/**
 * THINGS/THINGER 2009
 * Copyright Erich P Gatejen (c) 2001 through 2009  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package things.thing;

/**
 * The expectation for a defined result.
 * <p>
 * @author Erich P. Gatejen
 * @version 1.0
 * <p>
 * <i>Version History</i>
 * <pre>EPG - Initial - 26 FEB 07
 * </pre> 
 */
 public enum ResultExpectation {
	 
	 /**
	  * The result either passed or failed.  Any state that isn't PASS will be a failure.
	  */
	 PASS_FAIL,
	 
	 /**
	  * The result is informational.  It will not count against any pass criteria.
	  */
	 INFO,
	 
	 /**
	  * The result is a metric.  It may count against pass criteria, depending on the parent.
	  */
	 METRIC
}
