package org.testng.internal.annotations;
/**
* Base interface for IBeforeSuite, IAfterSuite, etc...
*
* @author cbeust
* @date Jun 22, 2006
*/
public interface IBaseBeforeAfter {
/**
* Whether methods on this class/method are enabled.
*/
public boolean getEnabled();
/**
* The list of groups this class/method belongs to.
*/
public String[] getGroups();
/**
* The list of groups this method depends on. Every method
* member of one of these groups is guaranteed to have been
* invoked before this method. Furthermore, if any of these
* methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be
* run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
*/
public String[] getDependsOnGroups();
/**
* The list of methods this method depends on. There is no guarantee
* on the order on which the methods depended upon will be run, but you
* are guaranteed that all these methods will be run before the test method
* that contains this annotation is run. Furthermore, if any of these
* methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be
* run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
*
* If some of these methods have been overloaded, all the overloaded
* versions will be run.
*/
public String[] getDependsOnMethods();
/**
* For before methods (beforeSuite, beforeTest, beforeTestClass and
* beforeTestMethod, but not beforeGroups):
* If set to true, this configuration method will be run
* regardless of what groups it belongs to.
* <br>
* For after methods (afterSuite, afterClass, ...):
* If set to true, this configuration method will be run
* even if one or more methods invoked previously failed or
* was skipped.
*/
public boolean getAlwaysRun();
/**
* If true, this @Configuration method will belong to groups specified in the
* @Test annotation on the class (if any).
*/
public boolean getInheritGroups();
/**
* The description for this method. The string used will appear in the
* HTML report and also on standard output if verbose >= 2.
*/
public String getDescription();
}