IClass (testng 7.9.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ITestClass

All Known Implementing Classes:

JUnit3TestClass, JUnit4TestClass, JUnitTestClass
```
public interface IClass
```
IClass represents a test class and a collection of its instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addInstance(java.lang.Object instance)`
`long[]`	`getInstanceHashCodes()`
`java.lang.Object[]`	`getInstances(boolean create)`	Returns all the instances the methods will be invoked upon.
`default java.lang.Object[]`	`getInstances(boolean create, java.lang.String errorMsgPrefix)`
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getRealClass()`
`java.lang.String`	`getTestName()`
`XmlClass`	`getXmlClass()`
`XmlTest`	`getXmlTest()`

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    this test class name. This is the name of the corresponding Java class.
  - getXmlTest
```
XmlTest getXmlTest()
```
    Returns:
    
    the <test> tag this class was found in.
  - getXmlClass
```
XmlClass getXmlClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the *lt;class> tag this class was found in.
  - getTestName
```
java.lang.String getTestName()
```
    Returns:
    
    its test name if this class implements org.testng.ITest, null otherwise.
  - getRealClass
```
java.lang.Class<?> getRealClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Java class corresponding to this IClass.
  - getInstances
```
java.lang.Object[] getInstances(boolean create)
```
    Returns all the instances the methods will be invoked upon. This will typically be an array of one object in the absence of a @Factory annotation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    create - flag if a new set of instances must be returned (if set to false)
    
    Returns:
    
    All the instances the methods will be invoked upon.
  - getInstances
```
default java.lang.Object[] getInstances(boolean create,
                                        java.lang.String errorMsgPrefix)
```
  - getInstanceHashCodes
```
long[] getInstanceHashCodes()
```
  - addInstance
```
void addInstance(java.lang.Object instance)
```