How can I specify JUnit test dependencies?

Question

Our toolkit has over 15000 JUnit tests, and many tests are known to fail if some other test fails. For example, if the method X.foo() uses functionality from Y.bar() and YTe

Answer 1

In behavior driven design library jBehave there's a keyword GivenScenarios which imports a list of scenarios that are run before the main scenario. This gives an opportunity to define dependencies and have one point of failure. jBehave's logging will tell you if test fails in dependencies or main body section.