Question

Let’s say I have a test class called testFixtureA with several methods testA, testB, testC, etc, each with @Test annotation.

Let’s now say I subclass testFixtureA into class called testFixtureAB and I don’t overwrite anything. testFixtureAB is empty as for now.

When I run tests from testFixtureAB, methods testA, testB and testC are executed by test runner because test runner doesn’t distinguish between test methods from class and baseclass.

How can I force test runner to leave out tests from baseclass?

Answer 1

Restructure your test classes.

• If you don’t want to use the tests from the baseclass, then don’t extend it
• If you need other functionality from the base class, split that class in two – the tests, and the other functionality