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package org.netbeans.jemmy;

/**
 *
 * A test scenario.  This interface provides a mechanism for
 * putting something into execution.  The execution is conditioned
 * in a very general way by passing a <code>java.lang.Object</code>
 * to it's <code>runIt</code> method.
 *
 * @see Test
 *
 * @author Alexandre Iline (alexandre.iline@sun.com)
 */

public interface Scenario {

    /**
     * Defines a way to execute this test scenario.
     * @param param An object passed to configure the test scenario
     * execution.  For example, this parameter might be a
     * <code>java.lang.String[]<code> object that lists the
     * command line arguments to the Java application corresponding
     * to a test.
     * @return an int that tells something about the execution.
     * For, example, a status code.
     */
    public int runIt(Object param);
}