> Hello

> I have some basic questions related to method dependency.  I have the
> following test:

> @Test (groups = {"jsf", "ajax", "crossbrowser"})
> public class TestCrossbrowserUpdateAttr extends SeleneseTestCase {
>  (...)

>    @BeforeSuite(alwaysRun = true)
>    @Test
>        public void setUp(){
>        (start selenium here, open start page, etc)
>        }

>        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"setUp"})
>        public void test1() throws Exception {
>        (test logic)
>        }

>        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test1"},
>        alwaysRun = true)
>        public void test2() throws Exception{
>        (test logic)
>        }

>        @AfterSuite(alwaysRun = true)
>        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test2"})
>        public void stopTest() {
>        (stop selenium, closes browser windows, etc)
>        }

> The problem with this design is that when test2 fails, stopTest is
> skipped.  I thought that with alwaysRun=true this method would always
> get called.  How can I assure that it is always called?

> I have another test class, where I have about 8 tests that are
> independent of each other, and thus I made all of them dependent only
> on setUp().  However, I am not certain how I can tie in the stopTest()
> method.  It does not depend on any other method in particular but
> needs to be executed once all the test methods complete.  What's the
> correct approach here?

> Thanks
> Lidia

> You should not be mixing @Test with @AfterSuite, you should break down this
> code in two categories (which one is really a test and which one is used to
> tear down your test) and put these in separate methods.

> Can you do this and post your updated code if you're still having problems?

> --
> Cedric

> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Lidia <lid...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hello

> > I have some basic questions related to method dependency.  I have the
> > following test:

> > @Test (groups = {"jsf", "ajax", "crossbrowser"})
> > public class TestCrossbrowserUpdateAttr extends SeleneseTestCase {
> >  (...)

> >    @BeforeSuite(alwaysRun = true)
> >    @Test
> >        public void setUp(){
> >        (start selenium here, open start page, etc)
> >        }

> >        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"setUp"})
> >        public void test1() throws Exception {
> >        (test logic)
> >        }

> >        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test1"},
> >        alwaysRun = true)
> >        public void test2() throws Exception{
> >        (test logic)
> >        }

> >        @AfterSuite(alwaysRun = true)
> >        @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test2"})
> >        public void stopTest() {
> >        (stop selenium, closes browser windows, etc)
> >        }

> > The problem with this design is that when test2 fails, stopTest is
> > skipped.  I thought that with alwaysRun=true this method would always
> > get called.  How can I assure that it is always called?

> > I have another test class, where I have about 8 tests that are
> > independent of each other, and thus I made all of them dependent only
> > on setUp().  However, I am not certain how I can tie in the stopTest()
> > method.  It does not depend on any other method in particular but
> > needs to be executed once all the test methods complete.  What's the
> > correct approach here?

> > Thanks
> > Lidia

> --
> ***Cédric
> *

> After removing @Test annotation for setUp and dependency of tests on
> setUp, it all works fine.