App::Prove::State - State storage for the prove command.

• NAME
• VERSION
• DESCRIPTION
• SYNOPSIS
• METHODS
  • Class Methods
  • result_class
  • extensions
  • results
  • commit
  • Instance Methods

NAME

App::Prove::State - State storage for the prove command.

VERSION

Version 3.35

DESCRIPTION

The prove command supports a --state option that instructs it to store persistent state across runs. This module implements that state and the operations that may be performed on it.

SYNOPSIS

# Re-run failed tests
$ prove --state=failed,save -rbv

METHODS

Class Methods

new

Accepts a hashref with the following key/value pairs:

• store

  The filename of the data store holding the data that App::Prove::State reads.

• extensions (optional)

  The test name extensions. Defaults to .t.

• result_class (optional)

  The name of the result_class . Defaults to App::Prove::State::Result .

result_class

Getter/setter for the name of the class used for tracking test results. This class should either subclass from App::Prove::State::Result or provide an identical interface.

extensions

Get or set the list of extensions that files must have in order to be considered tests. Defaults to ['.t'].

results

Get the results of the last test run. Returns a result_class() instance.

commit

Save the test results. Should be called after all tests have run.

Instance Methods

apply_switch

$self->apply_switch('failed,save');

Apply a list of switch options to the state, updating the internal object state as a result. Nothing is returned.

Diagnostics: - "Illegal state option: %s"

• last

  Run in the same order as last time

• failed

  Run only the failed tests from last time

• passed

  Run only the passed tests from last time

• all

  Run all tests in normal order

• hot

  Run the tests that most recently failed first

• todo

  Run the tests ordered by number of todos.

• slow

  Run the tests in slowest to fastest order.

• fast

  Run test tests in fastest to slowest order.

• new

  Run the tests in newest to oldest order.

• old

  Run the tests in oldest to newest order.

• save

  Save the state on exit.

get_tests

Given a list of args get the names of tests that should run

observe_test

Store the results of a test.

save

Write the state to a file.

load

Load the state from a file