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/*
 * Copyright 2001-2013 Artima, Inc.
 *
 * 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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package org.scalatest

import org.scalactic._

/**
 * The base trait of ScalaTest's synchronous testing styles, which defines a 
 * withFixture lifecycle method that accepts as its parameter a test function
 * that returns an Outcome.
 *
 * 
 * The withFixture method add by this trait has the 
 * following signature and implementation:
 * 
 *
 *  * def withFixture(test: NoArgTest): Outcome = {
 *   test()
 * }
 * 
 *
 * The apply method of test function interface,
 * NoArgTest, also returns Outcome:
 * 
 *
 *  * // In trait NoArgTest:
 * def apply(): Outcome
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Because the result of a test is an Outcome, when the test function returns, the test body must have determined an outcome already. It
 * will already be one of Succeeded, Failed, Canceled, or Pending. This is
 * also true when withFixture(NoArgTest) returns: because the result type of withFixture(NoArgTest) is Outcome,
 * the test has by definition already finished execution.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The recommended way to ensure cleanup is performed after a test body finishes execution is
 * to use a try-finally clause.
 * Using try-finally will ensure that cleanup will occur whether
 * the test function completes abruptly by throwing a suite-aborting exception, or returns
 * normally yielding an Outcome. Note that the only situation in which a test function
 * will complete abruptly with an exception is if the test body throws a suite-aborting exception.
 * Any other exception will be caught and reported as either a Failed, Canceled,
 * or Pending.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The withFixture method is designed to be stacked, and to enable this, you should always call the super implementation
 * of withFixture, and let it invoke the test function rather than invoking the test function directly. In other words, instead of writing
 * “test()”, you should write “super.withFixture(test)”. Thus, the recommended
 * structure of a withFixture implementation that performs cleanup looks like this:
 * 
 *
 *  * // Your implementation
 * override def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) = {
 *   // Perform setup here
 *   try {
 *     super.withFixture(test) // Invoke the test function
 *   } finally {
 *     // Perform cleanup here
 *   }
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * If you have no cleanup to perform, you can write withFixture like this instead:
 * 
 *
 *  * // Your implementation
 * override def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) = {
 *   // Perform setup here
 *   super.withFixture(test) // Invoke the test function
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * If you want to perform an action only for certain outcomes, you can use
 * a pattern match.
 * For example, if you want to perform an action if a test fails, you'd 
 * match on Failed, like this:
 * 
 *
 *  * // Your implementation
 * override def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) = {
 *
 *   // Perform setup here
 *
 *   val outcome = super.withFixture(test) // Invoke the test function
 *
 *   outcome match {
 *     case failed: Failed =>
 *       // perform action that you want to occur
 *       // only if a test fails here
 *       failed
 *     case other => other
 *   }
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * If you want to change the outcome in some way in withFixture, you can also
 * use a pattern match.
 * For example, if a particular exception intermittently causes a test to fail, and can
 * transform those failures into cancelations, like this:
 * 
 * 
 *  * // Your implementation
 * override def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) = {
 *
 *   super.withFixture(test) match {
 *     case Failed(ex: ParticularException) =>
 *       Canceled("Muting flicker", ex)
 *     case other => other
 *   }
 * }
 * 
 */
trait TestSuite extends Suite { thisTestSuite =>

  /**
   * A test function taking no arguments and returning an Outcome.
   *
   * 
   * For more detail and examples, see the relevant section in the 
   * documentation for trait fixture.FlatSpec.
   * 
   */
  protected trait NoArgTest extends (() => Outcome) with TestData {

    /**
     * Runs the body of the test, returning an Outcome.
     */
    def apply(): Outcome
  }

  // Keep this out of the public until there's a use case demonstrating its need
  private[scalatest] object NoArgTest {
    def apply(test: NoArgTest)(f: => Outcome): NoArgTest = {
      new NoArgTest {
        def apply(): Outcome = { f }
        val text: String = test.text
        val configMap: ConfigMap = test.configMap
        val scopes: collection.immutable.IndexedSeq[String] = test.scopes
        val name: String = test.name
        val tags: Set[String] = test.tags
        val pos: Option[source.Position] = test.pos
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Run the passed test function in the context of a fixture established by this method.
   *
   * 
   * This method should set up the fixture needed by the tests of the
   * current suite, invoke the test function, and if needed, perform any clean
   * up needed after the test completes. Because the NoArgTest function
   * passed to this method takes no parameters, preparing the fixture will require
   * side effects, such as reassigning instance vars in this Suite or initializing
   * a globally accessible external database. If you want to avoid reassigning instance vars
   * you can use fixture.Suite.
   * 
   *
   * 
   * This trait's implementation of runTest invokes this method for each test, passing
   * in a NoArgTest whose apply method will execute the code of the test.
   * 
   *
   * 
   * This trait's implementation of this method simply invokes the passed NoArgTest function.
   * 
   *
   * @param test the no-arg test function to run with a fixture
   */
  protected def withFixture(test: NoArgTest): Outcome = {
    test()
  }

  /**
   * Run an async test.
   *
   * 
   * This method is redefine in this trait solely to narrow its contract. Subclasses must implement
   * this method to call the withFixture(NoArgTest) method, which is defined in this trait.
   * 
   *
   * 
   * This trait's implementation of this method simply returns SucceededStatus 
   * and has no other effect.
   * 
   *
   * @param testName the name of one async test to execute.
   * @param args the Args for this run
   * @return a Status object that indicates when the test started by this method
   *     has completed, and whether or not it failed.
   *
   * @throws NullArgumentException if either testName or args
   *     is null.
   */
  protected override def runTest(testName: String, args: Args): Status = SucceededStatus
}