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JUnit: how to avoid "no runnable methods" in test utils classes

I have switched to JUnit4.4 from JUnit3.8. I run my tests using ant, all my tests run successfully but test utility classes fail with "No runnable methods" error. The pattern I am using is to include all classes with name *Test* under test folder.

I understand that the runner can't find any method annotated with @Test attribute. But they don't contain such annotation because these classes are not tests. Surprisingly when running these tests in eclipse, it doesn't complain about these classes.

In JUnit3.8 it wasn't a problem at all since these utility classes didn't extend TestCase so the runner didn't try to execute them.

I know I can exclude these specific classes in the junit target in ant script. But I don't want to change the build file upon every new utility class I add. I can also rename the classes (but giving good names to classes was always my weakest talent :-) )

Is there any elegant solution for this problem?

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LiorH Avatar asked Mar 23 '09 07:03

LiorH


4 Answers

Annotate your util classes with @Ignore. This will cause JUnit not to try and run them as tests.

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JoelPM Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 14:11

JoelPM


My specific case has the following scenario. Our tests

public class VenueResourceContainerTest extends BaseTixContainerTest

all extend

BaseTixContainerTest

and JUnit was trying to run BaseTixContainerTest. Poor BaseTixContainerTest was just trying to setup the container, setup the client, order some pizza and relax... man.

As mentioned previously, you can annotate the class with

@Ignore

But that caused JUnit to report that test as skipped (as opposed to completely ignored).

Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 1

That kind of irritated me.

So I made BaseTixContainerTest abstract, and now JUnit truly ignores it.

Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
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gmoore Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 13:11

gmoore


Assuming you're in control of the pattern used to find test classes, I'd suggest changing it to match *Test rather than *Test*. That way TestHelper won't get matched, but FooTest will.

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Jon Skeet Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 13:11

Jon Skeet


To prevent JUnit from instantiating your test base class just make it

public abstract class MyTestBaseClass { ... whatever... }

(@Ignore reports it as ignored which I reserve for temporarily ignored tests.)

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froh42 Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 14:11

froh42