How do I get the name of the test method that was run in a testng tear down method?

Question

Basically, I have a teardown method that I want to log to the console which test was just run. How would I go about getting that string?

I can get the class name, bu

Answer 1

In my own project I access this data thanks to a JUnit @Rule.

String testName;
String className;

@Rule
public TestWatcher watcher = new TestWatcher() {
    public void starting(Description description) {
        testName = description.getMethodName();
        className = description.getClassName();
        logger.info("Starting test " + testName + " in class " + className);
    }
};