01: /*
02: * @(#)ITestCreator.java
03: *
04: * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Matt Albrecht
05: * groboclown@users.sourceforge.net
06: * http://groboutils.sourceforge.net
07: *
08: * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
09: * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
10: * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
11: * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
12: * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
13: * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
14: *
15: * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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17: *
18: * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
19: * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
20: * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
21: * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
22: * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
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25: */
26:
27: package net.sourceforge.groboutils.junit.v1.parser;
28:
29: import java.lang.reflect.Method;
30: import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
31:
32: import junit.framework.Test;
33:
34: /**
35: * Interface that can create test objects based on a class and a method from
36: * within that class, using a specific method. Also provides means to check
37: * the class object to see if the implementation can instantiate the test
38: * class.
39: *
40: * @author Matt Albrecht <a href="mailto:groboclown@users.sourceforge.net">groboclown@users.sourceforge.net</a>
41: * @version $Date: 2003/02/10 22:52:21 $
42: * @since November 3, 2002
43: */
44: public interface ITestCreator {
45: /**
46: * Creates a new test, based on the given class and method of the
47: * class.
48: *
49: * @param theClass the class to parse for testing.
50: * @param m the method that will be tested with the new class instance.
51: * @return the generated test, or <tt>null</tt> if the test could not
52: * be created.
53: * @exception InstantiationException if there was a problem creating
54: * the class.
55: * @exception NoSuchMethodException if the method does not exist in the
56: * class.
57: */
58: public Test createTest(Class theClass, Method method)
59: throws InstantiationException, NoSuchMethodException,
60: InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException,
61: ClassCastException;
62:
63: /**
64: * Checks if the creator can be used on the given class.
65: *
66: * @param theClass the class to check if parsing is acceptable.
67: * @return whether the creator can generate a test based on
68: * <tt>theClass</tt>.
69: */
70: public boolean canCreate(Class theClass);
71: }
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