Run certain tests automatically using Test::Class

[moez507]

Hello Monks!
I am writing some automated regression tests with Test::Class. Before each test , I wish to check if the test is running on production. If yes, to stop the test.

However, I do not wish to depend on the programmer to remember to add this test in. Is there some way to tell each test to run this as a setup , without having to remember to code this piece in for each time a new test is written ?

I tried creating a base class and having all my tests inherit from the same. However, the tests in the base class are executing last when I want them to execute first!

Thanks,
Moez.

[MidLifeXis]

See setup and startup tests in the documentation. Also see the RUNNING ORDER OF METHODS section in the same documentation.

[marinersk]

Would it not be simpler to simply set an environment variable in the test environment, and let its absence serve as a flag to the tests themselves to voluntarily exit?

Simply make sure every test method first does this -- or calls a method designed to do this -- and the tests will govern themselves.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $TestFlag = $ENV{'TEST_ENVIRONMENT'};
if (!defined $TestFlag) { $TestFlag = ''; }

if ($TestFlag =~ /TRUE/i)
{
    print "I'm running tests!  I'm running tests!\n";
}
else
{
    print "This does not appear to be a test environment.  Skipping te
+sts.\n";
}

exit;

__END__

S:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks\P-2014-04-02@1516-Self-Governing-Tests>set TEST
+_ENVIRONMENT=TRUE

S:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks\P-2014-04-02@1516-Self-Governing-Tests>perl may
+betest.pl
I'm running tests!  I'm running tests!

S:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks\P-2014-04-02@1516-Self-Governing-Tests>set TEST
+_ENVIRONMENT=

S:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks\P-2014-04-02@1516-Self-Governing-Tests>perl may
+betest.pl
This does not appear to be a test environment.  Skipping tests.

S:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks\P-2014-04-02@1516-Self-Governing-Tests>

[moez507]

Thank You ! Its a very good idea.

However, I was looking for some sort of template system , or some way that the 'test' runs automatically. Such that the programmer does not have to remember to add it in for each test.

Perhaps , its a tall order?

Thanks,
Moez.

[stonecolddevin]

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