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namespace Apache.Qpid.Integration.Tests.framework
{
/// <summary>
/// CauseFailure provides a method to cause a failure in a messaging broker, usually used in conjunction with fail-over
/// or other failure mode testing. In some cases failures may be automated, for example by shutting down an in-vm broker,
/// or by sending a special control signal to a broker over a network connection. In other cases, it may be preferable
/// to ask a user interactively to cause a failure scenario, in which case an implementation may display a prompt or
/// dialog box asking for notification once the failure has been caused. The purpose of this interface is to abstract
/// the exact cause and nature of a failure out of failure test cases.
///
/// <p/><table id="crc"><caption>CRC Card</caption>
/// <tr><th> Responsibilities
/// <tr><td> Cause messaging broker failure.
/// </table>
/// </summary>
public interface CauseFailure
{
/// <summary> Causes the active message broker to fail. </summary>
void causeFailure();
}
}