<!-- GENERATED by docs/sphinx/bin/20-reference (p5) from reference/bundled/Test2/Tools/Event.md. Do not edit. -->

```{index} single: Test2::Tools::Event
```

# Test2::Tools::Event

Tools for generating test events.

## DESCRIPTION

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

## 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](../Util/Trace.md) 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

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

## MAINTAINERS

- Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

## AUTHORS

- Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

## 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/`