Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results use Test::Harness::Straps; my $strap = Test::Harness::Straps->new; # Various ways to interpret a test my %results = $strap->analyze($name, \@test_output); my %results = $strap->analyze_fh($name, $test_filehandle); my %results = $strap->analyze_file($test_file); # UNIMPLEMENTED my %total = $strap->total_results; # Altering the behavior of the strap UNIMPLEMENTED my $verbose_output = $strap->dump_verbose(); $strap->dump_verbose_fh($output_filehandle); THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE in that the interface is subject to change in incompatible ways. It is otherwise stable. Test::Harness is limited to printing out its results. This makes analysis of the test results difficult for anything but a human. To make it easier for programs to work with test results, we provide Test::Harness::Straps. Instead of printing the results, straps provide them as raw data. You can also configure how the tests are to be run. The interface is currently incomplete. Please contact the author if you'd like a feature added or something change or just have comments.

Construction
my $strap = Test::Harness::Straps->new; Initialize a new strap.

Analysis
my %results = $strap->analyze($name, \@test_output); Analyzes the output of a single test, assigning it the given $name for use in the total report. Returns the %results of the test. See Results. @test_output should be the raw output from the test, including newlines. my %results = $strap->analyze_fh($name, $test_filehandle); Like "analyze", but it reads from the given filehandle. my %results = $strap->analyze_file($test_file); Like "analyze", but it runs the given $test_file and parses it's results. It will also use that name for the total report.

Results
The %results returned from analyze() contain the following information: passing true if the whole test is considered a pass (or skipped), false if its a failure exit the exit code of the test run, if from a file wait the wait code of the test run, if from a file max total tests which should have been run seen total tests actually seen skip_all if the whole test was skipped, this will contain the reason. ok number of tests which passed (including todo and skips) todo number of todo tests seen bonus number of todo tests which unexpectedly passed skip number of tests skipped So a successful test should have max == seen == ok. There is one final item, the details. details an array ref reporting the result of each test looks like this: $results{details}[$test_num - 1] = { ok => is the test considered ok? actual_ok => did it literally say 'ok'? name => name of the test (if any) type => 'skip' or 'todo' (if any) reason => reason for the above (if any) }; Element 0 of the details is test #1. I tried it with element 1 being #1 and 0 being empty, this is less awkward. See examples/mini_harness.plx for an example of use. Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> Test::Harness