TestStateListener.java

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package org.apache.jmeter.testelement;

/**
 * @since 2.8
 */
public interface TestStateListener {

    /**
     * <p>
     * Called just before the start of the test from the main engine thread.
     *
     * This is before the test elements are cloned.
     *
     * Note that not all the test
     * variables will have been set up at this point.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>
     * N.B. testStarted() and testEnded() are called from different threads.
     * </b>
     * </p>
     * @see org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine#run()
     *
     */
    void testStarted();

    /**
     * <p>
     * Called just before the start of the test from the main engine thread.
     *
     * This is before the test elements are cloned.
     *
     * Note that not all the test
     * variables will have been set up at this point.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>
     * N.B. testStarted() and testEnded() are called from different threads.
     * </b>
     * </p>
     * @see org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine#run()
     * @param host name of host
     */
    void testStarted(String host);

    /**
     * <p>
     * Called once for all threads after the end of a test.
     *
     * This will use the same element instances as at the start of the test.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>
     * N.B. testStarted() and testEnded() are called from different threads.
     * </b>
     * </p>
     * @see org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine#stopTest()
     *
     */
    void testEnded();

    /**
     * <p>
     * Called once for all threads after the end of a test.
     *
     * This will use the same element instances as at the start of the test.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>
     * N.B. testStarted() and testEnded() are called from different threads.
     * </b>
     * </p>
     * @see org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine#stopTest()
     * @param host name of host
     *
     */

    void testEnded(String host);

}