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package org.scalatest
/**
* Trait whose instances can accept a stop request and indicate whether a stop has already been requested.
*
*
* This is passed in
* to the run method of Suite, so that running suites of tests can be
* requested to stop early.
*
*
* @author Bill Venners
*/
trait Stopper {
/**
* This method has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please call
* the stopRequested method instead.
*/
@deprecated
def apply() = stopRequested
/**
* Indicates whether a stop has been requested.
*
*
* Call this method
* to determine whether a running test should stop. The run method of any Suite, or
* code invoked by run, should periodically check the
* stop requested function. If true,
* the run method should interrupt its work and simply return.
*
*
* @return true if a stop has been requested
*/
def stopRequested: Boolean
/**
* Request that the current run stop.
*
*
* Invoking this method is like pulling the stop-request chord in a streetcar. It requests a stop, but in no
* way forces a stop. The running suite of tests decides when and how (and if) to respond to a stop request.
* ScalaTest's style traits periodically check the stopRequested method of the passed Stopper,
* and if a stop has been requested, terminates gracefully.
*
*/
def requestStop()
}
/**
* Companion object to Stopper that holds a factory method that produces a new Stopper whose
* stopRequested method returns false until after its requestStop has been
* invoked.
*/
object Stopper {
private class DefaultStopper extends Stopper {
@volatile private var stopWasRequested = false
def stopRequested: Boolean = stopWasRequested
def requestStop() {
stopWasRequested = true
}
}
/**
* Factory method that produces a new Stopper whose
* stopRequested method returns false until after its requestStop has been
* invoked.
*
*
* The Stopper returned by this method can be safely used by multiple threads concurrently.
*
*
* @return a new default stopper
*/
def default: Stopper = new DefaultStopper
}