Can I avoid running junit tests twice in eclipse when using a TestSuite?

Question

I need to do some per-suite initialisation (starting a web-server). It is working fine except that when I run all tests in my project in eclipse my tests run twice. My test

Answer 1

No, the test class will always be started directly and then through the "link" in the suite. This is as expected.

One workaround might to set in the run configuration to only run tests from the package which contains your suites. Open the run configuration and select Run all tests in the selected project, package or source folder then click Search... and select the package.