Test2::EventFacet::Info(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2::EventFacet::Info(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Test2::EventFacet::Info - Facet for information a developer might care about.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This facet represents messages intended for humans that will help them either understand a result, or diagnose a failure.

# [NOTES](#NOTES)

This facet appears in a list instead of being a single item.

# [FIELDS](#FIELDS)

$string\_or\_structure = $info->{details}

$string\_or\_structure = $info->**details()**

Human readable string or data structure, this is the information to display. Formatters are free to render the structures however they please. This may contain a blessed object.

If the "table" attribute (see below) is set then a renderer may choose to display the table instead of the details.

$structure = $info->{table}

$structure = $info->**table()**

If the data the "info" facet needs to convey can be represented as a table then the data may be placed in this attribute in a more raw form for better display. The data must also be represented in the "details" attribute for renderers which do not support rendering tables directly.

The table structure:

```
    my %table = {
        header => [ 'column 1 header', 'column 2 header', ... ], # Optional
        rows => [
            ['row 1 column 1', 'row 1, column 2', ... ],
            ['row 2 column 1', 'row 2, column 2', ... ],
            ...
        ],
        # Allow the renderer to hide empty columns when true, Optional
        collapse => $BOOL,
        # List by name or number columns that should never be collapsed
        no_collapse => \@LIST,
    }
    
```

$short\_string = $info->{tag}

$short\_string = $info->**tag()**

Short tag to categorize the info. This is usually 10 characters or less, formatters may truncate longer tags.

$bool = $info->{debug}

$bool = $info->**debug()**

Set this to true if the message is critical, or explains a failure. This is info that should be displayed by formatters even in less-verbose modes.

When false the information is not considered critical and may not be rendered in less-verbose modes.

$bool = $info->{important}

$bool = $info->important

This should be set for non debug messages that are still important enough to show when a formatter is in quiet mode. A formatter should send these to STDOUT not STDERR, but should show them even in non-verbose mode.

# [SOURCE](#SOURCE)

The source code repository for Test2 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 <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/>

2026-10-26 perl v5.44.0

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