package org.testng.internal.annotations;

import org.testng.annotations.ITestOrConfiguration;

Base interface for IBeforeSuite, IAfterSuite, etc...
/**
 * Base interface for IBeforeSuite, IAfterSuite, etc...
 */
public interface IBaseBeforeAfter extends ITestOrConfiguration {
  
Whether methods on this class/method are enabled. /** Whether methods on this class/method are enabled. */
  boolean getEnabled();

  
The list of groups this class/method belongs to. /** The list of groups this class/method belongs to. */
  String[] getGroups();

  
The list of groups this method depends on. Every method member of one of these groups is
guaranteed to have been invoked before this method. Furthermore, if any of these methods was
not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
/**
   * The list of groups this method depends on. Every method member of one of these groups is
   * guaranteed to have been invoked before this method. Furthermore, if any of these methods was
   * not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
   */
  String[] getDependsOnGroups();

  
The list of methods this method depends on. There is no guarantee on the order on which the
methods depended upon will be run, but you are guaranteed that all these methods will be run
before the test method that contains this annotation is run. Furthermore, if any of these
methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
If some of these methods have been overloaded, all the overloaded versions will be run.
/**
   * The list of methods this method depends on. There is no guarantee on the order on which the
   * methods depended upon will be run, but you are guaranteed that all these methods will be run
   * before the test method that contains this annotation is run. Furthermore, if any of these
   * methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be run and will be flagged as a SKIP.
   *
   * <p>If some of these methods have been overloaded, all the overloaded versions will be run.
   */
  String[] getDependsOnMethods();

  
For before methods (beforeSuite, beforeTest, beforeTestClass and beforeTestMethod, but not
beforeGroups): If set to true, this configuration method will be run regardless of what groups
it belongs to. 

For after methods (afterSuite, afterClass, ...): If set to true, this configuration method will
be run even if one or more methods invoked previously failed or was skipped.
/**
   * For before methods (beforeSuite, beforeTest, beforeTestClass and beforeTestMethod, but not
   * beforeGroups): If set to true, this configuration method will be run regardless of what groups
   * it belongs to. <br>
   * For after methods (afterSuite, afterClass, ...): If set to true, this configuration method will
   * be run even if one or more methods invoked previously failed or was skipped.
   */
  boolean getAlwaysRun();

  
Returns:
true if this @Configuration method will belong to groups specified in the @Test
annotation on the class (if any)./**
   * @return true if this &#64;Configuration method will belong to groups specified in the &#64;Test
   * annotation on the class (if any).
   */
  boolean getInheritGroups();

  
The description for this method. The string used will appear in the HTML report and also on
standard output if verbose > 2.
/**
   * The description for this method. The string used will appear in the HTML report and also on
   * standard output if verbose &gt; 2.
   */
  String getDescription();
}