Question

I have a test class that has a @BeforeClass method and a @Test method. I am running the tests using Ant. I would like to know what is the best way to run only the @BeforeClass method, and not the @Test method. Here is the basic code layout:

@BeforeClass
public void init() throws Exception {
    /* Perform test initialization */
}

@Test
public void randomTest() throws Exception {
    /* Run the test */
}

I have tried making the @Test method part of a group, and then in Ant specifying the “excludedgroups” property to exclude that group. I have also tried setting the @Test method to be disabled. Neither of these methods worked because it wouldn’t run either the @Test or the @BeforeClass method.

One workaround I have is to make an empty @Test method, and then use either method above, but this does not seem like an elegant solution.

Is there a better way to run only the @BeforeClass method?

Edit:

Here is how I specify the task in my build.xml file:

<testng classpathref="test.classpath"
        outputdir="${reports}"
        haltonfailure="false"
        failureProperty="tests.failed"
        useDefaultListeners="true"                   listeners="org.uncommons.reportng.HTMLReporter,org.uncommons.reportng.JUnitXMLReporter"
        parallel="classes"
        suitename="Tests"
        testname="${test.name} Tests">

Answer 1

I ultimately decided to just put an if statement around every @Test method, and have the statement evaluate a System property.