STDOUT¶

stdout_is

stdout_isnt

   stdout_is  ( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   stdout_is    { ... } $expected, 'description';
   stdout_isnt( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   stdout_isnt  { ... } $expected, 'description';
    

"stdout_is()" captures output sent to "STDOUT" from $coderef and compares it against $expected. The test passes if equal.

"stdout_isnt()" passes if "STDOUT" is not equal to $expected.

stdout_like

stdout_unlike

   stdout_like  ( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   stdout_like    { ... } qr/$expected/, 'description';
   stdout_unlike( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   stdout_unlike  { ... } qr/$expected/, 'description';
    

"stdout_like()" captures the output sent to "STDOUT" from $coderef and compares it to the regex in $expected. The test passes if the regex matches.

"stdout_unlike()" passes if STDOUT does not match the regex.

STDERR¶

stderr_is

stderr_isnt

   stderr_is  ( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   stderr_is    {... } $expected, 'description';
   stderr_isnt( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   stderr_isnt  {... } $expected, 'description';
    

"stderr_is()" is similar to "stdout_is", except that it captures "STDERR". The test passes if "STDERR" from $coderef equals $expected.

"stderr_isnt()" passes if "STDERR" is not equal to $expected.

stderr_like

stderr_unlike

   stderr_like  ( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   stderr_like   { ...} qr/$expected/, 'description';
   stderr_unlike( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   stderr_unlike  { ...} qr/$expected/, 'description';
    

"stderr_like()" is similar to "stdout_like()" except that it compares the regex $expected to "STDERR" captured from $codref. The test passes if the regex matches.

"stderr_unlike()" passes if "STDERR" does not match the regex.

COMBINED OUTPUT¶

combined_is

combined_isnt

   combined_is   ( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   combined_is   {... } $expected, 'description';
   combined_isnt ( $coderef, $expected, 'description' );
   combined_isnt {... } $expected, 'description';
    

"combined_is()" directs "STDERR" to "STDOUT" then captures "STDOUT". This is equivalent to UNIXs "2>&1". The test passes if the combined "STDOUT" and "STDERR" from $coderef equals $expected.

"combined_isnt()" passes if combined "STDOUT" and "STDERR" are not equal to $expected.

combined_like

combined_unlike

   combined_like   ( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   combined_like   { ...} qr/$expected/, 'description';
   combined_unlike ( $coderef, qr/$expected/, 'description' );
   combined_unlike { ...} qr/$expected/, 'description';
    

"combined_like()" is similar to "combined_is()" except that it compares a regex ("$expected)" to "STDOUT" and "STDERR" captured from $codref. The test passes if the regex matches.

"combined_unlike()" passes if the combined "STDOUT" and "STDERR" does not match the regex.

OUTPUT¶

output_is

output_isnt

   output_is  ( $coderef, $expected_stdout, $expected_stderr, 'description' );
   output_is    {... } $expected_stdout, $expected_stderr, 'description';
   output_isnt( $coderef, $expected_stdout, $expected_stderr, 'description' );
   output_isnt  {... } $expected_stdout, $expected_stderr, 'description';
    

The "output_is()" function is a combination of the "stdout_is()" and "stderr_is()" functions. For example:

  output_is(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},'foo','bar');
    

is functionally equivalent to

  stdout_is(sub {print "foo";},'foo')
    && stderr_is(sub {print STDERR "bar";},'bar');
    

except that $coderef is only executed once.

Unlike "stdout_is()" and "stderr_is()" which ignore STDERR and STDOUT respectively, "output_is()" requires both "STDOUT" and "STDERR" to match in order to pass. Setting either $expected_stdout or $expected_stderr to "undef" ignores "STDOUT" or "STDERR" respectively.

  output_is(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},'foo',undef);
    

is the same as

  stdout_is(sub {print "foo";},'foo')
    

"output_isnt()" provides the opposite function of "output_is()". It is a combination of "stdout_isnt()" and "stderr_isnt()".

  output_isnt(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},'bar','foo');
    

is functionally equivalent to

  stdout_isnt(sub {print "foo";},'bar')
    && stderr_isnt(sub {print STDERR "bar";},'foo');
    

As with "output_is()", setting either $expected_stdout or $expected_stderr to "undef" ignores the output to that facility.

  output_isnt(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},undef,'foo');
    

is the same as

  stderr_is(sub {print STDERR "bar";},'foo')
    

output_like

output_unlike

  output_like  ( $coderef, $regex_stdout, $regex_stderr, 'description' );
  output_like  { ... } $regex_stdout, $regex_stderr, 'description';
  output_unlike( $coderef, $regex_stdout, $regex_stderr, 'description' );
  output_unlike { ... } $regex_stdout, $regex_stderr, 'description';
    

"output_like()" and "output_unlike()" follow the same principles as "output_is()" and "output_isnt()" except they use a regular expression for matching.

"output_like()" attempts to match $regex_stdout and $regex_stderr against "STDOUT" and "STDERR" produced by $coderef. The test passes if both match.

  output_like(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},qr/foo/,qr/bar/);
    

The above test is successful.

Like "output_is()", setting either $regex_stdout or $regex_stderr to "undef" ignores the output to that facility.

  output_like(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},qr/foo/,undef);
    

is the same as

  stdout_like(sub {print "foo"; print STDERR "bar";},qr/foo/);
    

"output_unlike()" test pass if output from $coderef doesn't match $regex_stdout and $regex_stderr.

stdout_from¶

  my $stdout = stdout_from($coderef)
  my $stdout = stdout_from { ... };

stdout_from() executes $coderef and captures STDOUT.

stderr_from¶

  my $stderr = stderr_from($coderef)
  my $stderr = stderr_from { ... };

"stderr_from()" executes $coderef and captures "STDERR".

output_from¶

  my ($stdout, $stderr) = output_from($coderef)
  my ($stdout, $stderr) = output_from {...};

"output_from()" executes $coderef one time capturing both "STDOUT" and "STDERR".

combined_from¶

  my $combined = combined_from($coderef);
  my $combined = combined_from {...};

"combined_from()" executes $coderef one time combines "STDOUT" and "STDERR", and captures them. "combined_from()" is equivalent to using "2>&1" in UNIX.