# Carp::Assert::More
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# NAME
Carp::Assert::More - Convenience assertions for common situations
# VERSION
Version 2.0.0
# SYNOPSIS
A set of convenience functions for common assertions.
use Carp::Assert::More;
my $obj = My::Object;
assert_isa( $obj, 'My::Object', 'Got back a correct object' );
# DESCRIPTION
Carp::Assert::More is a convenient set of assertions to make the habit
of writing assertions even easier.
Everything in here is effectively syntactic sugar. There's no technical
difference between calling
assert_isa( $foo, 'DateTime' );
or
assert\_datetime( $foo );
that are provided by Carp::Assert::More and calling these assertions
from Carp::Assert
assert( defined $foo );
assert( ref($foo) eq 'DateTime' );
My intent here is to make common assertions easy so that we as programmers
have no excuse to not use them.
# SIMPLE ASSERTIONS
## assert\_is( $string, $match \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$string_ matches _$match_.
## assert\_isnt( $string, $unmatch \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$string_ does NOT match _$unmatch_.
## assert\_like( $string, qr/regex/ \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$string_ matches _qr/regex/_.
The assertion fails either the string or the regex are undef.
## assert\_unlike( $string, qr/regex/ \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$string_ matches _qr/regex/_.
The assertion fails if the regex is undef.
## assert\_defined( $this \[, $name\] )
Asserts that _$this_ is defined.
## assert\_undefined( $this \[, $name\] )
Asserts that _$this_ is not defined.
## assert\_nonblank( $this \[, $name\] )
Asserts that _$this_ is not a reference and is not an empty string.
# NUMERIC ASSERTIONS
## assert\_numeric( $n \[, $name\] )
Asserts that `$n` looks like a number, according to `Scalar::Util::looks_like_number`.
`undef` will always fail.
## assert\_integer( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that _$this_ is an integer, which may be zero or negative.
assert_integer( 0 ); # pass
assert_integer( 14 ); # pass
assert_integer( -14 ); # pass
assert_integer( '14.' ); # FAIL
## assert\_nonzero( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined and is not zero.
assert_nonzero( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_nonzero( -14 ); # pass
assert_nonzero( '14.' ); # pass
## assert\_positive( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that _$this_ is defined, numeric and greater than zero.
assert_positive( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_positive( -14 ); # FAIL
assert_positive( '14.' ); # pass
## assert\_nonnegative( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that _$this_ is defined, numeric and greater than or equal
to zero.
assert_nonnegative( 0 ); # pass
assert_nonnegative( -14 ); # FAIL
assert_nonnegative( '14.' ); # pass
assert_nonnegative( 'dog' ); # pass
## assert\_negative( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined and less than zero.
assert_negative( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_negative( -14 ); # pass
assert_negative( '14.' ); # FAIL
## assert\_nonzero\_integer( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined, an integer, and not zero.
assert_nonzero_integer( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_nonzero_integer( -14 ); # pass
assert_nonzero_integer( '14.' ); # FAIL
## assert\_positive\_integer( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined, an integer and greater than zero.
assert_positive_integer( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_positive_integer( -14 ); # FAIL
assert_positive_integer( '14.' ); # FAIL
assert_positive_integer( '14' ); # pass
## assert\_nonnegative\_integer( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined, an integer, and not less than zero.
assert_nonnegative_integer( 0 ); # pass
assert_nonnegative_integer( -14 ); # FAIL
assert_nonnegative_integer( '14.' ); # FAIL
## assert\_negative\_integer( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the numeric value of _$this_ is defined, an integer, and less than zero.
assert_negative_integer( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_negative_integer( -14 ); # pass
assert_negative_integer( '14.' ); # FAIL
# REFERENCE ASSERTIONS
## assert\_isa( $this, $type \[, $name \] )
Asserts that _$this_ is an object of type _$type_.
## assert\_isa\_in( $obj, \\@types \[, $description\] )
Assert that the blessed `$obj` isa one of the types in `\@types`.
assert_isa_in( $obj, [ 'My::Foo', 'My::Bar' ], 'Must pass either a Foo or Bar object' );
## assert\_empty( $this \[, $name \] )
_$this_ must be a ref to either a hash or an array. Asserts that that
collection contains no elements. Will assert (with its own message,
not _$name_) unless given a hash or array ref. It is OK if _$this_ has
been blessed into objecthood, but the semantics of checking an object to see
if it does not have keys (for a hashref) or returns 0 in scalar context (for
an array ref) may not be what you want.
assert_empty( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_empty( 'foo' ); # FAIL
assert_empty( undef ); # FAIL
assert_empty( {} ); # pass
assert_empty( [] ); # pass
assert_empty( {foo=>1} );# FAIL
assert_empty( [1,2,3] ); # FAIL
## assert\_nonempty( $this \[, $name \] )
_$this_ must be a ref to either a hash or an array. Asserts that that
collection contains at least 1 element. Will assert (with its own message,
not _$name_) unless given a hash or array ref. It is OK if _$this_ has
been blessed into objecthood, but the semantics of checking an object to see
if it has keys (for a hashref) or returns >0 in scalar context (for an array
ref) may not be what you want.
assert_nonempty( 0 ); # FAIL
assert_nonempty( 'foo' ); # FAIL
assert_nonempty( undef ); # FAIL
assert_nonempty( {} ); # FAIL
assert_nonempty( [] ); # FAIL
assert_nonempty( {foo=>1} );# pass
assert_nonempty( [1,2,3] ); # pass
## assert\_nonref( $this \[, $name \] )
Asserts that _$this_ is not undef and not a reference.
## assert\_hashref( $ref \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$ref_ is defined, and is a reference to a (possibly empty) hash.
**NB:** This method returns _false_ for objects, even those whose underlying
data is a hashref. This is as it should be, under the assumptions that:
- (a)
you shouldn't rely on the underlying data structure of a particular class, and
- (b)
you should use `assert_isa` instead.
## assert\_hashref\_nonempty( $ref \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$ref_ is defined and is a reference to a hash with at
least one key/value pair.
## assert\_arrayref( $ref \[, $name\] )
## assert\_listref( $ref \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$ref_ is defined, and is a reference to an array, which
may or may not be empty.
**NB:** The same caveat about objects whose underlying structure is a
hash (see `assert_hashref`) applies here; this method returns false
even for objects whose underlying structure is an array.
`assert_listref` is an alias for `assert_arrayref` and may go away in
the future. Use `assert_arrayref` instead.
## assert\_arrayref\_nonempty( $ref \[, $name\] )
Asserts that _$ref_ is reference to an array that has at least one element in it.
## assert\_aoh( $ref \[, $name \] )
Verifies that `$array` is an arrayref, and that every element is a hashref.
The array `$array` can be an empty arraref and the assertion will pass.
## assert\_coderef( $ref \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _$ref_ is defined, and is a reference to a closure.
# TYPE-SPECIFIC ASSERTIONS
## assert\_datetime( $date )
Asserts that `$date` is a DateTime object.
# SET AND HASH MEMBERSHIP
## assert\_in( $string, \\@inlist \[,$name\] );
Asserts that _$string_ matches one of the elements of _\\@inlist_.
_$string_ may be undef.
_\\@inlist_ must be an array reference of non-ref strings. If any
element is a reference, the assertion fails.
## assert\_exists( \\%hash, $key \[,$name\] )
## assert\_exists( \\%hash, \\@keylist \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _%hash_ is indeed a hash, and that _$key_ exists in
_%hash_, or that all of the keys in _@keylist_ exist in _%hash_.
assert_exists( \%custinfo, 'name', 'Customer has a name field' );
assert_exists( \%custinfo, [qw( name addr phone )],
'Customer has name, address and phone' );
## assert\_lacks( \\%hash, $key \[,$name\] )
## assert\_lacks( \\%hash, \\@keylist \[,$name\] )
Asserts that _%hash_ is indeed a hash, and that _$key_ does NOT exist
in _%hash_, or that none of the keys in _@keylist_ exist in _%hash_.
The list `@keylist` cannot be empty.
assert_lacks( \%users, 'root', 'Root is not in the user table' );
assert_lacks( \%users, [qw( root admin nobody )], 'No bad usernames found' );
## assert\_all\_keys\_in( \\%hash, \\@names \[, $name \] )
Asserts that each key in `%hash` is in the list of `@names`.
This is used to ensure that there are no extra keys in a given hash.
assert_all_keys_in( $obj, [qw( height width depth )], '$obj can only contain height, width and depth keys' );
## assert\_keys\_are( \\%hash, \\@keys \[, $name \] )
Asserts that the keys for `%hash` are exactly `@keys`, no more and no less.
# CONTEXT ASSERTIONS
## assert\_context\_nonvoid( \[$name\] )
Verifies that the function currently being executed has not been called
in void context. This is to ensure the calling function is not ignoring
the return value of the executing function.
Given this function:
sub something {
...
assert_context_scalar();
return $important_value;
}
These calls to `something` will pass:
my $val = something();
my @things = something();
but this will fail:
something();
## assert\_context\_scalar( \[$name\] )
Verifies that the function currently being executed has been called in
scalar context. This is to ensure the calling function is not ignoring
the return value of the executing function.
Given this function:
sub something {
...
assert_context_scalar();
return $important_value;
}
This call to `something` will pass:
my $val = something();
but these will fail:
something();
my @things = something();
# UTILITY ASSERTIONS
## assert\_fail( \[$name\] )
Assertion that always fails. `assert_fail($msg)` is exactly the same
as calling `assert(0,$msg)`, but it eliminates that case where you
accidentally use `assert($msg)`, which of course never fires.
# COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2005-2021 Andy Lester.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to
Eric A. Zarko,
Bob Diss,
Pete Krawczyk,
David Storrs,
Dan Friedman,
Allard Hoeve,
Thomas L. Shinnick,
and Leland Johnson
for code and fixes.