NAME

Test::AutoBuild::Counter - The base class for an AutoBuild stage

SYNOPSIS

  use Test::AutoBuild::Counter;

  my $counter = Test::AutoBuild::Counter->new(options => \%options);

  # Retrieve the current counter
  $counter->value();

METHODS

my $stage = Test::AutoBuild::Counter->new(options => %options);

Creates a new counter, with the options parameter providing in any sub-class specific configuration options.

$value = $counter->option($name[, $newvalue]);

Retrieves the subclass specific configuration option specified by the $name parameter. If the $newvalue parameter is supplied, then the configuration option is updated.

$counter->generate($runtime);

This method should be implemented by subclasses to the logic required to generate the next build counter.

AUTHORS

Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>, Dennis Gregorovic <dgregorovic@alum.mit.edu>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005 Daniel Berrange

SEE ALSO

perl(1), Test::AutoBuild, Test::AutoBuild::Runtime