new¶

  my $test = Devel::Cover::Test->new($test, criteria => $string)

Constructor.

"criteria" parameter (optional, defaults to "statement branch condition subroutine") is a space separated list of tokens. Supported tokens are "statement", "branch", "condition", "subroutine" and "pod".

More optional parameters are supported. Refer to "get_params" sub.

shell_quote¶

  my $quoted_item = shell_quote($item)

Returns properly quoted item to cope with embedded spaces.

perl¶

  my $perl = $self->perl()

Returns absolute path to Perl interpreter with proper -I options (blib-wise).

test_command¶

  my $command = $self->test_command()

Returns test command, made of:

absolute path to Perl interpreter

Devel::Cover -M option (if applicable)

test file

test file parameters (if applicable)

cover_command¶

  my $command = $self->cover_command()

Returns test command, made of:

absolute path to Perl interpreter

absolute path to cover script

cover parameters

test_file¶

  my $file = $self->test_file()

Returns absolute path to test file.

test_file_parameters¶

  my $parameters = $self->test_file_parameters()

Accessor to test_file_parameters property.

cover_gold¶

  my ($base, $v) = $self->cover_gold;

Returns the absolute path of the base to the golden file and the suffix version number.

$base comes from the name of the test and $v will be $] from the earliest perl version for which the golden results should be the same as for the current $]

run_command¶

  $self->run_command($command)

Runs command, most likely obtained from "test_command" sub.