We use Spec trait for our tests in ScalaTest. when we run the entire suite, it does not always run in the same order. Most answers in google suggest defining a Suite and specifying all the test names. But this requires us to add the test name every time we add a new test.
Is it possible to use the DiscoverySuite itself and define the test execution order? Like run the tests in alphabetical order. I looked at extending the DiscoverySuite but DiscoverySuite seems to be private to scalatest.
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By ordering i mean, If there are tests A, B, C.
class A extends Spec {..}
class B extends Spec {..}
class C extends Spec {..}
Then i want the tests to run in order (A, B, C). But what happens now is, it run in a different order everytime.
DiscoverySuite is private to ScalaTest, yes. The execution order of tests in a Spec (now called FunSpec, by the way) is defined to be the order of appearance in the source file. To define the order of the test classes themselves, you will need to define a nestedSuites method and run that wrapper Suite instead of using Discovery. You can go back to using discovery once you no longer need an order. I'll look at adding a defined order to DiscoverySuite in the next ScalaTest release.
See http://doc.scalatest.org/1.0/org/scalatest/SequentialNestedSuiteExecution.html
This seems to provide the specific behavior you're looking for.
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I have three classes all containing multiple tests. Each class has the annotation of TestFixture. I need each class to run the tests in order. (e.g. TextFixture1 runs all of its tests, then TestFixture2 runs all of its tests, and finally TestFixture3 runs all of its tests.) How can I accomplish this?
Use the OrderAttribute on each fixture, specifying the order in which you want the fixtures to run. Use the same attribute on each test method, specifying the order the test should run within the fixture.
See OrderAttribute in the docs for more info.
I have a testng.xml file and i have three classes and all three have tests with priority from 1 to 4(#Test(priority=1 to 4)). On running it the tests with priority 1 from different classes run first and affect the flow of my test.What kind of testng annotation can I use to avoid this?
#Test(priority=1) given in multiple classes
use preserve order
<test name="Test" preserve-order="true">
So that all classes specified in testng.xml will run in specified order and then in each class methods will run as per priority.
In testng, the order of the classes mentioned in the testng.xml doesn't matter if you have the priority set in the tests inside those classes. The tests will run according to the priorities (priority=1 tests will run first and then priority=2 and further on).
To solve the above issue, you need to remove the priorities from the tests inside the classes and then put the classes in the testng in the order you want to execute those classes and put <preserve-order="true"> in the testng xml.
If you want to run the tests inside a class also in a particular order, then you can use dependsOnMethods between the tests mentioned inside the class like:
#Test(dependsOnMethods = {"parentTest"})
public void childTest() {
}
#Test
public void parentTest() {
}
In the above case, when the parentTest() pass only then the childTest() will execute.
I have a class which extends org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite. This class has a couple of tests. I do not want these tests to run in parallel.
I know how simple it is with Specs2 (extend the class with Specification and add a single line sequential inside the class) as shown here: How to run specifications sequentially.
I do not want to alter the Build file by setting:
parallelExecution in Test := false
nor I want to use tags to run specific test files sequentially.
All I want is a way to make sure that all tests inside my class run sequentially. Is this possible with ScalaTest ? Any sample test/template is appreciated.
A quick google search pointed me to this: http://doc.scalatest.org/2.0/index.html#org.scalatest.Sequential
Just for the couple of tests I have, I think it is a total overkill to create StepSuites. I am not completely sure if that's the way to go about with my case!
The doc for org.scalatest.ParallelTestExecution says
ScalaTest's normal approach for running suites of tests in parallel is to run different suites in parallel, but the tests of any one suite sequentially.
So it looks like you don't have to do anything to get what you want, if your tests are in a single suite.
I have written a couple of tests, very identical but different in only one way. One test has an international address and the other has domestic address: DomesticAddress.scala & InternationalAddress.scala
DomesticAddress.scala extends another class ShipMethods.scala that has a #Test method. Here I am validating that DomesticAddress.scala has valid ship methods present. InternationalAddress.scala does not extend ShipMethods.scala.
Both test classes (DomesticAddress.scala and InternationalAddress.scala) have different users; the only similarity is that the address is stored in a val named 'address'.
When I run these two tests some times (and only some times) the test fails for DomesticAddress.scala because I see an international address in there.
Is it possible that there is a race condition happening in this scenario? My testng xml is preserving the order of tests, so this is more confusing that a race condition could occur especially since I am not sharing any resources among the tests.
Why does your ShipMethods have a #Test annotation on it? Is it a test class? If it's not a test class (as opposed to a class which you want to test), then it shouldn't have a #Test annotation on it.
Your classes under test shouldn't have test methods inside them.
I am using junit with eclipse to write function tests.
When running an individual test it runs in the order that I have them set within the class.
Eg.
testCreateUser
testJoinUserToRoom
testVerify
testDeleteUser
However when I run this test as part of a suite, (so in a package) the order is random.
It will for example do the verify, then delete user then joinuserToRoom then Createuser.
My tests within the suite are not dependent on each other. However each individual test within a test is dependent on them being run in the correct order.
Is there any way I can achieve this?
Thanks.
You can't guarantee the order of execution of test methods in JUnit.
The order of execution of test classes within a suite is guaranteed (if you're using Suite), but the order of execution if the test classes are found by reflection isn't (for instance, if you're running a package in Eclipse, or a set of tests from maven or ant). This may be definable by ant or maven, but it isn't defined by JUnit.
In general, JUnit executes the test methods in the order in which they are defined in the source file, but not all JVMs guarantee this (particulary with JVM 7). If some of the methods are inherited from an abstract base test class, then this may not hold either. (This sounds like your case, but I can't tell from your description).
For more information on this, see my answer to Has JUnit4 begun supporting ordering of test? Is it intentional?.
So what can you do to fix your problem? There are two solutions.
In your original example, you've actually only got one test (verify), but you've got 4 methods, two setup (createUser, joinUserToRoom) and one teardown (deleteUser). So your first option is to better define your test cases, using a TestRule, in particular ExternalResource. ExternalResource allows you to define before/after behaviour for a test, similar to #Before/#After. However, the advantage of ExternalResource is that you can factor this out of your test.
So, you would create/delete the user in your external resource:
public class UsesExternalResource {
#Rule
public ExternalResource resource= new ExternalResource() {
#Override
protected void before() throws Throwable {
// create user
};
#Override
protected void after() {
// destroy user
};
};
#Test
public void testJoinUserToRoom() {
// join user to room
// verify all ok
}
}
For me, this is simpler and easier to understand, and you get independent tests, which is a good thing. This is what I would do, but you will need to refactor your tests a bit. You can also stack these Rules using RuleChain.
Your second option, if you really want to introduce dependencies between your test methods, is to look at TestNG, in which you can define dependencies from one test to another.
If they have a 'correct' order, then they are not multiple tests, but a single test that you have incorrectly annotated as being multiple independent tests.
Best practise would to rewrite them in approved junit style (setup - act - verify), supported by #Before or #BeforeClass methods that did any required common setup.
Quick workaround would be to have a single #Test-annotated method that called the other test methods in sequence. That becomes something like the preferred alternative if you are using Junit not to do strict unit testing, but something more like scenario-driven systems testing. It's not necessarily the best tool for such use, but it does work perfectly well in some cases.
Then, what you would have so far is have a single test:
#Test public void testUserNominalLifeCycle(...
which could then, if you are feeling virtuous, be supplemented by extra new tests like
#Test public void testUserWhoNeverJoinsARoom(...