How do I disable a subclass test?

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Joshua Fox

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Feb 27, 2018, 4:48:46 AM2/27/18
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How do I disable subclass tests?

My design includes a base class with @Test methods, and  subclasses without their own @Test methods. Using enabled=false on the class level does not disable the subclass as you might hope.
 
  // A.java
 public abstract class A {
   @Test
   public void testMethod(){
     //...
     hookMethod();
     //...
   }
   protected  abstract void hookMethod();
 }

 // B.java
 @Test (enabled=false) //doesn't disable test
 public class B extends A {
   protected void  hookMethod() {
    // implementation
   }
 }
 protected  abstract void hookMethod();
 }

 // C.java
 @Test //runs like B
 public class C extends A {
   protected void  hookMethod() {
    // implementation
   }
 }

⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝

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Feb 27, 2018, 6:12:30 AM2/27/18
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Joshua,

Please check if Ignoring tests would work for you here : http://testng.org/doc/documentation-main.html#ignore-tests

You need to be on the latest released version of TestNG (6.14.3 as of today)

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Joshua Fox

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Feb 27, 2018, 9:55:49 AM2/27/18
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Does this allow disabling  tests on a subclass? Apparently not. See this from Cedric

⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝

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Feb 27, 2018, 11:00:59 AM2/27/18
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Joshua,

I guess it does. I remember seeing unit tests that were added for checking that piece.
What happens when you try using that annotation ? 

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Joshua Fox

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I ran a simple test with classes A, B, C as shown, and enabled=false does NOT disable the subclass's tests.

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Krishnan Mahadevan

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Feb 27, 2018, 10:43:51 PM2/27/18
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Joshua,

You mean you tried something like this using TestNG 6.14.3 ?

 

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

@Test
public class ParentClass {

    public void testA() {
        System.err.println("testA()");
    }
    public void testB() {
        System.err.println("testB()");
    }

}

 

import org.testng.annotations.Ignore;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class ChildClass extends ParentClass {
    @Test
    @Ignore
    public void testC() {
        System.err.println("testC()");
    }

    @Test
    @Ignore
    public void testD() {
        System.err.println("testD()");
    }
}

 

 

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My class setup is a little different. The subclass has no @Test methods of its own.

Thank you for the  @Ignore annotation!  I guess it new https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/861 and seems to do the job.


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Joshua Fox

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Feb 28, 2018, 5:33:22 AM2/28/18
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Unfortunately, with the following code, mvn test still runs the  test, printing ChildClassTest#hook(), whether I use either or both of Ignore and enabled=false


// ========= ParentClassTest.java =========
package pkg1;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public  abstract class ParentClassTest {
@Test
public void testc() throws Exception {
hook();
}

protected abstract void hook();
}


// ========= ChildClassTest.java =========
package pkg1;

import org.testng.annotations.Ignore;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

//Neither of these annotations prevents the test from running
@Ignore
@Test(enabled=false)
public class ChildClassTest extends ParentClassTest {
@Override
protected void hook() {
System.out.println("ChildClassTest#hook()");

}
}



On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Joshua Fox <jos...@freightos.com> wrote:
My class setup is a little different. The subclass has no @Test methods of its own.

Thank you for the  @Ignore annotation!  I guess it new https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/861 and seems to do the job.

Krishnan Mahadevan

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Feb 28, 2018, 10:45:19 PM2/28/18
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Joshua,

 

This is a bug. We need to get this fixed.

 

But with the way currently TestNG works, it may be a bit difficult.

 

You can track the discussions of this issue here : https://github.com/cbeust/testng/issues/1709

 

 

Thanks & Regards

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Unfortunately, with the following code, mvn test still runs the  test, printing ChildClassTest#hook(), whether I use either or both of Ignore and enabled=false

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Thank you! Glad to know I uncovered a bug  😀

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