################################################### # Text::XML::Count # # A module to help test element occurance counts # in XML documents. # # Author: Adam Kaplan ################################################### # $Id$ ################################################### package Test::XML::Count; use 5.006000; use base 'Test::Builder::Module'; use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; use Test::Builder; use Test::More; require Exporter; our @ISA = qw(Exporter); our @EXPORT = qw( xml_node_count xml_min_nodes xml_max_nodes ); our $VERSION = '0.02'; my $TEST = Test::Builder->new(); my $PARSER = XML::LibXML->new(); my $LAST_XML = ''; my $LAST_DOC; sub import { my $class = shift @_; Test::XML::Count->export_to_level(1, $class); $TEST->exported_to(caller); $TEST->plan(@_); } sub _parse_and_get_nodelist { my $xml = shift or fail("XML string is not defined"); my $xpath = shift or fail("XPath string is not defined"); # Parsing is slow & probably not needed more than once per test file; Avoid. return $LAST_DOC if $xml eq $LAST_XML; # don't die if bad/unbalanced xml eval {$LAST_DOC = $PARSER->parse_string($xml)}; return ($@) ? $TEST->fail($@) : $LAST_DOC->findnodes($xpath); } ## Preloaded methods go here. # boolean xml_node_count : xml string, xpath, number, test name sub xml_node_count($$$;$) { my ($xml, $xpath, $count, $name) = @_; $TEST->ok (_parse_and_get_nodelist($xml, $xpath)->size() == $count, $name); } # boolean xml_min_nodes : xml string, xpath, number, test name sub xml_min_nodes($$$;$) { my ($xml, $xpath, $count, $name) = @_; $TEST->ok (_parse_and_get_nodelist($xml, $xpath)->size() >= $count, $name); } # boolean xml_max_nodes : xml string, xpath, number, test name sub xml_max_nodes($$$;$) { my ($xml, $xpath, $count, $name) = @_; $TEST->ok (_parse_and_get_nodelist($xml, $xpath)->size() <= $count, $name); } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Test::XML::Count - Perl extension for testing element count at a certain depth =head1 SYNOPSIS use Test::XML::Count tests => 8; my $xml = ""; # These will pass xml_node_count $xml, '/foo', 1; xml_node_count $xml, '/foo/bar', 3; xml_max_nodes $xml, '/foo', 1; xml_min_nodes $xml, '/foo/bar' 3; # These will fail xml_node_count $xml, '/foo', 10; xml_node_count $xml, '/article', 1; # need an article xml_min_nodes $xml, '/foo/bar', 10; # at least 10 's in xml_max_nodes $xml, '/foo/bar', 1; # at MOST 1 in =head1 DESCRIPTION This test module allows you to check XML element counts. This is useful in testing applications which generate XML against known source data. At The New York Times, we use it during development to quickly verify that our RSS feeds meet very basic structural standards. For example, every news article needs to have exactly one of each of headline, byline, date and text, and B one image. This module fills a gap in L, which only has facilities to verify that an element exists (but not how many of it exist as direct siblings). This is a great way to validate the structure of your XML documents without doing any deep (SLOW) comparison. It also avoids having to hard code fragile element values that may change between tests or over time. Use L in conjunction with your existing XML testing tools -- L<"SEE ALSO">. =head1 SHAMELESS PLUG This module was developed by the New York Times Company as an internal testing tool, and graciously donated to the Perl community. To show your support for our open source intiative you may send an email to L and let us know how you are using this module. Please visit L, our open source blog to see what we are up to, L to see some of our open projects and then check out L for the latest news! =head1 SUBROUTINES =over 4 =item xml_node_count $xml, $xpath, $count, $name; Test passes if the XML string in C<$xml> contains C<$count> of the element specified by the XPath in C<$xpath>. Optionally name the test with C<$name>. =item xml_min_nodes $xml, $xpath, $count, $name; Test passes if the XML string in C<$xml> contains at least C<$count> of the element specified by the XPath in C<$xpath>. Optionally name the test with C<$name>. =item xml_max_nodes $xml, $xpath, $count, $name; Test passes if the XML string in C<$xml> contains at most C<$count> of the element specified by the XPath in C<$xpath>. Optionally name the test with C<$name>. =back =head1 EXPORTS Everything in L<"SUBROUTINES"> by default, as expected. =head1 SEE ALSO L L L L XPath Specification: L XPath For Dummies: L Our code blog: L =head1 AUTHOR Adam J Kaplan, Eakaplan@nytimes dotcom =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2008 by Adam J Kaplan and The New York Times This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. =cut