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 *
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package org.junit.platform.engine.support.descriptor;

import static org.apiguardian.api.API.Status.STABLE;

import java.io.File;

import org.apiguardian.api.API;
import org.junit.platform.engine.TestSource;

/**
 * File system based {@link TestSource}.
 *
 * <p>This interface uses {@link File} instead of {@link java.nio.file.Path}
 * because the latter does not implement {@link java.io.Serializable}.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
@API(status = STABLE, since = "1.0")
public interface FileSystemSource extends UriSource {

	/**
	 * Get the source file or directory.
	 *
	 * @return the source file or directory; never {@code null}
	 */
	File getFile();

}
