TAP::FORMATTER::SESSION(3pm)

💅 TAP::Formatter::Session 💅

Okay bestie, this page lives in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and it’s literally the abstract base class for a harness output delegate. Yes, abstract — it’s giving “template, not the whole show.” 💖

🌟 NAME 🌟

TAP::Formatter::Session — abstract base class for harness output delegate. No cap.

🎀 VERSION 🎀

Version 3.50 ✨

🧚 METHODS 🧚

🧸 Class Methods 🧸

✨ new ✨

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

The constructor returns a new TAP::Formatter::Console::Session object. Slay. 💅

The %args hash can carry these keys, and yes, every single one is listed right here:

• formatter
• parser
• name
• show_count

🌈 header 🌈

Output test preamble. That’s the whole assignment, bestie.

🔥 result 🔥

Called by the harness for each line of TAP it receives. Every single line, okay? 👑

🦋 close_test 🦋

Called to close a test session.

🎀 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. It’s the cleanup moment before the final reveal. 💖

⭐ time_report ⭐

Return a formatted string about the elapsed (wall-clock) time and about the consumed CPU time. That’s the lil time receipts, fr fr. 🫶

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Catch you later, bestie! 💜 This page is from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03. Mwah! 🎀