• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• EXPORT
• SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  • TIEHANDLE
  • PRINT
  • PRINTF
  • WRITE
  • READLINE
  • GETC
  • READ
  • CLOSE
  • UNTIE
  • DESTROY
  • EOF
  • BINMODE
  • OPEN
  • FILENO
  • SEEK
  • TELL

NAME

Test::MockFile::FileHandle - Provides a class for Test::MockFile to tie to on open or sysopen.

VERSION

Version 0.012

SYNOPSIS

This is a helper class for Test::MockFile. It leverages data in the Test::MockFile namespace but lives in its own package since it is the class that file handles are tied to when created in Test::MockFile

    use Test::MockFile::FileHandle;
    tie *{ $_[0] }, 'Test::MockFile::FileHandle', $abs_path, $rw;

EXPORT

No exports are provided by this module.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

TIEHANDLE

Args: ($class, $file, $mode)

Returns a blessed object for Test::MockFile to tie against. There are no error conditions handled here.

One of the object variables tracked here is a pointer to the file contents in %Test::MockFile::files_being_mocked. In order to allow MockFiles to be DESTROYED when they go out of scope, we have to weaken this pointer.

See Test::MockFile for more info.

PRINT

This method will be triggered every time the tied handle is printed to with the print() or say() functions. Beyond its self reference it also expects the list that was passed to the print function.

We append to $Test::MockFile::files_being_mocked{$file}-{'contents'}> with what was sent. If the file handle wasn't opened in a read mode, then this call with throw EBADF via $!

PRINTF

This method will be triggered every time the tied handle is printed to with the printf() function. Beyond its self reference it also expects the format and list that was passed to the printf function.

We use sprintf to format the output and then it is sent to PRINT

WRITE

This method will be called when the handle is written to via the syswrite function.

Arguments passed are:( $self, $buf, $len, $offset )

This is one of the more complicated functions to mimic properly because $len and $offset have to be taken into account. Reviewing how syswrite works reveals there are all sorts of weird corner cases.

READLINE

This method is called when the handle is read via <HANDLE> or readline HANDLE.

Based on the numeric location we are in the file (tell), we read until the EOF separator ($/) is seen. tell is updated after the line is read. undef is returned if tell is already at EOF.

GETC

UNIMPLEMENTED: Open a ticket in github if you need this feature.

This method will be called when the getc function is called. It reads 1 character out of contents and adds 1 to tell. The character is returned.

READ

Arguments passed are:( $self, $file_handle, $len, $offset )

This method will be called when the handle is read from via the read or sysread functions. Based on $offset and $len, it's possible to end up with some really weird strings with null bytes in them.

CLOSE

This method will be called when the handle is closed via the close function. The object is untied and the file contents (weak reference) is removed. Further calls to this object should fail.

UNTIE

As with the other types of ties, this method will be called when untie happens. It may be appropriate to "auto CLOSE" when this occurs. See The untie Gotcha below.

What's strange about the development of this class is that we were unable to determine how to trigger this call. At the moment, the call is just redirected to CLOSE.

DESTROY

As with the other types of ties, this method will be called when the tied handle is about to be destroyed. This is useful for debugging and possibly cleaning up.

At the moment, the call is just redirected to CLOSE.

EOF

This method will be called when the eof function is called. Based on $self->{'tell'}, we determine if we're at EOF.

BINMODE

UNIMPLEMENTED: Open a ticket in github if you need this feature.

No perldoc documentation exists on this method.

OPEN

UNIMPLEMENTED: Open a ticket in github if you need this feature.

No perldoc documentation exists on this method.

FILENO

UNIMPLEMENTED: Open a ticket in github if you need this feature.

No perldoc documentation exists on this method.

SEEK

Arguments passed are:( $self, $pos, $whence )

Moves the location of our current tell location.

$whence is UNIMPLEMENTED: Open a ticket in github if you need this feature.

No perldoc documentation exists on this method.

TELL

Returns the numeric location we are in the file. The TELL tells us where we are in the file contents.

No perldoc documentation exists on this method.

cpanm Test::MockFile

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Test::MockFile