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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * 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 android.test;

/**
 * More complex interface performance for test cases.
 * 
 * If you want your test to be used as a performance test, you must
 * implement this interface.
 */
public interface PerformanceTestCase
{
    /**
     * Callbacks for {@link PerformanceTestCase}.
     */
    public interface Intermediates
    {
        void setInternalIterations(int count);
        void startTiming(boolean realTime);
        void addIntermediate(String name);
        void addIntermediate(String name, long timeInNS);
        void finishTiming(boolean realTime);
    }

    /**
     * Set up to begin performance tests.  The 'intermediates' is a
     * communication channel to send back intermediate performance numbers --
     * if you use it, you will probably want to ensure your test is only
     * executed once by returning 1.  Otherwise, return 0 to allow the test
     * harness to decide the number of iterations.
     * 
     * If you return a non-zero iteration count, you should call
     * {@link Intermediates#startTiming intermediates.startTiming} and
     * {@link Intermediates#finishTiming intermediates.endTiming} to report the
     * duration of the test whose performance should actually be measured.
     * 
     * @param intermediates Callback for sending intermediate results.
     * 
     * @return int Maximum number of iterations to run, or 0 to let the caller
     *         decide.
     */
    int startPerformance(Intermediates intermediates);
    
    /**
     * This method is used to determine what modes this test case can run in.
     * 
     * @return true if this test case can only be run in performance mode.
     */
    boolean isPerformanceOnly();
}