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package org.netbeans.core.modules;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/** Interface for deploying test modules.
 * Find an instance via lookup and deploy away.
 * @author Jesse Glick
 * @since org.netbeans.core/1 1.1
 */
public abstract class TestModuleDeployer {
    
    /** Deploy a module in test mode.
     * You pass the JAR file.
     * Module system figures out the rest (i.e. whether it needs
     * to be installed, reinstalled, etc.).
     * The deployment is run synchronously so do not call this
     * method from a sensitive thread (e.g. event queue), nor
     * call it with any locks held. Best to call it e.g. from the
     * execution engine.
     * @param jar the path to the module JAR
     * @throws IOException if there is some error in the process
     */
    public abstract void deployTestModule(File jar) throws IOException;
    
}