Choose order to execute JUnit tests

Question

I wanted to choose the order to execute the JUnit tests. I have 4 classes with several test methods in it, my goal is to execute, for instance, method Y of class A, then met

Answer 1

If the previous answer is not satisfying I have noticed with the Sun JVM JUnit always seems to execute unit tests in the order of which they are defined. Obviously this is not a good idea to rely on this.

Answer 2

In general, you can't specify the order that separate unit tests run in (though you could specify priorities in TestNG and have a different priority for each test). However, unit tests should be able to be run in isolation, so the order of the tests should not matter. This is a bad practice. If you need the tests to be in a specific order, you should be rethinking your design. If you post specifics as to why you need the order, I'm sure we can offer suggestions.

Answer 3

The JUnit answer to that question is to create one test method like this:

  @Test public void testAll() {
       classA.y();
       classB.x();
       classA.z();
  }

That is obviously an unsatisfying answer in certain cases (where setup and teardown matter), but the JUnit view of unit testing is that if tests are not independant, you are doing something wrong.

If the above doesn't meet your needs, have a look at TestNG.

Answer 4

The general remark/idea that testing can be done in any arbitrary order is too strong.

It really depends on what you are testing.

For example I am testing a server where we have a changePassword action.

I think it is obvious that the order of tests is critical. After changePassword, the old password does not work anymore, and before, it does.

I don't want to revert the server state after each test, too much work. I can do it one time after all tests have been completed.

Answer 5

You can use @Order() annotation

Answer 6

From version 4.11 you can specify execution order using annotations and ordering by method name:

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;

@FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.NAME_ASCENDING)
public class MyTest {

    @Test
    public void test1Create() {
        System.out.println("first");
    }

    @Test
    public void test2Update() {
        System.out.println("second");
    }
}

See JUnit 4.11 Release Notes