// Copyright 2017 Istio Authors
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package framework

// Component is a interface of a test component
type Component interface {
	// GetName return component name
	GetName() string

	// Bringup doing setup for this component
	// Start() is being called in framework.StartUp()
	Start() error

	// Stop stop this component
	// Stop() is being called in framework.TearDown()
	Stop() error

	// IsAlive check if component is alive/running
	IsAlive() (bool, error)

	// Cleanup clean up tmp files and other resource created by this component
	Cleanup() error
}
