org.specrunner.plugins

Interface IPluginGroup

All Superinterfaces:

IActionType, IComposite<IPluginGroup,IPlugin>, IParameterHolder, IPlugin

All Known Implementing Classes:

PluginGroupImpl

public interface IPluginGroup
extends IPlugin, IComposite<IPluginGroup,IPlugin>

A group plugin.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IPlugin	getNormalized() Normalizes the plugin group.

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.plugins.IPlugin

copy, doEnd, doStart, getParent, initialize, setParent

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.parameters.IParameterHolder

getParameters, setParameters

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.plugins.IActionType

getActionType

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.util.composite.IComposite

add, getChildren, isEmpty

Method Detail

getNormalized

IPlugin getNormalized()

Normalizes the plugin group. For example, if the group has only PluginNop instances, only one instance is enough to reflect the functionality, other example is a group with only one element, the normalized version is the contained plugin itself.

Returns:

The normalized group.