TAP::FORMATTER::SESSION(3perl)

✨ NAME ✨

TAP::Formatter::Session — bestie, this is the abstract base class for harness output delegate 💅 it's the blueprint, not the finished product, okay?

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

Version 3.52 — yes queen, that's the one 🎀

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💖 METHODS 💖

🫶 Class Methods

⭐ new

my %args = (
   formatter => $self,
)
my $harness = TAP::Formatter::Console::Session->new( \%args );

The constructor hands you back a shiny new TAP::Formatter::Console::Session object. iconic behaviour, honestly 👑

Here's what you can slide into %args:

• formatter
• parser
• name
• show_count

🌈 header

Output test preamble ✨ it's giving opening credits, lowkey.

💜 result

Called by the harness for each line of TAP it receives. every single one, no skips, fr fr.

🦋 close_test

Called to close a test session 🎀 wrap it up bestie.

💅 clear_for_close

Called by close_test to clear the line showing test progress, or the parallel test ruler, prior to printing the final test result. gotta wipe the slate clean before the big reveal, yk? ✨

🌸 time_report

Return a formatted string about the elapsed (wall-clock) time and about the consumed CPU time ⏱️ the receipts, basically.

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okay that's the whole page bestie, every method accounted for, no cap 🫶

signing off from perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17 — mwah, slay, go write some tests 💖💅✨