Adding Knowmad's excellent Instance test script for exposing JSON

problems in Workflow::Instance

t/Workflow/Instance.t

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+# vim:syntax=perl
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2007 Plain Black Corporation.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+# (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+# this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+# http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Tests for WebGUI::Workflow::Instance
+#
+
+use FindBin;
+use strict;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use Test::More;
+use WebGUI::Test; # Must use this before any other WebGUI modules
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::Workflow;
+use WebGUI::Workflow::Instance;
+use JSON;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Init
+my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests
+
+plan tests => 6;        # Increment this number for each test you create
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# put your tests here
+
+# create a workflow
+my $wf = WebGUI::Workflow->create(
+    $session,
+    {
+        title => 'WebGUI::Workflow::Instance Test',
+        description => 'Description',
+        type => 'None'
+    }
+);
+ok(defined $wf, 'can create workflow');
+isa_ok($wf, 'WebGUI::Workflow', 'workflow');
+
+my $wfId = $wf->getId;
+ok(defined $wfId, 'workflow has an ID');
+ok(defined WebGUI::Workflow->new($session, $wfId), 'workflow can be retrieved');
+
+# create an instance of $wfId
+my $properties = {
+    #workflowId=>$session->setting->get("runOnAdminCreateUser"),
+    workflowId=>$wfId,
+    methodName=>"new",
+    className=>"None",
+    parameters=>'encode me',
+    priority=>1
+};
+my $instance = WebGUI::Workflow::Instance->create($session, $properties);
+isa_ok($instance, 'WebGUI::Workflow::Instance', 'workflow instance');
+
+# test JSON encoding
+my $encoded_text = JSON->new->pretty->encode({parameters => $properties->{parameters}});
+ok($encoded_text, 'received encoded text from JSON');
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cleanup
+END {
+    $wf->delete;
+}