Test::Unit::TestResult3pm

Usage

Overview

This class is used by the framework to record the results of tests, which will throw an instance of a subclass of Test::Unit::Exception in case of errors or failures.

To achieve this, this class gets called with a test case as argument. It will call this test case's run method back and catch any exceptions thrown.

This is the quintessential call tree of the communication needed to record the results of a given test:

    $aTestCase->run() {
        # creates result
        $aTestResult->run($aTestCase) { 
            # catches exception and records it
            $aTestCase->run_bare() {
                # runs test method inside eval
                $aTestCase->run_test() {
                    # calls method $aTestCase->name() 
                    # and propagates exception
                    # method will call Assert::assert() 
                    # to cause failure if test fails on 
                    # test assertion
                    # it finds this because $aTestCase is-a Assert
                }
            }
        }
    }