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Aravind Shankar
Aravind Shankar

Reputation: 53

Can I have a Base test Class just for using @BeforeTest method in testNG

I am writing TestNG automation code for my project . In this I should Login in an account before the test starts (This applies for all test classes) . Is this possible that I create a class "BaseClass" that has only @BeforeTest annotated method . Does my test classes identifies the base class .Or can I follow any other methods . The reason I am going for a base class is that I dont like to repeat the @BeforeTest method in each test classes

Upvotes: 1

Views: 350

Answers (1)

Aravind Shankar
Aravind Shankar

Reputation: 53

Yes, This is possible. We can have a BaseTestClass which is extended by all test classes and use @BeforeTest method in BaseTestClass to run before every test in every class that extends this.

public class BaseTestClass {
    @BeforeClass
    public void initializeTestClass() {
        System.out.println("Before class");
    }
}

public class TestClassA extends BaseTestClass {
    @Test
    public void testA() {
        System.out.println("Test A");
    }
}

public class TestClassB extends BaseTestClass {
    @Test
    public void testB() {
        System.out.println("Test B");
    }
}

In this above code, Output while running a suite that contains testClassA and TestClassB be like

Before Class
Test A
Before Class
Test B

Although as far as I have seen, This is a bad practice as when the testng scope becomes larger, The code becomes messier.

Upvotes: 0

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