com.ibm.rational.test.lt.recorder.core.tester

Interface IPacketTester

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasePacketTester

public interface IPacketTester

A packet tester evaluates a boolean condition on a recorder packet. The condition can be parameterized by arguments which are defined in the tester context.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	evaluate(IRecorderPacket packet) Evaluates the condition on a recorder packet and returns the evaluation result.
GenericEvaluationResult	evaluatePacketType(String packetType) Returns a generic evaluation for all packets of a given type.
void	initialize(IPacketTesterContext context) Initializes the tester with the specified context.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(IPacketTesterContext context)
                throws CoreException

Initializes the tester with the specified context. A context never changes through the life time of the tester.

Parameters:

context -

Throws:

CoreException - If the packet tester cannot initialize and operate.

evaluatePacketType

GenericEvaluationResult evaluatePacketType(String packetType)

Returns a generic evaluation for all packets of a given type.

Parameters:

packetType - A packet type.

Returns:

The generic evaluation.

evaluate

boolean evaluate(IRecorderPacket packet)

Evaluates the condition on a recorder packet and returns the evaluation result.

Parameters:

packet - A recorder packet.

Returns:

Whether the condition is true or false on the packet.