@Test equivalent on Junit 3?

[Akhilesh Trivedi]

I use annotation

@Test

to control which tests to be executed on Junit4.

For some reason, I have to be on java 1.4 and hence I am restricted on JUnit 3.

How do I have the above control as handy in JUnit 3, because on 1.4 annotations are not supported.

[Jaikiran Pai]

From what I remember any method that started with the test prefix was considered a test method. Example:

public void testSomething() {
....

[Akhilesh Trivedi]

That's right.

But I am talking about when we have more than one test method and we selectively want to run one/some of them.

On Junit 4

@Test
public void testMethod1(){
...
}
@Test
public void testMethod2(){
...
}

will run both testMethod1() and testMethod2()

And

@Test
public void testMethod1(){
...
}
//@Test
public void testMethod2(){
...
}

will run only testMethod1().

//@Test
public void testMethod1(){
...
}
@Test
public void testMethod2(){
...
}

In above case it will run only testMethod2().


How to achieve this control with ease on JUnit3.

[E Armitage]

Changing the method name from testXXX to atestXXX could be viewed as just as easy as commenting out an annotation.

[Junilu Lacar]

Aside from renaming your test methods, you can create a TestSuite that only includes the tests you want to run.

BTW, in JUnit4, use the @Ignore annotation to temporarily disable a test instead of commenting out the @Test annotation

// Prefer this:

@Ignore
@Test
public void should_do_something_when_condition() {...}

// Over this:

//@Test
public void should_do_something_when_condition() {...}

When you use the @Ignore annotation, JUnit will report that there are ignored tests. If you just comment out the @Test annotation, JUnit will not say anything and it's easy to forget to uncomment later.

[Akhilesh Trivedi]

Junilu Lacar wrote:Aside from renaming your test methods, you can create a TestSuite that only includes the tests you want to run.

Any references?

[Junilu Lacar]

Akhilesh Trivedi wrote:Any references?

Any search engines? SearchFirst - JUnit 3 testsuite examples should turn up something