[Pdx-pm] Testing STDIN
Joshua Keroes
joshua at keroes.com
Fri Aug 3 17:48:18 PDT 2007
I have a mock router class that prints to STDOUT and reads from STDIN.
I'm a little unsure about how to test this.
The mock router is a state machine (implemented with Dave Wheeler's
FSA::Rules). Each state typically prints a prompt, e.g.
Username:
and waits for the user to type something, e.g.
chomp( my $in = <STDIN> );
And of course, that <STDIN> will block while it waits for user-input.
Seems like I need to fork the router process off into one process and
connect it to another process that will pretend to be a fake user.
Is there a cleaner way to test this?
Thanks,
Joshua
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