Custom test method name in TestNG reports

Question

I am working on a project where I need to invoke TestNG programatically(using data providers). Things are fine except that in the report, we are getting the name of the @Tes

Answer 1

If you want to change the name in the HTML report, it'll be a total hack. Here's how I did it:

public class NinjaTest {
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@AfterMethod (alwaysRun = true)
public void afterMethod(ITestResult result, Method method) {
    try {
        //I have XML test suites organized in directories. 
        String xmlFile = result.getTestContext().getCurrentXmlTest().getSuite().getFileName();
        String suiteName = xmlFile.substring(xmlFile.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1, xmlFile.lastIndexOf(".xml"));
        String pathToFile = xmlFile.substring(0, xmlFile.lastIndexOf("\\") );
        String directory = pathToFile.substring(pathToFile.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
        String testMethodName = String.format("%s/%s - %s", directory, suiteName, method.getName());

        //Total hack to change display name in HTML report  ＼(^o^)／ 
        Field methodName = org.testng.internal.BaseTestMethod.class.getDeclaredField("m_methodName");
        methodName.setAccessible(true);
        methodName.set(result.getMethod(), testMethodName);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // Eh....  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
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