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NAME

App::SimpleScan::Plugin::Snapshot - Allow tests to snapshot results

VERSION

This document describes App::SimpleScan::Plugin::Snapshot version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

    use App::SimpleScan;
    my $app = new App::SimpleScan;
    $app->go; # plugin loaded automatically here

  

DESCRIPTION

Supports the %%snapshot_dir and %%snapshot pragmas plus the --snapshot_dir and --snap_all and -snap_errors options.

INTERFACE

pragmas

Installs the pragmas into App::SimpleScan.

options

Installs the command line options into App::SimpleScan.

snapshots_to

Accessor allowing pragmas and command line options to share the variable containing the current value for this combined option.

snapshot

Accessor allowing pragmas and command line options to share the variable containing the current value for this combined option.

snap_prefix

Accessor allowing pragmas and command line options to share the variable containing the current value for this combined option.

snap_layout

Accessor allowing pragmas and command line options to share the variable containing the current value for this combined option.

snapshot_dir_pragma

Actually implements the %%snapshot_dir pragma, stacking the necessary code.

snapshot_pragma

Sets the current snapshotting: 'on' (snapshot everything), or 'error' (only snapshot on errors).

snap_layout_pragma

Sets the current snapshot format: 'vertical' (framed page, divided vertically), 'horizontal' (framed page, divided horizontally), or 'popup' (page containing the debug info as an IFRAME, with a link to pop up the original page in a new window - good for XML, since IE and Firefox don't render XML properly in a subframe).

snap_prefix_pragma

Set the current snapshot "prefix" - substituted for the directory that the snapshots are stored in when the snapshot frame file name is printed. This makes it possible to do things like transform a filename into a URL so that you can link to snapshots from a report.

validate_options

Standard App::SimpleScan callback: validates the command-line arguments, calling the appropriate pragma methods as necessary.

filters

Standard App::SimpleScan callback: returns the list of filters for code that will be stacked by stack_test().

filter

Implements the snapshotting. Add code after every test that either snapshots every transaction (snapshot 'on') or only after an error occurs (snapshot 'error').

DIAGNOSTICS

Invalid snapshot type '%s'; 'error' assume

You supplied a snapshot type other than 'on' or 'error'. The plugin assumes 'error', but chides you about it. You'd be better off to pick either 'on' or 'error' instead.

See snapshot %s

A snapshot was taken and is located in the file shown.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

App::SimpleScan::Plugin::Snapshot requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-app-simplescan-plugin-snapshot@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Joe McMahon <mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com >

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005, Joe McMahon <mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com >. All rights reserved.

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

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