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Satya
Satya

Reputation: 8346

How can we write two @beforeTest methods in Unit Testcase?

I have two methods in my test case. I want to use two different @BeforeTest or @BeforeMethod methods for each one of my Test methods.

I wrote two @BeforeMethod methods in my unit test class, but both methods are executed for every Unit Test method execution.

So how can we declare the @BeforeMethod methods to execute for specific test methods individually?

My Unit Test Class look like:

public class MyUnitTest{

  String userName = null;
  String password = null;

  // Method 1
  @Parameters({"userName"})
  @BeforeMethod
  public void beforeMethod1(String userName){
      userName = userName;
  }

  @Parameters({"userName"})
  @Test
  public void unitTest1(String userNameTest){
      System.out.println("userName ="+userName);
  }


  // Method 2
  @Parameters({"userName","password"})
  @BeforeMethod
  public void beforeMethod2(String userName,String password){
      this.userName = userName;
      this.password = password;
  }

  @Parameters({"userName","password"})
  @Test
  public void unitTest2(String userNameTest,String passwordTest){
      System.out.println("userName ="+this.userName+" \t Password ="+this.password);
  }

}

Is there a way to make:

  1. beforeMethod1 method only execute for unitTest1() method?
  2. beforeMethod2 method only execute for unitTest2() method?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1311

Answers (1)

Cedric Beust
Cedric Beust

Reputation: 15608

You have a couple of options:

  • You can declare the @BeforeMethod with a Method parameter, check the name of that method and if it's unitTest1, invoke beforeMethod1() and if it's unitTest2, invoke beforeMethod2(). This would probably not be my first choice since it's a bit fragile if you change the names of your methods.

  • Put these methods and their before method in separate classes, possibly sharing a common superclass.

Upvotes: 3

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