/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package vogar.target;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import vogar.monitor.TargetMonitor;

/**
 * Determines whether this can construct a {@link TargetRunner} instance capable of exercising some
 * aspect of the specified class, and then creates such an instance.
 */
public interface RunnerFactory {

    /**
     * Create a {@link TargetRunner} instance suitable for exercising the supplied class, return
     * {@code null} if no such instance is available.
     */
    @Nullable
    TargetRunner newRunner(TargetMonitor monitor, String qualification, Class<?> klass,
            AtomicReference<String> skipPastReference, TestEnvironment testEnvironment,
            int timeoutSeconds, boolean profile, String[] args);
}