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demkah
demkah

Reputation: 31

RandomStringUtils - Not generating unique String for each test scenario

I am running a Selenium test and I'm trying to generate a different random String for each of my test scenarios, but I keep getting the same String.

Here is an example of what I'm running:

String randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(8);

@Test(priority = 1)
private void testScenario_1(){
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

@Test(priority = 2)
private void testScenario_2(){
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 323

Answers (2)

AndiCover
AndiCover

Reputation: 1734

Another possible method would be to generate the random string in a @BeforeMethod annotated method.

String randomString = "";

@BeforeMethod
private void init() {
    randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(8);
}

@Test(priority = 1)
private void testScenario_1() {
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

@Test(priority = 2)
private void testScenario_2() {
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

The method init will be called before each test method. One might think this is not needed in this case but if you have to do more preparations this is the way to go. You will reduce duplicate code.

Upvotes: 2

Rasmi
Rasmi

Reputation: 509

The same randomeString value is referred to in both of the tests. Move the generation of randomAlphabetic inside the test as below.

String randomString = "";

@Test(priority = 1)
private void testScenario_1(){
    randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(8);
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

@Test(priority = 2)
private void testScenario_2(){
    randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(8);
    System.out.println(randomString);
}

Upvotes: 0

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