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+/vendor
+/composer.lock
+.DS_Store
+.idea
+*.yml
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+jira-codeception-extension
+=============================
+This package provides an extension for Codeception to create Jira issues automatically when a test fails.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "ueslialmeida/simple-jira-codeception",
+    "description": "This package provides an extension for Codeception to create Jira issues automatically when a test fails.",
+    "keywords": [
+      "jira",
+      "issue",
+      "codeception",
+      "extension"
+    ],
+    "authors": [
+      {
+        "name": "Uesli Almeida",
+        "email": "almeida.uesli@gmail.com",
+        "homepage": "https://github.com/ueslialmeida",
+        "role": "Tester/Developer"
+      }
+    ],
+    "autoload": {
+      "psr-4": {
+        "Codeception\\": "src"
+      }
+    },
+    "require": {}
+  }
+  
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diff --git a/src/Extension/JiraExtension.php b/src/Extension/JiraExtension.php
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+use \Codeception\Events;
+
+class JiraExtension extends \Codeception\Extension
+{
+    // list events to listen to
+    // Codeception\Events constants used to set the event
+
+    public static $events = array(
+        Events::SUITE_AFTER  => 'afterSuite',
+        Events::TEST_BEFORE => 'beforeTest',
+        Events::STEP_BEFORE => 'beforeStep',
+        Events::TEST_FAIL => 'testFailed',
+        Events::RESULT_PRINT_AFTER => 'print',
+    );
+
+    // methods that handle events
+
+    public function afterSuite(\Codeception\Event\SuiteEvent $e) {
+        echo('### THIS IS THE AFTER SUITE EVENT ###');
+    }
+
+    public function beforeTest(\Codeception\Event\TestEvent $e) {
+        echo('@@@ THIS IS THE BEFORE TEST EVENT @@@');
+    }
+
+    public function beforeStep(\Codeception\Event\StepEvent $e) {
+        echo('%%% THIS IS THE BEFORE STEP EVENT %%%');
+    }
+
+    public function testFailed(\Codeception\Event\FailEvent $e) {
+        echo('$$$ THIS IS THE TEST FAILED EVENT $$$');
+    }
+
+    public function print(\Codeception\Event\PrintResultEvent $e) {
+        echo('&&& THIS IS THE RESULT PRINT AFTER EVENT &&&');
+    }
+}
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