Eirik, Thank you for the suggestion. I had not seen Test::Trap in my searches so I will investigate.
Best Regards, Jed On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Eirik Berg Hanssen < eirik-berg.hans...@allverden.no> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Jed Lund <jandrewl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if I could get some pointers towards a module or package >> that would allow me to test the functionality of various elements of code >> that I was developing while I also tested the STDERR and STDOUT output >> from >> that element of code? I have been hunting around CPAN for the right fit >> but so far I have only found STDERR/STDOUT tests or functionality tests >> not >> a way to test both results from the same method call. >> > > This sounds like a job for ... Test::Trap! > > > The most basic case would be to test the output of a method that returned >> some defined result while also capturing any warnings prompted by >> malformed >> input which did not cause catastrophic failure. The goal would be to >> certify the output and the warning message from the same method call. >> > > > my $result = trap { $obj->method(@args) }; # or my @results, for list > context > # Possibly: > $trap->warn_is_deeply( \@expected_warnings, "Got exactly the expected > warnings?" ); > # ... but usually more usefully: > $trap->stderr_like( $pattern, "Trapped stderr matches expectations" ); > # ... and you may still test $trap->stdout, $result/@result (or > $trap->return), and whatever else, from the same call. > > > Eirik >