TAP::Base

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3perl)
Updated: 2019-04-20
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NAME

TAP::Base - Base class that provides common functionality to TAP::Parser and TAP::Harness

VERSION

Version 3.42

SYNOPSIS

    package TAP::Whatever;

    use base 'TAP::Base';

    # ... later ...
    
    my $thing = TAP::Whatever->new();
    
    $thing->callback( event => sub {
        # do something interesting
    } );

DESCRIPTION

"TAP::Base" provides callback management.

METHODS

Class Methods

"callback"

Install a callback for a named event.

"get_time"

Return the current time using Time::HiRes if available.

"time_is_hires"

Return true if the time returned by get_time is high resolution (i.e. if Time::HiRes is available).

"get_times"

Return array reference of the four-element list of CPU seconds, as with ``times'' in perlfunc.