NAME

STD::Testit - functions that support scripts generated by STD::TestGen

SYNOPSIS

use STD::TestUtil

$data          = STD::TestUtil->fin( $file_name )
$success       = STD::TestUtil->fout($file_name, $data)

$require       = STD::TestUtil->package2require( $package )
$package       = STD::TestUtil->is_package_loaded($package)
$error         = STD::TestUtil->load_package($package)

$errors        = STD::TestUtil->pod_errors($module)

$scrub_script  = STD::TestUtil->scrub_date_version($script)

$date          = STD::TestUtil->get_date( )

$table         = STD::TestUtil->format_hash_table($hash_p, $width_p, $header_p)
$table         = STD::TestUtil->format_array_table($array_p, $width_p, $header_p)

$file          = STD::TestUtil->fspec2fspec($from_fspec, $to_fspec $fspec_file, $nofile)
$os_file       = STD::TestUtil->fspec2os($fspec, $file, [$no_file])
$fspec_file    = STD::TestUtil->os2fspec($fspec, $file, [$no_file])
($file, $path) = STD::TestUtil->find_in_path($fspec, $file, [\@os_path])
$pm_file       = STD::TestUtil->fspec2pm( $fpec, $file )

$success       = STD::TestUtil->replace_variables( $template_p, $variable_hash_p, $variable_p)

@drivers       = STD::TestUtil->drivers($base_file, @dirs)
$driver        = STD::TestUtil->is_driver($driver, @drivers)

@globed_files  = STD::TestUtil->fspec_glob($fspec, @files)
@globed_files  = STD::TestUtil->path_glob($fspec, @files)

DESCRIPTION

The STD::Testit functions are designed to be used in test scripts generated by STD::Testgen (Testgen) module. The Teset::Testit functions shall[1] isolated the actual and expected Perl statements so they may be easily index for use in automatically generated test documents and hide the intermediate variables used to pass the acutal and expected values to the verification routine. The Teset::Testit functions shall[2] use the functions from the Test (Test) module so that the results of the test scripts generated by the STD::Testgen module may be used with the currently developed Perl test tools.

QUALITY

The STD::Tester functions are a integral part of the STD::Testgen module. The tests performed for the STD::Testgen module, ("QUALITY" in Testgen), ("testgen_p) by testgen_t.pl verifies all the requirements for the STD::Tester module."

AUTHOR

The holder of the copyright and maintainer is

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Copyrighted (c) 2002 Software Diamonds

All Rights Reserved

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Binding requirements are indexed with the pharse 'shall[dd]' where dd is an unique number for each header section. This conforms to standard federal government practices, 490A ("3.2.3.6" in STD490A). In accordance with the License, Software Diamonds is not liable for any requirement, binding or otherwise.

LICENSE

Software Diamonds permits the redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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SEE ALSO

Test "QUALITY" in Testgen testgen_p testgen_t