---
name: "Test2::Tools::Event"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test2::Tools::Event"
---

# Test2::Tools::Event(3p)

Tools for generating test events.

## NAME

Test2::Tools::Event - Tools for generating test events.

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides tools for generating events quickly by bypassing the context/hub. This is particularly useful when testing other Test2 packages.

## EXPORTS

- $e = gen\_event($TYPE)

  - $e = gen\_event($TYPE, %FIELDS)

  - $e = gen\_event 'Ok';

  - $e = gen\_event Ok =\> ( ... )

  - $e = gen\_event '+Test2::Event::Ok' =\> ( ... )

  This will produce an event of the specified type. `$TYPE` is assumed to be shorthand for `"Test2::Event::$TYPE"`, you can prefix `$TYPE` with a '+' to drop the assumption.

  An Test2::Util::Trace will be generated using `caller(0)` and will be put in the 'trace' field of your new event, unless you specified your own 'trace' field.

## SOURCE

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at *https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/*.

## MAINTAINERS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## AUTHORS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## COPYRIGHT

Copyright Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>.

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

See *http://dev.perl.org/licenses/*