de.retest.ui.descriptors.idproviders

Interface RetestIdProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConsistentRetestIdProvider, DefaultRetestIdProvider

public interface RetestIdProvider

This interface can be implemented by customers to configure how the retest ID is created from the given identifying attributes. For instance, some might prefer a combination of class name and text, or id, or path, or some completely random value (like a UUID).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ID_PROVIDER_CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getRetestId(IdentifyingAttributes identifyingAttributes) Get a retest ID for the given identifying attributes.
void	reset() Resets the state, such that the same retest ID can be used after calling this method.

Field Detail

ID_PROVIDER_CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY

static final String ID_PROVIDER_CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getRetestId

String getRetestId(IdentifyingAttributes identifyingAttributes)

Get a retest ID for the given identifying attributes. Ideally, this should be human readable or have some intuitive relation to the given identifying attributes. But it absolutely must be unique within a given state. The reset() method is used to reset the know IDs in between states.

Parameters:

identifyingAttributes - the identifying attributes of which the ID should be derived from

Returns:

the generated unique retest ID

reset

void reset()

Resets the state, such that the same retest ID can be used after calling this method.