NAME

Test2::Compare::Base - Base class for comparison classes.

DESCRIPTION

All comparison classes for Test2::Compare should inherit from this base class.

SYNOPSIS

package Test2::Compare::MyCheck;
use strict;
use warnings;

use base 'Test2::Compare::Base';
use Test2::Util::HashBase qw/stuff/;

sub name { 'STUFF' }

sub operator {
    my $self = shift;
    my ($got) = @_;
    return 'eq';
}

sub verify {
    my $self = shift;
    my $params = @_;

    # Always check if $got exists! This method must return false if no
    # value at all was received.
    return 0 unless $params{exists};

    my $got = $params{got};

    # Returns true if both values match. This includes undef, 0, and other
    # false-y values!
    return $got eq $self->stuff;
}

METHODS

Some of these must be overridden, others can be.

$dclass = $check->delta_class

Returns the delta subclass that should be used. By default Test2::Compare::Delta is used.

@deltas = $check->deltas(id => $id, exists => $bool, got => $got, convert => \&convert, seen => \%seen)

Should return child deltas.

@lines = $check->got_lines($got)

This is your chance to provide line numbers for errors in the $got structure.

$op = $check->operator()

$op = $check->operator($got)

Returns the operator that was used to compare the check with the received data in $got. If there was no value for got then there will be no arguments, undef will only be an argument if undef was seen in $got. This is how you can tell the difference between a missing value and an undefined one.

$bool = $check->verify(id => $id, exists => $bool, got => $got, convert => \&convert, seen => \%seen)

Return true if there is a shallow match, that is both items are arrayrefs, both items are the same string or same number, etc. This should not recurse, as deep checks are done in $check->deltas().

$name = $check->name

Get the name of the check.

$display = $check->render

What should be displayed in a table for this check, usually the name or value.

$delta = $check->run(id => $id, exists => $bool, got => $got, convert => \&convert, seen => \%seen)

This is where the checking is done, first a shallow check using $check->verify, then checking $check->deltas(). \%seen is used to prevent cycles.

SOURCE

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/.

MAINTAINERS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

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

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