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package org.jboss.arquillian.test.spi.execution;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Override the execution of the Before/Test/After phase of the
 * Test framework.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:smikloso@redhat.com">Stefan Miklosovic</a>
 */
public interface TestExecutionDecider
{

    static final TestExecutionDecider EXECUTE = new TestExecutionDecider()
    {

        @Override
        public ExecutionDecision decide(Method testMethod)
        {
            return ExecutionDecision.execute();
        }

        @Override
        public int precedence() {
            return 0;
        }

    };

    /**
     * This method will be called individually for each event(before/test/after), but
     * should return the same result for each to behave consistently.
     *
     * @param testMethod test method to resolve a test execution on. This is always the @Test method regardless of the current phase before or after.
     * @return execution decision telling if a test method is going to be executed or not
     */
    ExecutionDecision decide(Method testMethod);

    /**
     * Higher the precedence is, sooner this decider will be treated.
     * 
     * @return precedence of this decider
     */
    int precedence();
}
