# TAP::Base - phpMan

## NAME
    [TAP::Base] - Base class that provides common functionality to [TAP::Parser]
    and [TAP::Harness]

## VERSION
    Version 3.43

## SYNOPSIS
        package [TAP::Whatever];

        use base '[TAP::Base]';

        # ... later ...

        my $thing = [TAP::Whatever]->new();

        $thing->callback( event => sub {
            # do something interesting
        } );

## DESCRIPTION
    "[TAP::Base]" provides callback management.

## METHODS
  Class Methods
   "callback"
    Install a callback for a named event.

   "get_time"
    Return the current time using [Time::HiRes] if available.

   "time_is_hires"
    Return true if the time returned by get_time is high resolution (i.e. if
    [Time::HiRes] is available).

   "get_times"
    Return array reference of the four-element list of CPU seconds, as with
    "times" in perlfunc.