IO::Async::LoopTests(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 IO::Async::LoopTests(3pm)

NAME

       "IO::Async::LoopTests" - acceptance testing for "IO::Async::Loop" subclasses

SYNOPSIS

	use IO::Async::LoopTests;
	run_tests( 'IO::Async::Loop::Shiney', 'io' );

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains a collection of test functions for running acceptance tests on IO::Async::Loop subclasses. It is provided as a
       facility for authors of such subclasses to ensure that the code conforms to the Loop API required by "IO::Async".

TIMING

       Certain tests require the use of timers or timed delays. Normally these are counted in units of seconds. By setting the environment
       variable "TEST_QUICK_TIMERS" to some true value, these timers run 10 times quicker, being measured in units of 0.1 seconds instead. This
       value may be useful when running the tests interactively, to avoid them taking too long. The slower timers are preferred on automated
       smoke-testing machines, to help guard against false negatives reported simply because of scheduling delays or high system load while
       testing.

	TEST_QUICK_TIMERS=1 ./Build test

FUNCTIONS

   run_tests( $class, @tests )
       Runs a test or collection of tests against the loop subclass given. The class being tested is loaded by this function; the containing
       script does not need to "require" or "use" it first.

       This function runs "Test::More::plan" to output its expected test count; the containing script should not do this.

TEST SUITES

       The following test suite names exist, to be passed as a name in the @tests argument to "run_tests":

   io
       Tests the Loop's ability to watch filehandles for IO readiness

   timer
       Tests the Loop's ability to handle timer events

   signal
       Tests the Loop's ability to watch POSIX signals

   idle
       Tests the Loop's support for idle handlers

   child
       Tests the Loop's support for watching child processes by PID

   control
       Tests that the "run", "stop", "loop_once" and "loop_forever" methods behave correctly

AUTHOR

       Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-10-24						 IO::Async::LoopTests(3pm)