Test2::Tools::Event(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2::Tools::Event(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Test2::Tools::Event - Tools for generating test events.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module provides tools for generating events quickly by bypassing the context/hub. This is particularly useful when testing other Test2 packages.

# [EXPORTS](#EXPORTS)

$e = gen\_event($TYPE)

$e = gen\_event($TYPE, %FIELDS)

$e = gen\_event 'Ok';

$e = gen\_event Ok => ( ... )

$e = gen\_event '+Test2::Event::Ok' => ( ... )

This will produce an event of the specified type. $TYPE is assumed to be shorthand for "Test2::Event::$TYPE", you can prefix $TYPE with a '+' to drop the assumption.

An Test2::Util::Trace will be generated using caller(0) and will be put in the 'trace' field of your new event, unless you specified your own 'trace' field.

# [SOURCE](#SOURCE)

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

# [MAINTAINERS](#MAINTAINERS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad~2)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

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

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

2026-08-31 perl v5.44.0

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