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package org.apache.qpid.test.framework.sequencers;

import org.apache.qpid.test.framework.Assertion;
import org.apache.qpid.test.framework.Circuit;
import org.apache.qpid.test.framework.TestClientDetails;
import org.apache.qpid.util.ConversationFactory;

import org.apache.qpid.junit.extensions.util.ParsedProperties;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * A CircuitFactory is responsibile for creating test circuits appropriate to the context that a test case is
 * running in, and providing an implementation of a standard test procedure over a test circuit.
 *
 * <p/><table id="crc"><caption>CRC Card</caption>
 * <tr><th> Responsibilities
 * <tr><td> Provide a standard test procedure over a test circuit.
 * <tr><td> Construct test circuits appropriate to a tests context.
 * </table>
 */
public interface CircuitFactory
{
    /**
     * Holds a test coordinating conversation with the test clients. This should consist of assigning the test roles,
     * begining the test, gathering the test reports from the participants, and checking for assertion failures against
     * the test reports.
     *
     * @param testCircuit    The test circuit.
     * @param assertions     The list of assertions to apply to the test circuit.
     * @param testProperties The test case definition.
     *
     * @deprecated Use test circuits and Circuit.test instead.
     */
    public void sequenceTest(Circuit testCircuit, List<Assertion> assertions, Properties testProperties);

    /**
     * Creates a test circuit for the test, configered by the test parameters specified.
     *
     * @param testProperties The test parameters.
     *
     * @return A test circuit.
     */
    public Circuit createCircuit(ParsedProperties testProperties);

    /**
     * Sets the sender test client to coordinate the test with.
     *
     * @param sender The contact details of the sending client in the test.
     */
    public void setSender(TestClientDetails sender);

    /**
     * Sets the receiving test client to coordinate the test with.
     *
     * @param receiver The contact details of the sending client in the test.
     */
    public void setReceiver(TestClientDetails receiver);

    /**
     * Supplies the sending test client.
     *
     * @return The sending test client.
     */
    public TestClientDetails getSender();

    /**
     * Supplies the receiving test client.
     *
     * @return The receiving test client.
     */
    public List<TestClientDetails> getReceivers();

    /**
     * Accepts the conversation factory over which to hold the test coordinating conversation.
     *
     * @param conversationFactory The conversation factory to coordinate the test over.
     */
    public void setConversationFactory(ConversationFactory conversationFactory);
}
