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package com.sun.xacml.test;
/**
* Simple interface that defines what a single test does.
*
* @author Seth Proctor
*/
public interface Test {
/**
* Runs the test.
*
* @param testPrefix
* the namespace containing this test
*
* @return the number of failures that occured
*/
public int run(String testPrefix);
/**
* Returns the name of this test.
*
* @return the name
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns whether an error is expected to happen (and is therefore a success case).
*
* @return true if an error is expected, false otherwise
*/
public boolean isErrorExpected();
/**
* Returns whether or not this is an experimental test, and therefore not part of the required
* test cases.
*
* @return true if this test is experimental, false otherwise
*/
public boolean isExperimental();
}