=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

TestML - A Generic Software Testing Meta Language

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    # file t/testml/encode.tml
    %TestML 1.0

    Title = 'Tests for AcmeEncode';
    Plan = 3;

    *text.apply_rot13 == *rot13;
    *text.apply_md5   == *md5;

    === Encode some poetry
    --- text
    There once was a fellow named Ingy,
    Combining languages twas his Thingy.
    --- rot13
    Gurer bapr jnf n sryybj anzrq Vatl,
    Pbzovavat ynathntrf gjnf uvf Guvatl.
    --- md5: 7a1538ff9fc8edf8ea55d02d0b0658be

    === Encode a password
    --- text: soopersekrit
    --- md5: 64002c26dcc62c1d6d0f1cb908de1435

This TestML document defines 2 assertions, and defines 2 data blocks.
The first block has 3 data points, but the second one has only 2.
Therefore the rot13 assertion applies only to the first block, while the
the md5 assertion applies to both. This results in a total of 3 tests,
which is specified in the meta Plan statement in the document.

To run this test you would have a normal test file that looks like this:

    use TestML::Runtime::TAP;

    TestML::Runtime::TAP->new(
        testml => 'testml/encode.tml',
        bridge => 't::Bridge',
    )->run();

or more simply:

    use TestML -run,
        -testml => 'testml/encode.tml',
        -bridge => 't::Bridge';

The apply_* transform functions are defined in the bridge class that is
specified outside this test (t/Bridge.pm).

=head1 DESCRIPTION

TestML is a generic, programming language agnostic, meta language for
writing unit tests. The idea is that you can use the same test files in
multiple implementations of a given programming idea. Then you can be
more certain that your application written in, say, Python matches your
Perl implementation.

In a nutshell you write a bunch of data tests that have inputs and
expected results. Using a simple syntax, you specify what functions the
data must pass through to produce the expected results. You use a bridge
class to write the data transform functions that pass the data through
your application.

In Perl 5, TestML is the evolution of the L<Test::Base> module. It has a
superset of Test:Base's goals. The data markup syntax is currently
exactly the same as Test::Base.

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over

=item *

L<http://www.testml.org/>

=item *

L<irc://irc.freenode.net#testml>

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011. Ingy döt Net.

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

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

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