NAME

    Test::Mock::Time - Deterministic time & timers for event loop tests

VERSION

    This document describes Test::Mock::Time version v0.1.2

SYNOPSIS

      use Test::Mock::Time;
    
      # All these functions will return same constant time
      # until you manually move time forward by some deterministic
      # value by sleep(), ff() or doing one tick of your event loop.
      say time();
      say localtime();
      say gmtime();
      say Time::HiRes::time();
      say Time::HiRes::gettimeofday();
      say Time::HiRes::clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME());
      say Time::HiRes::clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC());
    
      # All these functions will fast-forward time (so time() etc.
      # will return increased value on next call) and return immediately.
      # Pending timers of your event loop (if any) will not be processed.
      sleep(1);
      Time::HiRes::sleep(0.5);
      Time::HiRes::usleep(500_000);
      Time::HiRes::nanosleep(500_000_000);
      Time::HiRes::clock_nanosleep(500_000_000);
    
      # This will fast-forward time and process pending timers (if any).
      ff(0.5);
    
      # These will call ff() in case no other (usually I/O) event happens in
      # $Test::Mock::Time::WAIT_ONE_TICK seconds of real time and there are
      # some active timers.
      Mojo::IOLoop->one_tick;
      EV::run(EV::RUN_ONCE);

DESCRIPTION

    This module replaces actual time with simulated time everywhere (core
    time(), Time::HiRes, EV, AnyEvent with EV, Mojolicious, …) and provide
    a way to write deterministic tests for event loop based applications
    with timers.

    IMPORTANT! This module must be loaded by your script/app/test before
    other related modules (Time::HiRes, Mojolicious, EV, etc.).

EXPORTS

    These functions are exported by default:

        ff

INTERFACE

    WAIT_ONE_TICK

          $Test::Mock::Time::WAIT_ONE_TICK = 0.05;

      This value is used to limit amount of real time spend waiting for
      non-timer (usually I/O) event while one tick of event loop if there
      are some active timers. In case no events happens while this time
      event loop will be interrupted and time will be fast-forward to time
      when next timer should expire by calling ff().

    ff

          ff( $seconds );
          ff();

      Fast-forward current time by $seconds (can be fractional). All
      functions like time() will returns previous value increased by
      $seconds after that.

      Will run callbacks for pending timers of your event loop if they'll
      expire while $seconds or if they've already expired (because you've
      used functions like sleep() which fast-forward time without
      processing timers).

      When called without params will fast-forward time by amount needed to
      run callback for next pending timer (it may be 0 in case there are no
      pending timers or if next pending timer already expired).

 Mocked functions/methods from other modules

    See "SYNOPSIS" for explanation how they works.

    CORE::GLOBAL

      time

      localtime

      gmtime

      sleep

    Time::HiRes

      time

      gettimeofday

      clock_gettime

      clock_getres

      sleep

      usleep

      nanosleep

      clock_nanosleep

    Mojo::Reactor::Poll

      All required methods.

    EV

      All required methods except:

          EV::once
          EV::Watcher::feed_event

SUPPORT

 Bugs / Feature Requests

    Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
    https://github.com/powerman/perl-Test-Mock-Time/issues. You will be
    notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

 Source Code

    This is open source software. The code repository is available for
    public review and contribution under the terms of the license. Feel
    free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

    https://github.com/powerman/perl-Test-Mock-Time

        git clone https://github.com/powerman/perl-Test-Mock-Time.git

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      http://cpanratings.perl.org/dist/Test-Mock-Time

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      http://annocpan.org/dist/Test-Mock-Time

      * CPAN Testers Matrix

      http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Test-Mock-Time

      * CPANTS: A CPAN Testing Service (Kwalitee)

      http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Test-Mock-Time

AUTHOR

    Alex Efros <powerman@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Alex Efros <powerman@cpan.org>.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The MIT (X11) License