Testing Domains Testing Exception Based Code Test::Exception provides routines to report whether code lives or dies, and whether code throws the correct exceptions dies_ok {$foo->method1} 'expecting to die'; lives_ok {$foo->method2} 'expecting to live'; throws_ok {$foo->method3} qr/division by zero/, 'zero caught okay'; throws_ok {$foo->method4} 'Error::Simple', 'simple error thrown';