[LTP] Test::Parser for LTP, kernel, SpikeSource TRPI, etc.

[Bryce H. <br...@os...>]

Hi all,

A lot of us are running test harnesses.  Often we're running the same
sorts of tests.  However, every test seems to have its own unique output
format for its results.  A common challenge we share is the ability to
share these results between different tools for analysis, reporting, and
data mining needs.

Test::Parser is a new project aimed at addressing this problem by
gathering together parsers for different tests.  Results are stored into
a standard data structure that provides your harness with a standard API
to access test results.

For example, this would enable you to create a general purpose test
result browser for your test harness that can display results from any
supported test.  As people add new parsers for more tests, your browser
becomes more broadly useful.


You can download release 1.00 of Test::Parser from CPAN:

    http://search.cpan.org/~bryce/Test-Parser/

This is the first official release of this codebase.  In addition to the
base code, it includes the following parsers:

   * Kernel build results

   * Linux Test Project (LTP) test runs

This package also includes Test::Metadata, a module for collecting
multiple parsed test runs and attaching metadata to them including name,
path, report info, expected results, and suite type.  This module is
able to print out SpikeSource's TRPI XML format for describing test
runs.  More information about TRPI is available from SpikeSource's
website. 

Future plans include:

   * Parser for PyNFS
   * Parser for Connectathon
   * Parser for Iozone
   * Ability to export to tslogparser (see tslogparser.sf.net)

Adding a new parser is not difficult, and takes on the order of an
afternoon and under 100 lines of Perl.  If you'd like to contribute a
new parser for a test, I'll be happy to answer any questions you have! 

Thanks,
Bryce