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package com.sun.javatest.services;

import com.sun.javatest.TestSuite;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Interface, used to read information about services and map from tests to 
 * services. This component is need to be provided by test suite, as it done
 * for other pluggable components.
 * <p>
 * Default implementation is {@link com.sun.javatest.services.XMLServiceReader},
 * which reads all required information from one XML file.
 */
public interface ServiceReader {
    
    /**
     * Invoked after ServiceReader object achieved from test suite and before 
     * reading any information from reader.
     * @param ts test suite.
     * @param args any args, found in reader declaration in {@code testsuite.jtt} file,
     * except first arg, which is reader's implementation class. The key of this
     * record in {@code testsuite.jtt} file is "serviceReader"
     */
    public void init(TestSuite ts, String[] args);
    /**
     * Creates {@link com.sun.javatest.services.Service} instances and map from 
     * service's IDs to services. During process of reading,
     * reader needs to instantiate all Service objects and fill them with required
     * data
     * @return map from service's IDs to services.
     */
    public Map<String, Service> readServices();
    /**
     * Creates and returns set of test paths, which describe mapping from tests
     * to services, required by this tests.
     * @return set of tests-to-services maps
     */
    public Set<TestPath> readTestServiceMap();
}
