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package org.testng;
import org.testng.xml.XmlClass;
import org.testng.xml.XmlTest;
/** IClass
represents a test class and a collection of its instances. */
public interface IClass {
/** @return this test class name. This is the name of the corresponding Java class. */
String getName();
/** @return the <test> tag this class was found in. */
XmlTest getXmlTest();
/** @return the *lt;class> tag this class was found in. */
XmlClass getXmlClass();
/** If this class implements org.testng.ITest, returns its test name, otherwise returns null. */
String getTestName();
/** @return the Java class corresponding to this IClass. */
Class getRealClass();
/**
* Returns all the instances the methods will be invoked upon. This will typically be an array of
* one object in the absence of a @Factory annotation.
*
* @param create flag if a new set of instances must be returned (if set to false)
* @return All the instances the methods will be invoked upon.
*/
Object[] getInstances(boolean create);
long[] getInstanceHashCodes();
void addInstance(Object instance);
}