/**

  * Back 2 Browser Bytecode Translator

  * Copyright (C) 2012 Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@apidesign.org>

  *

  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

  * the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.

  *

  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

  * GNU General Public License for more details.

  *

  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

  * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.

  * If not, see http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.

  */

 package org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.vmtest;

 import org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.launcher.Launcher;

 import org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.vmtest.impl.CompareCase;

 import org.testng.annotations.Factory;

 /** A TestNG {@link Factory} that seeks for {@link Compare} and {@link BrwsrTest} annotations

  * in provided class and builds set of tests that verify the functionality of <b>Bck2Brwsr</b> 

  * based system. Use as:

  * <pre>

  * {@code @}{@link Factory} public static create() {

  *   return @{link VMTest}.{@link #create(java.lang.Class) create}(YourClass.class);

  * }</pre>

  * where <code>YourClass</code> contains methods annotated with

  * {@link Compare} and {@link BrwsrTest} annotations.

  * 

  * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>

  */

 public final class VMTest {

     private VMTest() {

     }

     /** Inspects <code>clazz</code> and for each method annotated by

      * {@link Compare} or {@link BrwsrTest} creates

      * instances of tests. 

      * <p>

      * Each {@link Compare} instance runs the test in different virtual

      * machine and at the end they compare the results.

      * <p>

      * Each {@link BrwsrTest} annotated method is executed once in {@link Launcher started

      * browser}.

      * 

      * @param clazz the class (or classes) to inspect

      * @return the set of created tests

      */

     public static Object[] create(Class... clazz) {

         return CompareCase.create(clazz);

     }

 }