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package org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing;

import org.gradle.internal.Stoppable;

/**
 * A processor for executing tests. Implementations are not required to be thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Tom Eyckmans
 */
public interface TestClassProcessor extends Stoppable {
    /**
     * Performs any initialisation which this processor needs to perform.
     *
     * @param resultProcessor The processor to send results to during test execution.
     */
    void startProcessing(TestResultProcessor resultProcessor);

    /**
     * Accepts the given test class for processing. May execute synchronously, asynchronously, or defer execution for
     * later.
     *
     * @param testClass The test class.
     */
    void processTestClass(TestClassRunInfo testClass);

    /**
     * Completes any pending or asynchronous processing. Blocks until all processing is complete. The processor should
     * not use the result processor provided to {@link #startProcessing(TestResultProcessor)} after this method has
     * returned.
     */
    void stop();
}
