Run External Command Before JUnit Tests in Eclipse - java

Is it possible to run an external command before running tests in a given JUnit file? I run my tests using the Eclipse's Run command. Using JUnit 4.
Thanks.

Very vague question. Specifically, you didn't mention how you are running your JUnit tests. Also you mentioned 'file', and a file can contain several JUnit tests. Do you want to run the external command before each of those tests, or before any of them are executed?
But more on topic:
If you are using JUnit 4 or greater then you can tag a method with the #Before annotation and the method will be executed before each of your tagged #Test methods. Alternatively, tagging a static void method with #BeforeClass will cause it to be run before any of the #Test methods in the class are run.
public class MyTestClass {
#BeforeClass
public static void calledBeforeAnyTestIsRun() {
// Do something
}
#Before
public void calledBeforeEachTest() {
// Do something
}
#Test
public void testAccountCRUD() throws Exception {
}
}
If you are using a version of JUnit earlier than 4, then you can override the setUp() and setUpBeforeClass() methods as replacements for #Before and #BeforeClass.
public class MyTestClass extends TestCase {
public static void setUpBeforeClass() {
// Do something
}
public void setUp() {
// Do something
}
public void testAccountCRUD() throws Exception {
}
}

Assuming you are using JUnit 4.0, you could do the following:
#Test
public void shouldDoStuff(){
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("application agrument");
// Run the rest of the unit test...
}
If you want to run the external command for every unit test, then you should do it in the #Before setup method.

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Why doesn't my #BeforeClass method run when executing a subclass test method?

I'm using IntelliJ IDEA CE 2018.3 and JUnit 4.12.
I have a test class that looks like this:
#RunWith(HierarchicalContextRunner.class)
public class TestClass {
#BeforeClass
public static void beforeAll() {
//start a server for all tests to hit
}
#Before
public void before() {
//init a common request object for each test
}
#Test
public void itShouldHaveSomeCommonProperty() {
//check some common thing
}
public class SomeSubTestClass {
#Before
public void before() {
//do some test case-specific setup
}
public class SomeOtherSubTestClass {
#Test
public void itShouldDoSomething() {
//hit the service and assert something about the result
}
}
}
}
When I tell IntelliJ to run the class, everything works as expected. However, if I want to just run the itShouldDoSomething test (which I'm doing by setting up a run configuration that targets the SomeOtherSubTestClass class), the beforeAll method is not executed. Both of the before methods are executed in the correct order, but not the static beforeAll method.
Am I misunderstanding something, or is this a bug?
It is not a bug.
The beforeAll method is static and therefore tied to the class and not the instance. This is why it is not executed when calling tests in inner classes or sub-classes.
To ensure it being called you would have to define a #BeforeClass method in each of your inner classes which then call the method on the outer class.

How to call tests from another test?

How can I call tests from another test?
I have a class in the jar that I have added as dependency into my project:
public class Tests{
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Test
public void test1() throws Exception {
.....
mockMvc.perform(get(myRequest)
.content(dataFromDB)
.......
}
}
#Test
public void test2() throws Exception {
.....
mockMvc.perform(get(myRequest)
.content(dataFromDB)
.......
}
}
.......
And in my project I have:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest(classes = MyApp.class)
public class MyTests {
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Autowired
private WebApplicationContext context;
#Before
public void init() throws Exception {
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(context).apply(springSecurity()).build();
}
#Test
public void test() throws Exception {
CALL SOMEHOW TESTS FROM THE JAR HERE
}
I want those tests from the jar to test my project's database (for example: dataFromDB should be some data from the project where this dependency has been added).
I have already added this jar and I can call class Tests inside my project,so I have access to it. I am just not sure how to run those tests inside it.
What should I change so it works well? Thanks
Updated:
*I want all tests from the jar to call at the same time, not individually.
*I want to give jar access to my db, so it can get all needed testing data in the db table of my project.
From what is see, you have 2 sets of environment, and 1 set of tests.
So one way to solve this is that you make the environment passable, the mockmvc, the dataFromDb, etc, so that the tests can execute independently of the environment.
I would suggest having the test methods in another class, like this very simplified example for easy reading:
class MyTestMethods {
void test1(TestEnv env, Req myRequest) {
env.getMockMvc()
.perform(env.get(myRequest)
.content(env.getDataFromDB());
// assertions here
}
}
class OldTestInJar {
#Test
public void test1() {
new MyTestMethods().test1(myEnv, myReq);
}
}
class MyNewTest {
#Test
public void test1() {
new MyTestMethods().test1(myNewEnv, myNewReq);
}
}

running #Test one by one using reflection

I’m trying to run a package with many unit tests (one by one, not as a class) using reflection,
So when I get all the #Test methods that needs to be run I try to do
Result result = new JUnitCore().run(Request.method(Class
.forName(packageAndClass),getTestName()));
But the class returned in packageAndClass has
#Before, #BeforeClass methods (that also might be in its superclass)
So when running the code above I get all the tests running and fail(because some of their values are assigned in the #Before and #BeforeClass methods)
But when running it from eclipse (select the test method name -> right click -> run as -> Junit test)
They all pass (runing together or one by one)
Is there an api of Request that will run the before methods?
Why are you doing that? JUnit is supposed to run the tests for you!
I ran the following test with junit 4.9 :
public class RunOneTest {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
final Result result = new JUnitCore().run(Request.method(RunOneTest.class, "oneTest"));
System.out.println("result " + result.wasSuccessful());
}
#Test
public void oneTest() throws Exception {
System.out.println("oneTest");
}
#Test
public void anotherTest() throws Exception {
System.out.println("anotherTest");
}
#Before
public void before() {
System.out.println("before");
}
#BeforeClass
public static void beforeClass() {
System.out.println("beforeClass");
}
#After
public void after() {
System.out.println("after");
}
#AfterClass
public static void afterClass() {
System.out.println("afterClass");
}
}
and the output was :
beforeClass
before
oneTest
after
afterClass
result true
Are you really sure that the methods are not run ?

How to listen to Test Suite changes in order to change some configurations

I have many Spring Test classes (defined using #RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner)) that I want to group in test suites so that I load new configurations once for every suite instead of for every test class.
Right now I have a TestExecutionListener listener to every Spring test that will reload the configurations, but I want to save that since many tests share the same configurations.
Sadly, niether Spring supports listening to JUnit TestSuites nor JUnit supports the listener concept for TestSuites.
If you wish to perform actions before/after a junit test suite, you can use #BeforeClass and #AfterClass, or even #ClassRule. You can do your setup in there for the entire suite. Using the following example:
#RunWith(Suite.class)
#SuiteClasses({ ExpectedFailureTest.class, RetryTest.class })
public class BeforeClassSuite {
#BeforeClass
public static void beforeClass() {
System.out.println("beforeClass");
}
#AfterClass
public static void afterClass() {
System.out.println("afterClass");
}
#ClassRule
public static ExternalResource resource = new ExternalResource() {
#Override
protected void before() throws Throwable {
System.out.println("before");
};
#Override
protected void after() {
System.out.println("after");
};
};
}
This produces as output:
before
beforeClass
... output from tests
afterClass
after

Stopping JUnit suite if particular test fails

I have a JUnit test suite in the form:
#RunWith(Suite.class)
#Suite.SuiteClasses( { xx.class, yy.cass })
public class AllTests {
public static Test suite() {
TestSuite suite = new TestSuite(AllTests.class.getName());
//$JUnit-BEGIN$
//$JUnit-END$
return suite;
}
}
This then calls vanilla tests like this:
public class xxx {
#Test
public void test () throws {
...
I have a situation where I'd like to stop the rest of the test suite running if there's an error or fail in the first test. But errors / fails in the others are ok and the suite should complete as many other tests as it can. Basically the first test failing would indicate it isn't safe to run the rest.
Is this possible?
First you need junit RunListener:
import org.junit.runner.notification.Failure;
import org.junit.runner.notification.RunListener;
import org.junit.runner.notification.RunNotifier;
public class FailureListener extends RunListener {
private RunNotifier runNotifier;
public FailureListener(RunNotifier runNotifier) {
super();
this.runNotifier=runNotifier;
}
#Override
public void testFailure(Failure failure) throws Exception {
super.testFailure(failure);
this.runNotifier.pleaseStop();
}
}
Then prepare a suite:
public class StopOnFailureSuite extends Suite {
public StopOnFailureSuite(Class<?> klass, Class<?>[] suiteClasses) throws InitializationError {
super(klass, suiteClasses);
}
public StopOnFailureSuite(Class<?> klass) throws InitializationError {
super(klass, klass.getAnnotation(SuiteClasses.class).value());
}
#Override
public void run(RunNotifier runNotifier) {
runNotifier.addListener(new FailureListener(runNotifier));
super.run(runNotifier);
}
}
And run your suite:
#RunWith(StopOnFailureSuite.class)
#Suite.SuiteClasses({
FirstTestClass.class,
SecondTestClass.class,
...
})
What's wrong with calling System.exit()?
If it's first test then consider moving its validation to #BeforeClass and throw exception if it fails. Then only #AfterClass method would run in case of this exception.
Of course, that way you lack all the fixture artifacts created in test setup method(s).
Like your answer but using #Before in an integration test, I did something like this:
public class FooTest {
private static boolean bar;
#BeforeClass
public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
bar = false;
}
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
assertTrue(bar);
}
#Test
public void test() {
System.out.println("something");
assertTrue(true);
}
#Test
public void test1() {
System.out.println("Something2");
assertTrue(true);
}
}
Regards!
Based on the answer from Hiro2k (thanks!) I've used the following solution. It's a bit of a hack but it works.
The test which can prevent other tests running goes at the top of the #Suite.SuiteClasses list. That test then has the following:
private static boolean shouldStopRestOfSuite = false;
#Test
public void test () throws Throwable {
try {
... run some test code...
}
catch (Throwable e) {
shouldStopRestOfSuite = true;
throw e;
}
}
Note the above does need to catch Throwable (not exception) so it catches assertion errors. It also re-throws the error so it's logged by JUnit for analysis.
Then there's another test method:
#Test
public void testKillIfNeeded () throws Exception {
if (!shouldStopRestOfSuite) {
return;
}
System.out.println ("Test suite killed due to dangerous error / failure");
System.exit(1);
}
The above is run second and will kill the JUnit process.
Using this method the JUnit test won't end on fail / error if there's an issue but the fail / error is logged for analysis by JUnit and no further tests will run.
Not too pretty but it does the job :)
Firstly you should catch an error and check the same before you run the 2nd test.
#Rule
public ErrorCollector collector = new ErrorCollector();
1. Add Error.
collector.addError(new Throwable("first thing went wrong"));
2. Check before the dependent run.
collector.checkThat(getResult(), not(containsString("ERROR!")));
Reference - ErrorCollector
Are you running tests using ant?
You could write a custom test listener. You can set this in ant http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/junit.html ( enableTestListenerEvents).
I find it troubling that this functionality is so tedious to implement in such a mature library. If you're using JUnit 5 / Jupiter you can use an extension called JUnit Pioneer (https://junit-pioneer.org).
With JUnit Pioneer you can simply add a #DisableIfTestFails annotation to your test class to make all tests stop when one fails.

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