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package org.springframework.batch.sample;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.springframework.context.Lifecycle;

/**
 * Abstract TestCase that automatically starts a Spring {@link Lifecycle} after
 * obtaining it automatically via autowiring by type.
 *
 * This implemenation is based on JUnit4 and SpringJUnit4ClassRunner being used
 * to provide autowiring. It should be noted that @ContextConfiguration must be
 * specified for dependency injection to work properly.
 *
 * @author Lucas Ward
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 *
 * @see org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner
 */
public abstract class AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherTests extends AbstractBatchLauncherTests {

	@Test
	public void testLaunchJob() throws Exception {
		validatePreConditions();
		super.testLaunchJob();
		validatePostConditions();
	}

	/**
	 * Make sure input data meets expectations
	 * @throws Exception any exception thrown
	 */
	protected void validatePreConditions() throws Exception {
	}

	/**
	 * Make sure job did what it was expected to do.
	 * @throws Exception any exception thrown
	 */
	protected abstract void validatePostConditions() throws Exception;

}
