Interface DiscoverySelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClasspathResourceSelector, ClasspathRootSelector, ClassSelector, DirectorySelector, FileSelector, IterationSelector, MethodSelector, ModuleSelector, NestedClassSelector, NestedMethodSelector, PackageSelector, UniqueIdSelector, UriSelector

@API(status=STABLE,
     since="1.0")
public interface DiscoverySelector

A selector defines what a TestEngine can use to discover tests — for example, the name of a Java class, the path to a file or directory, etc.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• EngineDiscoveryRequest
• DiscoverySelectors

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Optional<DiscoverySelectorIdentifier>	toIdentifier()	Return the identifier of this selector.

Method Details

toIdentifier

@API(status=MAINTAINED,
     since="1.13.3")
default Optional<DiscoverySelectorIdentifier> toIdentifier()

Return the identifier of this selector.

The returned identifier must be parsable by a corresponding DiscoverySelectorIdentifierParser.

The default implementation returns Optional.empty(). Can be overridden by concrete implementations.

Returns:

an Optional containing the identifier of this selector; never null but potentially empty if the selector does not support identifiers

Since:

1.11