TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl(3p)

TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl3p

Stream tap from a perl executable

Usage

  use TAP::Parser::Source;
  use TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl;
  my $source = TAP::Parser::Source->new->raw( \'script.pl' );
  $source->assemble_meta;
  my $class = 'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl';
  my $vote  = $class->can_handle( $source );
  my $iter  = $class->make_iterator( $source );

Version

Version 3.50

Overview

This is a Perl TAP::Parser::SourceHandler - it has 2 jobs:

1. Figure out if the TAP::Parser::Source it's given is actually a Perl script ("can_handle").

2. Creates an iterator for Perl sources ("make_iterator").

Unless you're writing a plugin or subclassing TAP::Parser, you probably won't need to use this module directly.

Methods

Class Methods

"can_handle"

  my $vote = $class->can_handle( $source );

Only votes if $source looks like a file. Casts the following votes:

  0.9  if it has a shebang ala "#!...perl"
  0.3  if it has any shebang
  0.8  if it's a .t file
  0.9  if it's a .pl file
  0.75 if it's in a 't' directory
  0.25 by default (backwards compat)

"make_iterator"

  my $iterator = $class->make_iterator( $source );

Constructs & returns a new TAP::Parser::Iterator::Process for the source. Assumes "$source->raw" contains a reference to the perl script. "croak"s if the file could not be found.

The command to run is built as follows:

  $perl @switches $perl_script @test_args

The perl command to use is determined by "get_perl". The command generated is guaranteed to preserve:

  PERL5LIB
  PERL5OPT
  Taint Mode, if set in the script's shebang

Note: the command generated will not respect any shebang line defined in your Perl script. This is only a problem if you have compiled a custom version of Perl or if you want to use a specific version of Perl for one test and a different version for another, for example:

  #!/path/to/a/custom_perl --some --args
  #!/usr/local/perl-5.6/bin/perl -w

Currently you need to write a plugin to get around this.

"get_taint"

Decode any taint switches from a Perl shebang line.

  # $taint will be 't'
  my $taint = TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl->get_taint( '#!/usr/bin/perl -t' );
  # $untaint will be undefined
  my $untaint = TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl->get_taint( '#!/usr/bin/perl' );

"get_perl"

Gets the version of Perl currently running the test suite.

Subclassing

Please see "SUBCLASSING" in TAP::Parser for a subclassing overview.

Example

  package MyPerlSourceHandler;
  use strict;
  use TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl;
  use base 'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl';
  # use the version of perl from the shebang line in the test file
  sub get_perl {
      my $self = shift;
      if (my $shebang = $self->shebang( $self->{file} )) {
          $shebang =~ /^#!(.*\bperl.*?)(?:(?:\s)|(?:$))/;
          return $1 if $1;
      }
      return $self->SUPER::get_perl(@_);
  }

Releases

28 releases since OpenBSD 5.4; the text changed 19 times.

  1. 5.4–5.5
  2. 5.6
  3. 5.7
  4. 5.8–5.9
  5. 6.0
  6. 6.1
  7. 6.2
  8. 6.3–6.4
  9. 6.5
  10. 6.6
  11. 6.7
  12. 6.8
  13. 6.9–7.2
  14. 7.3
  15. 7.4
  16. 7.5
  17. 7.6
  18. 7.7–7.8
  19. 7.9
  20. 8.0

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.