PaxExamRuntime.java

/*
 * Copyright 2008 Alin Dreghiciu.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *
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package org.ops4j.pax.exam.runtime;

import org.apache.commons.discovery.tools.DiscoverSingleton;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.spi.container.TestContainerFactory;

/**
 * Pax Exam runtime.
 *
 * @author Alin Dreghiciu (adreghiciu@gmail.com)
 * @since 0.3.0, December 09, 2008
 */
public class PaxExamRuntime
{

    /**
     * Utility class. Ment to be used via the static factory methods.
     */
    private PaxExamRuntime()
    {
        // utility class
    }

    /**
     * Discovers the test container. Discovery is performed via Appache Commons discovery mechanism.
     *
     * @return discovered test container
     */
    public static TestContainerFactory getTestContainerFactory()
    {
        return (TestContainerFactory) DiscoverSingleton.find( TestContainerFactory.class );
    }

}