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NAME

TAP::Base - Base class that provides common functionality to TAP::Parser and TAP::Harness

VERSION

Version 3.48

SYNOPSIS

package TAP::Whatever;

use base 'TAP::Base';

# ... later ...

my $thing = TAP::Whatever->new();

$thing->callback( event => sub {
    # do something interesting
} );

DESCRIPTION

TAP::Base provides callback management.

METHODS

Class Methods

callback

Install a callback for a named event.

get_time

Return the current time using Time::HiRes if available.

time_is_hires

Return true if the time returned by get_time is high resolution (i.e. if Time::HiRes is available).

get_times

Return array reference of the four-element list of CPU seconds, as with "times" in perlfunc.