How to define order for test cases under same group

[ajish alfred]

Hi all,

I would like to know is there a method to define the order of test cases under a same test group.

Suppose I have a test group like this,

TEST_GROUP (Group1)

{

       ;

}

and three test cases like,

TEST (Group1, Test1)

{

     ;

}

TEST (Group1, Test2)

{

     ;

}

TEST (Group1, Test3)

{

     ;

}

I would like to run all test cases at once, I'm just giving option [-v]. In few of my experiments I found that if I define test cases as above, it may not run in the order which I've written the test case

eg: TEST (Group1, Test3) may run before TEST (Group1, Test1).

Is there any way I can define the order in which the test cases can be run?

Thanks.

[Ryan Hartlage]

Hey Ajish,

The tests run in reverse order, so you can reverse the tests. However,
needing your tests to run in a specific is a very big red flag. You
want your tests to be independent so that they can properly point you
to the correct failure and so that you can isolate failures to just
the code in a single test, so writing order-dependent tests is
something you should avoid at all costs.

Ryan

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[James Grenning]

I second Ryan's concern. Actually having the tests run from the bottom
of the file to the top, often finds static or global data that is not
properly initialized.

James

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[ajish alfred]

Thanks Ryan and James. I took your point which is very much valid. I should try to make the test cases order independent.

However if there is a mechanism to define order or any workaround, please let me know.