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// Copyright 2008, Charlie Poole

// This is free software licensed under the NUnit license. You may

// obtain a copy of the license at http://nunit.org

// ****************************************************************



using System;



namespace NUnit.Framework

{

    /// <summary>

    /// The ITestCaseData interface is implemented by a class

    /// that is able to return complete testcases for use by

    /// a parameterized test method.

    /// 

    /// NOTE: This interface is used in both the framework

    /// and the core, even though that results in two different

    /// types. However, sharing the source code guarantees that

    /// the various implementations will be compatible and that

    /// the core is able to reflect successfully over the

    /// framework implementations of ITestCaseData.

    /// </summary>

    public interface ITestCaseData

    {

        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the argument list to be provided to the test

        /// </summary>

        object[] Arguments { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the expected result

        /// </summary>

        object Result { get; }



        /// <summary>

        ///  Gets the expected exception Type

        /// </summary>

        Type ExpectedException { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the FullName of the expected exception

        /// </summary>

        string ExpectedExceptionName { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the name to be used for the test

        /// </summary>

        string TestName { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the description of the test

        /// </summary>

        string Description { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets a value indicating whether this <see cref="ITestCaseData"/> is ignored.

        /// </summary>

        /// <value><c>true</c> if ignored; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>

        bool Ignored { get; }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the ignore reason.

        /// </summary>

        /// <value>The ignore reason.</value>

        string IgnoreReason { get; }

    }

}