[jira] (SUREFIRE-995) Support searching superclass for JUnit @Category

["Paul Philion (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Paul Philion created SUREFIRE-995:
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             Summary: Support searching superclass for JUnit @Category
                 Key: SUREFIRE-995
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-995
             Project: Maven Surefire
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Junit 4.7+ (parallel) support
    Affects Versions: 2.14.1
            Reporter: Paul Philion


It looks like when evaluating <groups> and <excludedGroups> using the @Category, only the test class itself (and not any superclasses) is searched for the annotation.

It would be very helpful if the search included superclasses.

Aside: It took me a few hours to track this down. I like to implement abstract superclasses for all my testing patterns (integration test with full DB vs. "functional test" using stub DB vs strict unit test with mock objects). Typically, adding the annotation to the superclass (like @BeforeClass and @AfterClass) to handle standard initialization. However, the @Category works only in the concrete test class (not an abstract superclass).

If you need a more concrete example (sample code, etc.), I am happy to provide.

Right now, the simple work-around is to include @Category in all concrete test classes where it is important. I'm using it in/exclude integration tests.


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