package org.testng;

A listener that gets invoked before and after a data provider is invoked by TestNG.
/**
 * A listener that gets invoked before and after a data provider is invoked by TestNG.
 */
public interface IDataProviderListener extends ITestNGListener {

    
This method gets invoked just before a data provider is invoked.
Params:
dataProviderMethod – - A IDataProviderMethod object that contains details about the data provider that is about to be executed.
method –  - The ITestNGMethod method that is going to consume the data
iTestContext – - The current test context/**
     * This method gets invoked just before a data provider is invoked.
     * @param dataProviderMethod - A {@link IDataProviderMethod} object that contains details about the
     *                                data provider that is about to be executed.
     * @param method                  - The {@link ITestNGMethod} method that is going to consume the data
     * @param iTestContext - The current test context
     */
    void beforeDataProviderExecution(IDataProviderMethod dataProviderMethod, ITestNGMethod method, ITestContext iTestContext);

    
This method gets invoked just after a data provider is invoked.
Params:
dataProviderMethod – - A IDataProviderMethod object that contains details about the data provider that got executed.
method –  - The ITestNGMethod method that received the data
iTestContext – - The current test context/**
     * This method gets invoked just after a data provider is invoked.
     * @param dataProviderMethod - A {@link IDataProviderMethod} object that contains details about the
     *                                data provider that got executed.
     * @param method             - The {@link ITestNGMethod} method that received the data
     * @param iTestContext - The current test context
     */
    void afterDataProviderExecution(IDataProviderMethod dataProviderMethod, ITestNGMethod method, ITestContext iTestContext);
}