Handling exception when parameters in TestNG are missing

[Bagy]

I am using TestNG Parameters in @BeforeMethod to configure the Test. When ever i want to run the suite using TestNG.xml, the parameters are successfully passed to the before method and it configures as expected. 

when i want to run one testcase using Eclipse, I have to configure  Run Configuration > Argument  to pass those parameters to the test. 

Is there a way, I can tell the script to pick the value from the property file if the parameters are NOT configured in the Arguments tab. How to by-pass the Exception "FAILED CONFIGURATION: @AfterMethod" org.testng.TestNGException: 

Can someone help me to find a solution to handle the @parameters in Eclipse when it is missed to configure. 

Thanks

Bagy

[Anand Raja.K]

Hi Bagy,

Please refer the testng documentation for this

http://testng.org/javadoc/org/testng/annotations/Optional.html

some snippets posted below for your easy understanding.

Parameters can be declared optional with the Optional annotation:

@Parameters("db")

@Test

public void testNonExistentParameter(@Optional("mysql") String db) { ... }

If no parameter named "db" is found in your testng.xml file, your test method will receive the default value specified inside the @Optional annotation: "mysql".

[Greg Martz]

Good morning,

I gave this a try myself, and wound up freezing Eclipse.  As soon as I ran the test, I had to kill the task. Is something missing?  Here is what I had:

@BeforeMethod

@Parameters("browser")

public void setUp(@Optional ("firefox") String browser) throws Exception

{

Thanks!

Greg

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[Anand Raja.K]

Hello,

I gave try it was working for me.. Any how I have attached testng.xml and .java for your reference.. Have a try with file attached. let me know whether you can proceed with it.

Regards
Anand Raja K

[Greg Martz]

I'm not running the xml.  I'm trying to run the .java directly from in eclipse.  I've tried your code, but when I execute the .java, it just hangs and I have to quit the app.

Thanks!

Greg

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