Test2::M...:Tooling(3)	Perl Programmers Reference Guide  Test2::M...:Tooling(3)

NAME
     Test2::Manual::Tooling - Manual page for tool authors.

DESCRIPTION
     This section covers writing new tools, plugins, and other Test2 components.

TOOL TUTORIALS
   FIRST TOOL
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::FirstTool - Introduction to writing tools by
     cloning ok().

   MOVING FROM Test::Builder
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::TestBuilder - This section maps Test::Builder meth-
     ods to Test2 concepts.

   NESTING TOOLS
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Nesting - How to call other tools from your tool.

   TOOLS WITH SUBTESTS
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Subtest - How write tools that make use of sub-
     tests.

   TESTING YOUR TEST TOOLS
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Testing - How to write tests for your test tools.

PLUGIN TUTORIALS
   TAKING ACTION WHEN A NEW TOOL STARTS
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::ToolStarts - How to add behaviors that oc-
     cur when a tool starts work.

   TAKING ACTION AFTER A TOOL IS DONE
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::ToolCompletes - How to add behaviors that
     occur when a tool completes work.

   TAKING ACTION AT THE END OF TESTING
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::TestingDone - How to add behaviors that oc-
     cur when testing is complete (IE done_testing, or end of test).

   TAKING ACTION JUST BEFORE EXIT
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::TestExit - How to safely add pre-exit be-
     haviors.

WRITING A SIMPLE JSONL FORMATTER
     Test2::Manual::Tooling::Formatter - How to write a custom formatter, in our
     case a JSONL formatter.

WHERE TO FIND HOOKS AND APIS
     global API
	 Test2::API is the global API. This is primarily used by plugins that
	 provide global behavior.

     In hubs
	 Test2::Hub is the base class for all hubs. This is where hooks for ma-
	 nipulating events, or running things at the end of testing live.

SEE ALSO
     Test2::Manual - Primary index of the manual.

SOURCE
     The source code repository for Test2-Manual can be found at
     https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/.

MAINTAINERS
     Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS
     Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

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

     See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/

perl v5.44.0			   2026-06-22		  Test2::M...:Tooling(3)