StagedExamReactor.java

/*
 * Copyright 2011 Toni Menzel.
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package org.ops4j.pax.exam.spi;

import java.util.Set;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.TestAddress;

/**
 * Separates logical regression invocations from underlying reactor strategy. You get an instance
 * from {@link org.ops4j.pax.exam.spi.ExamReactor}
 */
public interface StagedExamReactor {

    Set<TestAddress> getTargets();

    /**
     * Invoke an actual regression. The reactor implementation will take care of (perhaps)
     * instantiating a TestContainer or reusing an existing one and passing the parseForTests.
     * 
     * @param address
     *            reference to a concrete, single regression.
     * @throws Exception
     *             in case of a problem.
     */
    void invoke(TestAddress address) throws Exception;

    void beforeSuite();

    void beforeClass();

    void afterClass();

    void afterSuite();

}