With the move to Surefire 2.3, we can finally use JUnit 4 if we want to.
I've done a small amount of investigation to see what would be needed.
MOST of our unit tests will run unmodified with JUnit 4 and would not need
to be updated. The tests that don't run are the ones that require a
pre-class setup (use a "suite" method). Those would need to be updated.
They are pretty simple to update. The "suite" method is changed to be
something like:
@BeforeClass
public static void startservers() {
....
}
@AfterClass
public static void stopservers() {
.....
}
and all the test methods need a @Test annotation.
The tests that would need modification include:
1) JMS tests (startup broker)
2) One of the WS Policy tests (just simple setup/teardown)
3) A BUNCH of the System tests.
A couple hours of work would do it. However, what are peoples thoughts on
moving to JUnit 4?
The main thing I like about it is to disable a test, you can add an @Ignore
annotation. This then shows up when you run "mvn test" as a skipped
test. It's much easier to find disabled tests so you know where they are
to fix them later.
Thoughts?
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