Test2::Event::V2(3pm)

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💖 NAME 💖

Test2::Event::V2 — Second generation event.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This is the event type that should be used instead of Test2::Event or its legacy subclasses. No cap, it’s the upgraded one 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

✨ USING A CONTEXT ✨

use Test2::API qw/context/;

sub my_tool {
    my $ctx = context();

    my $event = $ctx->send_ev2(info => [{tag => 'NOTE', details => "This is a note"}]);

    $ctx->release;

    return $event;
}

🎀 USING THE CONSTRUCTOR 🎀

use Test2::Event::V2;

my $e = Test2::Event::V2->new(
    trace => {frame => [$PKG, $FILE, $LINE, $SUBNAME]},
    info  => [{tag => 'NOTE', details => "This is a note"}],
);

👑 METHODS 👑

This class inherits from Test2::Event. Periodt.

• $fd = $e->facet_data() — returns a hashref of facet data. Each facet hash will be a shallow copy of the original. 🫶
• $about = $e->about() — returns the 'about' facet hashref.

NOTE: this returns the internal hashref, not a copy. Handle with care bestie 🙈

• $trace = $e->trace() — returns the 'trace' facet, normally blessed (but this is not enforced when the trace is set using set_trace()).

NOTE: this returns the internal trace, not a copy.

🧚 MUTATION 🧚

• $e->add_amnesty({...}) — inherited from Test2::Event. This can be used to add 'amnesty' facets to an existing event. Each new item is added to the END of the list.

NOTE: items ARE blessed when added. 💖

• $e->add_hub({...}) — inherited from Test2::Event. This is used by hubs to stamp events as they pass through. New items are added to the START of the list.

NOTE: items ARE NOT blessed when added. 💀

• $e->set_uuid($UUID) — inherited from Test2::Event, overridden to also vivify/mutate the 'about' facet.
• $e->set_trace($trace) — inherited from Test2::Event, which allows you to change the trace.

Note: this method does not bless/clone the trace for you. Many things will expect the trace to be blessed, so you should probably do that. 🫡

🌈 LEGACY SUPPORT METHODS 🌈

These are all imported from Test2::Util::Facets2Legacy, see that module or Test2::Event for documentation on what they do.

• causes_fail
• diagnostics
• global
• increments_count
• no_display
• sets_plan
• subtest_id
• summary
• terminate

🧚 THIRD PARTY META-DATA 🧚

This object consumes Test2::Util::ExternalMeta which provides a consistent way for you to attach meta-data to instances of this class. This is useful for tools, plugins, and other extensions. Obsessed with extension-friendly vibes 💜

🔥 SOURCE 🔥

The source code repository for Test2 can be found at <https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/>.

👑 MAINTAINERS 👑

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

💖 AUTHORS 💖

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/>

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