Representer.java

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package org.tap4j.representer;

import org.tap4j.model.TestSet;

/**
 * Responsible for knowing how to represent a TestSet as String.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Representer {

    /**
     * Get Test Set as text.
     *
     * @param testSet TestSet
     * @return TestSet represented as String
     * @throws RepresenterException
     */
    String representData(TestSet testSet);

}