Re: how to run a suite with multiple parameterized classes

[edwolb]

Make sure your XML file has parallel="false", and not parallel="classes" or "methods".  With this setting, it should definitely kick off in serial.

On Wednesday, 21 November 2012 11:50:01 UTC-5, StatusQuo wrote:

I am trying to create a test suite with multiple classes (all are parameterized test classes with @Dataproviders). All of these tests run perfectly individually and each have initilization code in their constructors(driver initilization and other setup procedures).

I tried three ways( with parallel attribute set to false)

1) Run a single xml suite with different classes 

2) Create different xml suites for each class and then a master suite with the paths of each individual xml suites

3) Created a class file with an main method and added all tests to Xml suite object.

I am trying to run each test class sequentially (order does not matter)  but somehow tests get fired up parallelly with two or more browser instances running simultaneously. 

Seeking some advice.

[StatusQuo]

I had tried that but didn't work.

[Abraham Lin]

Test class instances are constructed before test execution occurs, so any logic in initializers (including constructors) will be triggered well before the test methods are invoked. If this is a problem, then move your initialization logic into @BeforeClass methods instead.

[StatusQuo]

Thanks Abraham! I had browser initilization methods in my constructors and changing the constructor to a setup method with @BeforeClass did the trick.