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NAME

Test::Stream::Compare::Custom - Custom field check for comparisons.

DEPRECATED

This distribution is deprecated in favor of Test2, Test2::Suite, and Test2::Workflow.

See Test::Stream::Manual::ToTest2 for a conversion guide.

DESCRIPTION

Sometimes you want to do something complicated or unusual when validating a field nested inside a deep data structure. You could pull it out of the structure and test it separately, or you can use this to embed the check. This provides a way for you to write custom checks for fields in deep comparisons.

SYNOPSIS

my $cus = Test::Stream::Compare::Custom->new(
name => 'IsRef',
operator => 'ref(...)',
code => sub {
my ($got, $exists, $operator, $name) = @_;
return ref($got) ? 1 : 0;
},
);
# Pass
is(
{ a => 1, ref => {}, b => 2 },
{ a => 1, ref => $cus, b => 2 },
"This will pass"
);
# Fail
is(
{a => 1, ref => 'notref', b => 2},
{a => 1, ref => $cus, b => 2},
"This will fail"
);

ARGUMENTS

Your custom sub will get 4 arguments:

code => sub {
my ($got, $exists, $operator, $name) = @_;
return ref($got) ? 1 : 0;
},

$_ is also localized to $got to make it easier for those who need to use regexes.

$got
$_

This is the value to be checked.

$exists

This will be a boolean. This will be true if $got exists at all. If $exists is false then it means $got is not simply undef, but doesn't exist at all (think checking the value of a hash key that does not exist).

$operator

This is the operator specified at construction.

$name

This is the name provided at construction.

METHODS

$code = $cus->code

Get the coderef provided at construction.

$name = $cus->name

Get the name provided at construction.

$op = $cus->operator

Get the operator provided at construction

$bool = $cus->verify(got => $got, exists => $bool)

SOURCE

The source code repository for Test::Stream can be found at http://github.com/Test-More/Test-Stream/.

MAINTAINERS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015 Chad Granum <exodist7@gmail.com>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/