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    <title>ct_testspec</title>
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    <rev>A</rev>
    <file>ct_testspec.xml</file>
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  <module since="OTP 19.3">ct_testspec</module>
  <modulesummary>Parsing of test specifications for Common Test.
  </modulesummary>

<description>

    <p>Parsing of test specifications for <c>Common Test</c>.</p>

    <p>This module exports help functions for parsing of test specifications.</p>

</description>

  <funcs>
    <func>
    <name since="OTP 19.3">get_tests(SpecsIn) -&gt; {ok, [{Specs,Tests}]} | {error, Reason}</name>
    <fsummary>Parse the given test specification files and return the tests to run and skip.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>SpecsIn = [string()] | [[string()]]</v>
        <v>Specs = [string()]</v>
        <v>Test = [{Node,Run,Skip}]</v>
        <v>Node = atom()</v>
        <v>Run = {Dir,Suites,Cases}</v>
        <v>Skip = {Dir,Suites,Comment} | {Dir,Suites,Cases,Comment}</v>
        <v>Dir = string()</v>
        <v>Suites = atom | [atom()] | all</v>
        <v>Cases = atom | [atom()] | all</v>
        <v>Comment = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc><marker id="add_nodes-1"/>
        <p>Parse the given test specification files and return the
        tests to run and skip.</p>

        <p>If <c>SpecsIn=[Spec1,Spec2,...]</c>, separate tests will be
        created per specification. If
        <c>SpecsIn=[[Spec1,Spec2,...]]</c>, all specifications will be
        merge into one test.</p>

        <p>For each test, a <c>{Specs,Tests}</c> element is returned,
        where <c>Specs</c> is a list of all included test
        specifications, and <c>Tests</c> specifies actual tests to
        run/skip per node.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

  </funcs>

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