESCRIPTION 36 37This is a simple test harness which allows tests to be run and results 38automatically aggregated and output to STDOUT. 39 40=head1 SYNOPSIS 41 42 use TAP::Harness; 43 my $harness = TAP::Harness->new( \%args ); 44 $harness->runtests(@tests); 45 46=cut 47 48my %VALIDATION_FOR; 49my @FORMATTER_ARGS; 50 51sub _error { 52 my $self = shift; 53 return $self->{error} unless @_; 54 $self->{error} = shift; 55} 56 57BEGIN { 58 59 @FORMATTER_ARGS = qw( 60 directives verbosity timer failures comments errors stdout color 61 show_count normalize 62 ); 63 64 %VALIDATION_FOR = ( 65 lib => sub { 66 my ( $self, $libs ) = @_; 67 $libs = [$libs] unless 'ARRAY' eq ref $libs; 68 69 return [ map {"-I$_"} @$libs ]; 70 }, 71 switches => sub { shift; shift }, 72 exec => sub { shift; shift }, 73 merge => sub { shift; shift }, 74 aggregator_class => sub { shift; shift }, 75 formatter_class => sub { shift; shift }, 76 multiplexer_class => sub { shift; shift }, 77 parser_class => sub { shift; shift }, 78 scheduler_class => sub { shift; shift }, 79 formatter => sub { shift; shift }, 80 jobs => sub { shift; shift }, 81 test_args => sub { shift; shift }, 82 ignore_exit => sub { shift; shift }, 83 rules => sub { shift; shift }, 84 sources => sub { shift; shift }, 85 version => sub { shift; shift }, 86 trap => sub { shift; shift }, 87 ); 88 89 for my $method ( sort keys %VALIDATION_FOR ) { 90 no strict 'refs'; 91 if ( $method eq 'lib' || $method eq 'switches' ) { 92 *{$method} = sub { 93 my $self = shift; 94 unless (@_) { 95 $self->{$method} ||= []; 96 return wantarray 97 ? @{ $self->{$method} } 98 : $self->{$method}; 99 } 100 $self->_croak("Too many arguments to method '$method'") 101 if @_ > 1; 102 my $args = shift; 103 $args = [$args] unless ref $args; 104 $self->{$method} = $args; 105 return $self; 106 }; 107 } 108 else { 109 *{$method} = sub { 110 my $self = shift; 111 return $self->{$method} unless @_; 112 $self->{$method} = shift; 113 }; 114 } 115 } 116 117 for my $method (@FORMATTER_ARGS) { 118 no strict 'refs'; 119 *{$method} = sub { 120 my $self = shift; 121 return $self->formatter->$method(@_); 122 }; 123 } 124} 125 126############################################################################## 127 128=head1 METHODS 129 130=head2 Class Methods 131 132=head3 C<new> 133 134 my %args = ( 135 verbosity => 1, 136 lib => [ 'lib', 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch' ], 137 ) 138 my $harness = TAP::Harness->new( \%args ); 139 140The constructor returns a new C<TAP::Harness> object. It accepts an 141optional hashref whose allowed keys are: 142 143=over 4 144 145=item * C<verbosity> 146 147Set the verbosity level: 148 149 1 verbose Print individual test results to STDOUT. 150 0 normal 151 -1 quiet Suppress some test output (mostly failures 152 while tests are running). 153 -2 really quiet Suppress everything but the tests summary. 154 -3 silent Suppress everything. 155 156=item * C<timer> 157 158Append run time for each test to output. Uses L<Time::HiRes> if 159available. 160 161=item * C<failures> 162 163Show test failures (this is a no-op if C<verbose> is selected). 164 165=item * C<comments> 166 167Show test comments (this is a no-op if C<verbose> is selected). 168 169=item * C<show_count> 170 171Update the running test count during testing. 172 173=item * C<normalize> 174 175Set to a true value to normalize the TAP that is emitted in verbose modes. 176 177=item * C<lib> 178 179Accepts a scalar value or array ref of scalar values indicating which 180paths to allowed libraries should be included if Perl tests are 181executed. Naturally, this only makes sense in the context of tests 182written in Perl. 183 184=item * C<switches> 185 186Accepts a scalar value or array ref of scalar values indicating which 187switches should be included if Perl tests are executed. Naturally, this 188only makes sense in the context of tests written in Perl. 189 190=item * C<test_args> 191 192A reference to an C<@INC> style array of arguments to be passed to each 193test program. 194 195 test_args => ['foo', 'bar'], 196 197if you want to pass different arguments to each test then you should 198pass a hash of arrays, keyed by the alias for each test: 199 200 test_args => { 201 my_test => ['foo', 'bar'], 202 other_test => ['baz'], 203 } 204 205=item * C<color> 206 207Attempt to produce color output. 208 209=item * C<exec> 210 211Typically, Perl tests are run through this. However, anything which 212spits out TAP is fine. You can use this argument to specify the name of 213the program (and optional switches) to run your tests with: 214 215 exec => ['/usr/bin/ruby', '-w'] 216 217You can also pass a subroutine reference in order to determine and 218return the proper program to run based on a given test script. The 219subroutine reference should expect the TAP::Harness object itself as the 220first argument, and the file name as the second argument. It should 221return an array reference containing the command to be run and including 222the test file name. It can also simply return C<undef>, in which case 223TAP::Harness will fall back on executing the test script in Perl: 224 225 exec => sub { 226 my ( $harness, $test_file ) = @_; 227 228 # Let Perl tests run. 229 return undef if $test_file =~ /[.]t$/; 230 return [ qw( /usr/bin/ruby -w ), $test_file ] 231 if $test_file =~ /[.]rb$/; 232 } 233 234If the subroutine returns a scalar with a newline or a filehandle, it 235will be interpreted as raw TAP or as a TAP stream, respectively. 236 237=item * C<merge> 238 239If C<merge> is true the harness will create parsers that merge STDOUT 240and STDERR together for any processes they start. 241 242=item * C<sources> 243 244I<NEW to 3.18>. 245 246If set, C<sources> must be a hashref containing the names of the 247L<TAP::Parser::SourceHandler>s to load and/or configure. The values are a 248hash of configuration that will be accessible to the source handlers via 249L<TAP::Parser::Source/config_for>. 250 251For example: 252 253 sources => { 254 Perl => { exec => '/path/to/custom/perl' }, 255 File => { extensions => [ '.tap', '.txt' ] }, 256 MyCustom => { some => 'config' }, 257 } 258 259The C<sources> parameter affects how C<source>, C<tap> and C<exec> parameters 260are handled. 261 262For more details, see the C<sources> parameter in L<TAP::Parser/new>, 263L<TAP::Parser::Source>, and L<TAP::Parser::IteratorFactory>. 264 265=item * C<aggregator_class> 266 267The name of the class to use to aggregate test results. The default is 268L<TAP::Parser::Aggregator>. 269 270=item * C<version> 271 272I<NEW to 3.22>. 273 274Assume this TAP version for L<TAP::Parser> instead of default TAP 275version 12. 276 277=item * C<formatter_class> 278 279The name of the class to use to format output. The default is 280L<TAP::Formatter::Console>, or L<TAP::Formatter::File> if the output 281isn't a TTY. 282 283=item * C<multiplexer_class> 284 285The name of the class to use to multiplex tests during parallel testing. 286The default is L<TAP::Parser::Multiplexer>. 287 288=item * C<parser_class> 289 290The name of the class to use to parse TAP. The default is 291L<TAP::Parser>. 292 293=item * C<scheduler_class> 294 295The name of the class to use to schedule test execution. The default is 296L<TAP::Parser::Scheduler>. 297 298=item * C<formatter> 299 300If set C<formatter> must be an object that is capable of formatting the 301TAP output. See L<TAP::Formatter::Console> for an example. 302 303=item * C<errors> 304 305If parse errors are found in the TAP output, a note of this will be 306made in the summary report. To see all of the parse errors, set this 307argument to true: 308 309 errors => 1 310 311=item * C<directives> 312 313If set to a true value, only test results with directives will be 314displayed. This overrides other settings such as C<verbose> or 315C<failures>. 316 317=item * C<ignore_exit> 318 319If set to a true value instruct C<TAP::Parser> to ignore exit and wait 320status from test scripts. 321 322=item * C<jobs> 323 324The maximum number of parallel tests to run at any time. Which tests 325can be run in parallel is controlled by C<rules>. The default is to 326run only one test at a time. 327 328=item * C<rules> 329 330A reference to a hash of rules that control which tests may be executed in 331parallel. If no rules are declared, all tests are eligible for being run in 332parallel. Here some simple examples. For the full details of the data structure 333and the related glob-style pattern matching, see 334L<TAP::Parser::Scheduler/"Rules data structure">. 335 336 # Run all tests in sequence, except those starting with "p" 337 $harness->rules({ 338 par => 't/p*.t' 339 }); 340 341 # Run all tests in parallel, except those starting with "p" 342 $harness->rules({ 343 seq => [ 344 { seq => 't/p*.t' }, 345 { par => '**' }, 346 ], 347 }); 348 349 # Run some startup tests in sequence, then some parallel tests than some 350 # teardown tests in sequence. 351 $harness->rules({ 352 seq => [ 353 { seq => 't/startup/*.t' }, 354 { par => ['t/a/*.t','t/b/*.t','t/c/*.t'], } 355 { seq => 't/shutdown/*.t' }, 356 ], 357 358 }); 359 360This is an experimental feature and the interface may change. 361 362=item * C<stdout> 363 364A filehandle for catching standard output. 365 366=item * C<trap> 367 368Attempt to print summary information if run is interrupted by 369SIGINT (Ctrl-C). 370 371=back 372 373Any keys for which the value is C<undef> will be ignored. 374 375=cut 376 377# new supplied by TAP::Base 378 379{ 380 my @legal_callback = qw( 381 parser_args 382 made_parser 383 before_runtests 384 after_runtests 385 after_test 386 ); 387 388 my %default_class = ( 389 aggregator_class => 'TAP::Parser::Aggregator', 390 formatter_class => 'TAP::Formatter::Console', 391 multiplexer_class => 'TAP::Parser::Multiplexer', 392 parser_class => 'TAP::Parser', 393 scheduler_class => 'TAP::Parser::Scheduler', 394 ); 395 396 sub _initialize { 397 my ( $self, $arg_for ) = @_; 398 $arg_for ||= {}; 399 400 $self->SUPER::_initialize( $arg_for, \@legal_callback ); 401 my %arg_for = %$arg_for; # force a shallow copy 402 403 for my $name ( sort keys %VALIDATION_FOR ) { 404 my $property = delete $arg_for{$name}; 405 if ( defined $property ) { 406 my $validate = $VALIDATION_FOR{$name}; 407 408 my $value = $self->$validate($property); 409 if ( $self->_error ) { 410 $self->_croak; 411 } 412 $self->$name($value); 413 } 414 } 415 416 $self->jobs(1) unless defined $self->jobs; 417 418 local $default_class{formatter_class} = 'TAP::Formatter::File' 419 unless -t ( $arg_for{stdout} || \*STDOUT ) && !$ENV{HARNESS_NOTTY}; 420 421 while ( my ( $attr, $class ) = each %default_class ) { 422 $self->$attr( $self->$attr() || $class ); 423 } 424 425 unless ( $self->formatter ) { 426 427 # This is a little bodge to preserve legacy behaviour. It's 428 # pretty horrible that we know which args are destined for 429 # the formatter. 430 my %formatter_args = ( jobs => $self->jobs ); 431 for my $name (@FORMATTER_ARGS) { 432 if ( defined( my $property = delete $arg_for{$name} ) ) { 433 $formatter_args{$name} = $property; 434 } 435 } 436 437 $self->formatter( 438 $self->_construct( $self->formatter_class, \%formatter_args ) 439 ); 440 } 441 442 if ( my @props = sort keys %arg_for ) { 443 $self->_croak("Unknown arguments to TAP::Harness::new (@props)"); 444 } 445 446 return $self; 447 } 448} 449 450############################################################################## 451 452=head2 Instance Methods 453 454=head3 C<runtests> 455 456 $harness->runtests(@tests); 457 458Accepts an array of C<@tests> to be run. This should generally be the 459names of test files, but this is not required. Each element in C<@tests> 460will be passed to C<TAP::Parser::new()> as a C<source>. See 461L<TAP::Parser> for more information. 462 463It is possible to provide aliases that will be displayed in place of the 464test name by supplying the test as a reference to an array containing 465C<< [ $test, $alias ] >>: 466 467 $harness->runtests( [ 't/foo.t', 'Foo Once' ], 468 [ 't/foo.t', 'Foo Twice' ] ); 469 470Normally it is an error to attempt to run the same test twice. Aliases 471allow you to overcome this limitation by giving each run of the test a 472unique name. 473 474Tests will be run in the order found. 475 476If the environment variable C<PERL_TEST_HARNESS_DUMP_TAP> is defined it 477should name a directory into which a copy of the raw TAP for each test 478will be written. TAP is written to files named for each test. 479Subdirectories will be created as needed. 480 481Returns a L<TAP::Parser::Aggregator> containing the test results. 482 483=cut 484 485sub runtests { 486 my ( $self, @tests ) = @_; 487 488 my $aggregate = $self->_construct( $self->aggregator_class ); 489 490 $self->_make_callback( 'before_runtests', $aggregate ); 491 $aggregate->start; 492 my $finish = sub { 493 my $interrupted = shift; 494 $aggregate->stop; 495 $self->summary( $aggregate, $interrupted ); 496 $self->_make_callback( 'after_runtests', $aggregate ); 497 }; 498 my $run = sub { 499 $self->aggregate_tests( $aggregate, @tests ); 500 $finish->(); 501 }; 502 503 if ( $self->trap ) { 504 local $SIG{INT} = sub { 505 print "\n"; 506 $finish->(1); 507 exit; 508 }; 509 $run->(); 510 } 511 else { 512 $run->(); 513 } 514 515 return $aggregate; 516} 517 518=head3 C<summary> 519 520 $harness->summary( $aggregator ); 521 522Output the summary for a L<TAP::Parser::Aggregator>. 523 524=cut 525 526sub summary { 527 my ( $self, @args ) = @_; 528 $self->formatter->summary(@args); 529} 530 531sub _after_test { 532 my ( $self, $aggregate, $job, $parser ) = @_; 533 534 $self->_make_callback( 'after_test', $job->as_array_ref, $parser ); 535 $aggregate->add( $job->description, $parser ); 536} 537 538sub _bailout { 539 my ( $self, $result ) = @_; 540 my $explanation = $result->explanation; 541 die "FAILED--Further testing stopped" 542 . ( $explanation ? ": $explanation\n" : ".\n" ); 543} 544 545sub _aggregate_parallel { 546 my ( $self, $aggregate, $scheduler ) = @_; 547 548 my $jobs = $self->jobs; 549 my $mux = $self->_construct( $self->multiplexer_class ); 550 551 RESULT: { 552 553 # Keep multiplexer topped up 554 FILL: 555 while ( $mux->parsers < $jobs ) { 556 my $job = $scheduler->get_job; 557 558 # If we hit a spinner stop filling and start running. 559 last FILL if !defined $job || $job->is_spinner; 560 561 my ( $parser, $session ) = $self->make_parser($job); 562 $mux->add( $parser, [ $session, $job ] ); 563 } 564 565 if ( my ( $parser, $stash, $result ) = $mux->next ) { 566 my ( $session, $job ) = @$stash; 567 if ( defined $result ) { 568 $session->result($result); 569 $self->_bailout($result) if $result->is_bailout; 570 } 571 else { 572 573 # End of parser. Automatically removed from the mux. 574 $self->finish_parser( $parser, $session ); 575 $self->_after_test( $aggregate, $job, $parser ); 576 $job->finish; 577 } 578 redo RESULT; 579 } 580 } 581 582 return; 583} 584 585sub _aggregate_single { 586 my ( $self, $aggregate, $scheduler ) = @_; 587 588 JOB: 589 while ( my $job = $scheduler->get_job ) { 590 next JOB if $job->is_spinner; 591 592 my ( $parser, $session ) = $self->make_parser($job); 593 594 while ( defined( my $result = $parser->next ) ) { 595 $session->result($result); 596 if ( $result->is_bailout ) { 597 598 # Keep reading until input is exhausted in the hope 599 # of allowing any pending diagnostics to show up. 600 1 while $parser->next; 601 $self->_bailout($result); 602 } 603 } 604 605 $self->finish_parser( $parser, $session ); 606 $self->_after_test( $aggregate, $job, $parser ); 607 $job->finish; 608 } 609 610 return; 611} 612 613=head3 C<aggregate_tests> 614 615 $harness->aggregate_tests( $aggregate, @tests ); 616 617Run the named tests and display a summary of result. Tests will be run 618in the order found. 619 620Test results will be added to the supplied L<TAP::Parser::Aggregator>. 621C<aggregate_tests> may be called multiple times to run several sets of 622tests. Multiple C<Test::Harness> instances may be used to pass results 623to a single aggregator so that different parts of a complex test suite 624may be run using different C<TAP::Harness> settings. This is useful, for 625example, in the case where some tests should run in parallel but others 626are unsuitable for parallel execution. 627 628 my $formatter = TAP::Formatter::Console->new; 629 my $ser_harness = TAP::Harness->new( { formatter => $formatter } ); 630 my $par_harness = TAP::Harness->new( 631 { formatter => $formatter, 632 jobs => 9 633 } 634 ); 635 my $aggregator = TAP::Parser::Aggregator->new; 636 637 $aggregator->start(); 638 $ser_harness->aggregate_tests( $aggregator, @ser_tests ); 639 $par_harness->aggregate_tests( $aggregator, @par_tests ); 640 $aggregator->stop(); 641 $formatter->summary($aggregator); 642 643Note that for simpler testing requirements it will often be possible to 644replace the above code with a single call to C<runtests>. 645 646Each element of the C<@tests> array is either: 647 648=over 649 650=item * the source name of a test to run 651 652=item * a reference to a [ source name, display name ] array 653 654=back 655 656In the case of a perl test suite, typically I<source names> are simply the file 657names of the test scripts to run. 658 659When you supply a separate display name it becomes possible to run a 660test more than once; the display name is effectively the alias by which 661the test is known inside the harness. The harness doesn't care if it 662runs the same test more than once when each invocation uses a 663different name. 664 665=cut 666 667sub aggregate_tests { 668 my ( $self, $aggregate, @tests ) = @_; 669 670 my $jobs = $self->jobs; 671 my $scheduler = $self->make_scheduler(@tests); 672 673 # #12458 674 local $ENV{HARNESS_IS_VERBOSE} = 1 675 if $self->formatter->verbosity > 0; 676 677 # Formatter gets only names. 678 $self->formatter->prepare( map { $_->description } $scheduler->get_all ); 679 680 if ( $self->jobs > 1 ) { 681 $self->_aggregate_parallel( $aggregate, $scheduler ); 682 } 683 else { 684 $self->_aggregate_single( $aggregate, $scheduler ); 685 } 686 687 return; 688} 689 690sub _add_descriptions { 691 my $self = shift; 692 693 # Turn unwrapped scalars into anonymous arrays and copy the name as 694 # the description for tests that have only a name. 695 return map { @$_ == 1 ? [ $_->[0], $_->[0] ] : $_ } 696 map { 'ARRAY' eq ref $_ ? $_ : [$_] } @_; 697} 698 699=head3 C<make_scheduler> 700 701Called by the harness when it needs to create a 702L<TAP::Parser::Scheduler>. Override in a subclass to provide an 703alternative scheduler. C<make_scheduler> is passed the list of tests 704that was passed to C<aggregate_tests>. 705 706=cut 707 708sub make_scheduler { 709 my ( $self, @tests ) = @_; 710 return $self->_construct( 711 $self->scheduler_class, 712 tests => [ $self->_add_descriptions(@tests) ], 713 rules => $self->rules 714 ); 715} 716 717=head3 C<jobs> 718 719Gets or sets the number of concurrent test runs the harness is 720handling. By default, this value is 1 -- for parallel testing, this 721should be set higher. 722 723=cut 724 725############################################################################## 726 727sub _get_parser_args { 728 my ( $self, $job ) = @_; 729 my $test_prog = $job->filename; 730 my %args = (); 731 732 $args{sources} = $self->sources if $self->sources; 733 734 my @switches; 735 @switches = $self->lib if $self->lib; 736 push @switches => $self->switches if $self->switches; 737 $args{switches} = \@switches; 738 $args{spool} = $self->_open_spool($test_prog); 739 $args{merge} = $self->merge; 740 $args{ignore_exit} = $self->ignore_exit; 741 $args{version} = $self->version if $self->version; 742 743 if ( my $exec = $self->exec ) { 744 $args{exec} 745 = ref $exec eq 'CODE' 746 ? $exec->( $self, $test_prog ) 747 : [ @$exec, $test_prog ]; 748 if ( not defined $args{exec} ) { 749 $args{source} = $test_prog; 750 } 751 elsif ( ( ref( $args{exec} ) || "" ) ne "ARRAY" ) { 752 $args{source} = delete $args{exec}; 753 } 754 } 755 else { 756 $args{source} = $test_prog; 757 } 758 759 if ( defined( my $test_args = $self->test_args ) ) { 760 761 if ( ref($test_args) eq 'HASH' ) { 762 763 # different args for each test 764 if ( exists( $test_args->{ $job->description } ) ) { 765 $test_args = $test_args->{ $job->description }; 766 } 767 else { 768 $self->_croak( "TAP::Harness Can't find test_args for " 769 . $job->description ); 770 } 771 } 772 773 $args{test_args} = $test_args; 774 } 775 776 return \%args; 777} 778 779=head3 C<make_parser> 780 781Make a new parser and display formatter session. Typically used and/or 782overridden in subclasses. 783 784 my ( $parser, $session ) = $harness->make_parser; 785 786=cut 787 788sub make_parser { 789 my ( $self, $job ) = @_; 790 791 my $args = $self->_get_parser_args($job); 792 $self->_make_callback( 'parser_args', $args, $job->as_array_ref ); 793 my $parser = $self->_construct( $self->parser_class, $args ); 794 795 $self->_make_callback( 'made_parser', $parser, $job->as_array_ref ); 796 my $session = $self->formatter->open_test( $job->description, $parser ); 797 798 return ( $parser, $session ); 799} 800 801=head3 C<finish_parser> 802 803Terminate use of a parser. Typically used and/or overridden in 804subclasses. The parser isn't destroyed as a result of this. 805 806=cut 807 808sub finish_parser { 809 my ( $self, $parser, $session ) = @_; 810 811 $session->close_test; 812 $self->_close_spool($parser); 813 814 return $parser; 815} 816 817sub _open_spool { 818 my $self = shift; 819 my $test = shift; 820 821 if ( my $spool_dir = $ENV{PERL_TEST_HARNESS_DUMP_TAP} ) { 822 823 my $spool = File::Spec->catfile( $spool_dir, $test ); 824 825 # Make the directory 826 my ( $vol, $dir, undef ) = File::Spec->splitpath($spool); 827 my $path = File::Spec->catpath( $vol, $dir, '' ); 828 eval { mkpath($path) }; 829 $self->_croak($@) if $@; 830 831 my $spool_handle = IO::Handle->new; 832 open( $spool_handle, ">$spool" ) 833 or $self->_croak(" Can't write $spool ( $! ) "); 834 835 return $spool_handle; 836 } 837 838 return; 839} 840 841sub _close_spool { 842 my $self = shift; 843 my ($parser) = @_; 844 845 if ( my $spool_handle = $parser->delete_spool ) { 846 close($spool_handle) 847 or $self->_croak(" Error closing TAP spool file( $! ) \n "); 848 } 849 850 return; 851} 852 853sub _croak { 854 my ( $self, $message ) = @_; 855 unless ($message) { 856 $message = $self->_error; 857 } 858 $self->SUPER::_croak($message); 859 860 return; 861} 862 8631; 864 865__END__ 866 867############################################################################## 868 869=head1 CONFIGURING 870 871C<TAP::Harness> is designed to be easy to configure. 872 873=head2 Plugins 874 875C<TAP::Parser> plugins let you change the way TAP is I<input> to and I<output> 876from the parser. 877 878L<TAP::Parser::SourceHandler>s handle TAP I<input>. You can configure them 879and load custom handlers using the C<sources> parameter to L</new>. 880 881L<TAP::Formatter>s handle TAP I<output>. You can load custom formatters by 882using the C<formatter_class> parameter to L</new>. To configure a formatter, 883you currently need to instantiate it outside of L<TAP::Harness> and pass it in 884with the C<formatter> parameter to L</new>. This I<may> be addressed by adding 885a I<formatters> parameter to L</new> in the future. 886 887=head2 C<Module::Build> 888 889L<Module::Build> version C<0.30> supports C<TAP::Harness>. 890 891To load C<TAP::Harness> plugins, you'll need to use the C<tap_harness_args> 892parameter to C<new>, typically from your C<Build.PL>. For example: 893 894 Module::Build->new( 895 module_name => 'MyApp', 896 test_file_exts => [qw(.t .tap .txt)], 897 use_tap_harness => 1, 898 tap_harness_args => { 899 sources => { 900 MyCustom => {}, 901 File => { 902 extensions => ['.tap', '.txt'], 903 }, 904 }, 905 formatter_class => 'TAP::Formatter::HTML', 906 }, 907 build_requires => { 908 'Module::Build' => '0.30', 909 'TAP::Harness' => '3.18', 910 }, 911 )->create_build_script; 912 913See L</new> 914 915=head2 C<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> 916 917L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> does not support L<TAP::Harness> out-of-the-box. 918 919=head2 C<prove> 920 921L<prove> supports C<TAP::Harness> plugins, and has a plugin system of its 922own. See L<prove/FORMATTERS>, L<prove/SOURCE HANDLERS> and L<App::Prove> 923for more details. 924 925=head1 WRITING PLUGINS 926 927If you can't configure C<TAP::Harness> to do what you want, and you can't find 928an existing plugin, consider writing one. 929 930The two primary use cases supported by L<TAP::Harness> for plugins are I<input> 931and I<output>: 932 933=over 2 934 935=item Customize how TAP gets into the parser 936 937To do this, you can either extend an existing L<TAP::Parser::SourceHandler>, 938or write your own. It's a pretty simple API, and they can be loaded and 939configured using the C<sources> parameter to L</new>. 940 941=item Customize how TAP results are output from the parser 942 943To do this, you can either extend an existing L<TAP::Formatter>, or write your 944own. Writing formatters are a bit more involved than writing a 945I<SourceHandler>, as you'll need to understand the L<TAP::Parser> API. A 946good place to start is by understanding how L</aggregate_tests> works. 947 948Custom formatters can be loaded configured using the C<formatter_class> 949parameter to L</new>. 950 951=back 952 953=head1 SUBCLASSING 954 955If you can't configure C<TAP::Harness> to do exactly what you want, and writing 956a plugin isn't an option, consider extending it. It is designed to be (mostly) 957easy to subclass, though the cases when sub-classing is necessary should be few 958and far between. 959 960=head2 Methods 961 962The following methods are ones you may wish to override if you want to 963subclass C<TAP::Harness>. 964 965=over 4 966 967=item L</new> 968 969=item L</runtests> 970 971=item L</summary> 972 973=back 974 975=cut 976 977=head1 REPLACING 978 979If you like the C<prove> utility and L<TAP::Parser> but you want your 980own harness, all you need to do is write one and provide C<new> and 981C<runtests> methods. Then you can use the C<prove> utility like so: 982 983 prove --harness My::Test::Harness 984 985Note that while C<prove> accepts a list of tests (or things to be 986tested), C<new> has a fairly rich set of arguments. You'll probably want 987to read over this code carefully to see how all of them are being used. 988 989=head1 SEE ALSO 990 991L<Test::Harness> 992 993=cut 994 995# vim:ts=4:sw=4:et:sta 996