1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2019 Mountainminds GmbH & Co. KG and Contributors 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * Marc R. Hoffmann - initial API and implementation 10 * 11 *******************************************************************************/ 12 package org.jacoco.core.runtime; 13 14 /** 15 * This interface represents a particular mechanism to collect execution 16 * information in the target VM at runtime. 17 */ 18 public interface IRuntime extends IExecutionDataAccessorGenerator { 19 20 /** 21 * Starts the coverage runtime. This method MUST be called before any class 22 * instrumented for this runtime is loaded. 23 * 24 * @param data 25 * the execution data for this runtime 26 * @throws Exception 27 * any internal problem during startup 28 */ startup(RuntimeData data)29 void startup(RuntimeData data) throws Exception; 30 31 /** 32 * Allows the coverage runtime to cleanup internals. This class should be 33 * called when classes instrumented for this runtime are not used any more. 34 */ shutdown()35 void shutdown(); 36 37 } 38