Provide a way to know if a reusable container is already started

[juliette-derancourt]

I would like to be able to know if a reusable container is already started before actually "starting" it.

Use case

I need to run some code right after the container has been started, and I could avoid running it once again when the container is being reused.

const container = new GenericContainer().withReuse()...

const startedContainer = container.start()

initializeStuffAfterContainerStart(startedContainer) // useless to run this if the container is already started

Proposal

Add a method isStarted() on TestContainer

const container = new GenericContainer().withReuse()...

const isAlreadyStarted = container.isStarted()
const startedContainer = container.start()

if (!isAlreadyStarted) {
  initializeStuffAfterContainerStart(startedContainer)
}

What do you think? Maybe there is yet another/better solution

I'm willing to work on a PR if needed

[juliette-derancourt]

I just noticed (too late) the containerStarted() method in GenericContainer, I guess I might be able to achieve what I want using this.