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016
017package org.springframework.test.context;
018
019/**
020 * Strategy interface for programmatically resolving which <em>active bean
021 * definition profiles</em> should be used when loading an
022 * {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext ApplicationContext}
023 * for a test class.
024 *
025 * <p>A custom {@code ActiveProfilesResolver} can be registered via the
026 * {@link ActiveProfiles#resolver resolver} attribute of {@code @ActiveProfiles}.
027 *
028 * <p>Concrete implementations must provide a {@code public} no-args constructor.
029 *
030 * @author Sam Brannen
031 * @author Michail Nikolaev
032 * @since 4.0
033 * @see ActiveProfiles
034 */
035public interface ActiveProfilesResolver {
036
037        /**
038         * Resolve the <em>bean definition profiles</em> to use when loading an
039         * {@code ApplicationContext} for the given {@linkplain Class test class}.
040         * @param testClass the test class for which the profiles should be resolved;
041         * never {@code null}
042         * @return the list of bean definition profiles to use when loading the
043         * {@code ApplicationContext}; never {@code null}
044         * @see ActiveProfiles#resolver
045         * @see ActiveProfiles#inheritProfiles
046         */
047        String[] resolve(Class<?> testClass);
048
049}