org.testng.remote.adapter
Interface IWorkerApadter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultWorkerAdapter

public interface IWorkerApadter

This interface should be implemented by the Master-Slave transport adapter. This interface is used by the Slave to pull suites and return results.

Author:

Guy Korland

See Also:

IMasterAdapter

Method Summary

XmlSuite	getSuite(long timeout) A blocking call to get the next Suite to test.
void	init(java.util.Properties properties) Initializes the worker adapter.
void	returnResult(ISuite result) Return a suite result.

Method Detail

init

void init(java.util.Properties properties)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Initializes the worker adapter.

Parameters:

properties - holds the properties loaded from the remote.properties file.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - adapter might throw any exception on initialization, which will abort this adapter.

getSuite

XmlSuite getSuite(long timeout)
                  throws java.lang.InterruptedException,
                         java.io.IOException

A blocking call to get the next Suite to test.

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time to wait for the next suite.

Returns:

the next suite avaliable or null if the timeout has reached.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - might be thrown on IO error.

java.lang.InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting.

returnResult

void returnResult(ISuite result)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Return a suite result.

Parameters:

result - the result to return

Throws:

java.io.IOException - might be thrown on IO error.