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+<?php
+
+abstract class Reporter
+{
+	// 0 == no output
+	// 1 == brief output (students?)
+	// 2 == verbose output (marking)
+	private $verbosity = 0;
+	
+	const STATUS_PASS		= 'PASSED';
+	const STATUS_SKIPPED	= 'SKIPPED';
+	const STATUS_INCOMPLETE	= 'INCOMPLETE';
+	const STATUS_FAILURE	= 'FAILED';
+	const STATUS_ERROR		= 'ERROR';
+	const STATUS_WARNING	= 'WARNING';
+	const STATUS_NOTE		= 'NOTE';
+	
+	function __construct( $verbosity )
+	{
+		$this->verbosity = $verbosity;
+	}
+	
+	public static function pluralise( $count, $oneText, $manyText )
+	{
+		return ( $count > 1 ) ? $manyText : $oneText;
+	}
+	
+	public function setVerbosity( $newVerbosity )
+	{
+		$this->verbosity = $newVerbosity;
+	}
+	
+	public function getVerbosity()
+	{
+		return $this->verbosity;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	$status is one of: PASSED, FAILED, ERROR, INCOMPLETE, SKIPPED, WARNING, NOTE, ...?
+	 *	$text is a printf-style string (although we actually use vprintf because of the array)
+	 *	$arguments is an array of arguments to $text
+	 */
+	public function report( $statusText, $reportText, $printfArguments )
+	{
+		if ( $this->verbosity ) vprintf( $statusText . $reportText, $printfArguments );
+	}
+}
+
+?>