Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp(3pm)

NAME

       Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp - Test::WWW::Mechanize for CGI::Application

SYNOPSIS

	 # We're in a t/*.t test script...
	 use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;

	 my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;

	 # test a class that uses CGI::Application calling semantics.
	 # (in this case we'll new up an instance of the app and call
	 # its ->run() method)
	 #
	 $mech->app("My::WebApp");
	 $mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");

	 # test a class that uses CGI::Application::Dispatch
	 # to locate the run_mode
	 # (in this case we'll just call the ->dispatch() class method).
	 #
	 my $dispatched_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
	 $dispatched_mech->app("My::DispatchApp");
	 $mech->get_ok("/WebApp/my_run_mode?arg1=1&arg2=42");

	 # create an anonymous sub that this class will use to
	 # handle the request.
	 #
	 # this could be useful if you need to do something novel
	 # after creating an instance of your class (e.g. the
	 # fiddle_with_stuff() below) or maybe you have a unique
	 # way to get the app to run.
	 #
	 my $custom_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
	 $custom_mech->app(
	    sub {
	      require "My::WebApp";
	      my $app = My::WebApp->new();
	      $app->fiddle_with_stuff();
	      $app->run();
	    });
	 $mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");

	 # at this point you can play with all kinds of cool
	 # Test::WWW::Mechanize testing methods.
	 is($mech->ct, "text/html");
	 $mech->title_is("Root", "On the root page");
	 $mech->content_contains("This is the root page", "Correct content");
	 $mech->follow_link_ok({text => 'Hello'}, "Click on Hello");
	 # ... and all other Test::WWW::Mechanize methods

DESCRIPTION

       This package makes testing CGIApp based modules fast and easy.  It takes advantage of Test::WWW::Mechanize to provide functions for common
       web testing scenarios. For example:

	 $mech->get_ok( $page );
	 $mech->title_is( "Invoice Status",
			  "Make sure we're on the invoice page" );
	 $mech->content_contains( "Andy Lester", "My name somewhere" );
	 $mech->content_like( qr/(cpan|perl).org/,
			     "Link to perl.org or CPAN" );

       For applications that inherit from CGI::Application it will handle requests by creating a new instance of the class and calling its "run"
       method.	For applications that use CGI::Application::Dispatch it will call the "dispatch" class method.	If neither of these options are
       the right thing, you can set a reference to a sub that will be used to handle the request.

       This module supports cookies automatically.

       Check out Test::WWW::Mechanize for more information about all of the cool things you can test!

CONSTRUCTOR

       new

       Behaves like, and calls, Test::WWW::Mechanize's "new" method.  It optionally uses an "app" parameter (see below), any other parameters get
       passed to Test::WWW::Mechanize's constructor. Note that you can either pass the name of the CGI::Application into the constructor using the
       "app" parameter or set it later using the "app" method.

	 use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
	 my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;

	 # or

	 my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new(app => 'TestApp');

METHODS

       $mech->app($app_handler)

       This method provides a mechanism for informing Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp how it should go about executing your run_mode.  If you set it
       to the name of a class, then it will load the class and either create an instance and ->run() it (if it's CGI::Application based), invoke
       the ->dispatch() method if it's CGI::Application::Dispatch based, or call the supplied anonymous subroutine and let it do all of the heavy
       lifting.

SEE ALSO

       Related modules which may be of interest: Test::WWW::Mechanize, WWW::Mechanize.

       Various implementation tricks came from Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst.

AUTHOR

       George Hartzell, "<hartzell@alerce.com>"

       based on Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst by Leon Brocard, "<acme@astray.com>".

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007, George Hartzell

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-12					 Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp(3pm)