TAP::Pa...Factory(3pm)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the TAP::Parser::ResultFactory page from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, bestie — it's the TAP::Parser::ResultFactory (3pm) manual, and it's literally the Factory for creating TAP::Parser output objects. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use TAP::Parser::ResultFactory;
my $token   = {...};
my $factory = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory->new;
my $result  = $factory->make_result( $token );

🏷️ VERSION 🏷️

Version 3.50 — slay. 💖

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

This is a simple factory class that returns a TAP::Parser::Result subclass representing the current bit of test data from TAP (usually a single line). It's used primarily by TAP::Parser::Grammar. And ngl, unless you're subclassing, you probably won't need to use this module directly — it's giving "behind the scenes main character energy." 🦋

🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

🧸 Class Methods 🧸

✨ new ✨

Creates a new factory class. Note: you currently don't need to instantiate a factory in order to use it. No cap. 💅

💖 make_result 💖

Returns an instance of the appropriate class for the test token passed in.

my $result = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory->make_result($token);

Can also be called as an instance method. Iconic. ✨

🔥 class_for 🔥

Takes one argument: $type. Returns the class for this $type, or croaks with an error. 🫶

👑 register_type 👑

Takes two arguments: $type, $class.

This lets you override an existing type with your own custom type, or register a completely new type, eg:

# create a custom result type:
package MyResult;
use strict;
use base 'TAP::Parser::Result';

# register with the factory:
TAP::Parser::ResultFactory->register_type( 'my_type' => __PACKAGE__ );

# use it:
my $r = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory->( { type => 'my_type' } );

Your custom type should then be picked up automatically by the TAP::Parser. Big "it just works" vibes. 🌈

🌟 SUBCLASSING 🌟

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

There are a few things to bear in mind when creating your own "ResultFactory":

1. The factory itself is never instantiated (this may change in the future). This means that _initialize is never called.
2. TAP::Parser::Result->new is never called, $tokens are reblessed. This will change in a future version!
3. TAP::Parser::Result subclasses will register themselves with TAP::Parser::ResultFactory directly:

package MyFooResult;
TAP::Parser::ResultFactory->register_type( foo => __PACKAGE__ );

Of course, it's up to you to decide whether or not to ignore them. Lowkey your call, bestie. 🙈

🌈 Example 🌈

package MyResultFactory;

use strict;

use MyResult;

use base 'TAP::Parser::ResultFactory';

# force all results to be 'MyResult'
sub class_for {
  return 'MyResult';
}

1;

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• TAP::Parser
• TAP::Parser::Result
• TAP::Parser::Grammar

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