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I have a base class for many tests that has some helper methods they all need.
It does not by itself have any tests on it, but JUnit (in eclipse) is invoking the test runner on it and complaining that there are no methods to test.
How can I make it ignore this class?
I know I could add a dummyTest method that would solve the problem, but it would also appear for all the children classes.
Suggestions?
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A second option would be to disable tests temporarily using the JUnit @Ignore annotation. We can add it at the class level to disable all tests in a class: @Ignore("Class not ready for tests") public class IgnoreClassUnitTest { @Test public void whenDoTest_thenAssert() { // ... } }
If you want to ignore a test method, use @Ignore along with @Test annotation. If you want to ignore all the tests of class, use @Ignore annotation at the class level.
Sometimes, it happens that our code is not ready and the test case written to test that method/code fails. In such cases, annotation @Test(enabled = false) helps to disable this test case.
If you really need to extend the base class to override something, extract the functionality to a third class and make the extended class a proxy. The extended class does nothing else than call methods on the third class. E.g. This way, you can test the real implementation, without instantiating the base class.
Use to @Ignore annotation. It also works on classes. See this one:
@Ignore public class IgnoreMe { @Test public void test1() { ... } @Test public void test2() { ... } } Also, you can annotate a class containing test methods with @Ignore and none of the containing tests will be executed.
Source: JUnit JavaDoc
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Just as a note, I'd always recommend giving a reason for the ignore:
@Ignore("This test will prove bug #123 is fixed, once someone fixes it") I'm hoping the junit xml report formatter, used when running tests from ant, will one day include the ignored count (and the reasons) along with pass, fail, and error.
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