1 package org.apache.maven.surefire.extensions;
2
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21
22 import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.fork.ForkNodeArguments;
23
24 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
25 import java.io.IOException;
26
27 /**
28 * This is the plugin extension as a factory of {@link ForkChannel}.
29 *
30 * @author <a href="mailto:tibordigana@apache.org">Tibor Digana (tibor17)</a>
31 * @since 3.0.0-M5
32 */
33 public interface ForkNodeFactory
34 {
35 /**
36 * Opens and closes the channel.
37 *
38 * @param arguments fork starter properties
39 * @return specific implementation of the communication channel
40 * @throws IOException if cannot open the channel
41 */
42 @Nonnull
43 ForkChannel createForkChannel( @Nonnull ForkNodeArguments arguments ) throws IOException;
44 }