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Determine strategy for encoding test plugin methods

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Project: Testbed
Dominant language
Python
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Description

Brian's proposal describes test plugins as

> Python objects that conform to the Test Plugin interface and are used to execute a given test. They can be extremely simple or quite complex but, ultimately, they provide a very basic interface to the Orchestrator that’s calling them.

This "interface" would include methods to `run()`, `get_status()` [of], and `cancel()` a plugin. Figuring out how to specify these methods via REST requests is a subject for later...

For now, we need to figure out the most sensible way to structure a `Plugin` class and any related modules/classes such that the functionality is fairly flexible and extensible.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Brian's proposal and the repository's existing structure for test plugins; the issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Define how a Plugin class should expose run(), get_status(), and cancel(), and document the chosen extensible structure and how it could later support REST requests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend-api-design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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