perl-test-pod-coverage

Test::Pod::Coverage is used to create a test for your distribution, to ensure that all relevant files in your distribution are appropriately documented in pod. Can also be called with Pod::Coverage parms. use Test::Pod::Coverage tests=>1; pod_coverage_ok( "Foo::Bar", { also_private => [ qr/^[A-Z_]+$/ ], }, "Foo::Bar, with all-caps functions as privates", ); The Pod::Coverage parms are also useful for subclasses that don't re-document the parent class's methods. Here's an example from Mail::SRS. pod_coverage_ok( "Mail::SRS" ); # No exceptions my $trustme = { trustme => [qr/^(new|parse|compile)$/] }; pod_coverage_ok( "Mail::SRS::DB", $trustme ); pod_coverage_ok( "Mail::SRS::Guarded", $trustme ); pod_coverage_ok( "Mail::SRS::Reversable", $trustme ); pod_coverage_ok( "Mail::SRS::Shortcut", $trustme ); Alternately, you could use Pod::Coverage::CountParents, which always allows a subclass to reimplement its parents' methods without redocumenting them. For example: my $trustparents = { coverage_class => 'Pod::Coverage::CountParents' }; pod_coverage_ok( "IO::Handle::Frayed", $trustparents ); (The 'coverage_class' parameter is not passed to the coverage class with other parameters.) If you want POD coverage for your module, but don't want to make Test::Pod::Coverage a prerequisite for installing, create the following as your _t/pod-coverage.t_ file: use Test::More; eval "use Test::Pod::Coverage"; plan skip_all => "Test::Pod::Coverage required for testing pod coverage" if $@; plan tests => 1; pod_coverage_ok( "Pod::Master::Html"); Finally, Module authors can include the following in a _t/pod-coverage.t_ file and have 'Test::Pod::Coverage' automatically find and check all modules in the module distribution: use Test::More; eval "use Test::Pod::Coverage 1.00"; plan skip_all => "Test::Pod::Coverage 1.00 required for testing POD coverage" if $@; all_pod_coverage_ok();