org.ops4j.pax.exam

Interface TestAddress

public interface TestAddress

Test pointer to an executable test. TestAddresses are graph based, so they have a parent and zero-to-many children.

Since:

Jan 11, 2010

Author:

Toni Menzel

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object[]	arguments() Test Addresses can have default argument values.
String	caption()
String	identifier() Identifier of a single addressable test.
TestAddress	root() Test Addresses are built from other test addresses, so they build a compound tree.

Method Detail

identifier

String identifier()

Identifier of a single addressable test.

Returns:

identifier that is associated with this address. Basically its the persistent representation.

caption

String caption()

Returns:

A human readable name of that test address

root

TestAddress root()

Test Addresses are built from other test addresses, so they build a compound tree. This returns the root of the tree. Sub-Addresses (so, TestAddresses that have a root()) refer usually to one identical test deployed on different test containers.

Returns:

root of this address (where this was built from).

arguments

Object[] arguments()

Test Addresses can have default argument values.

Returns:

the arguments passed to this address by default.