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Mutation testing system for Java.
/*
* Copyright 2010 Henry Coles
*
* 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
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
* software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*/
package org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor;
import org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
/**
* A MethodMutatorFactory
is a factory creating method mutating
* method visitors. Those method visitors will serve two purposes: finding new
* mutation points (locations in byte code where mutations can be applied) and
* applying those mutations to the byte code.
*
*
*
* A MethodMutatorFactory
will have a globally unique id and must
* provide a human readable name via the getName()
method. This
* name will be used in the reports created to document and describe the
* mutation(s) applied.
*
*
* @author Henry Coles
*/
public interface MethodMutatorFactory {
MethodVisitor create(MutationContext context,
MethodInfo methodInfo, MethodVisitor methodVisitor);
String getGloballyUniqueId();
/**
* Returns a human readable String
representation of this
* MethodMutatorFactory
. The return value of this method will be
* used in reports to document and describe the mutation(s) applied by the
* MethodVisitor
created by this
* MethodMutatorFactory
.
*
*
* @return a human readable string representation for end-user report
* generation.
*/
String getName();
}