I much prefer JUnit 5 to 4, so I'm in favor. On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 12:40 AM John Hendrikx <hj...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Posting this to gauge the interest in adding JUnit 5 as a test > dependency to JavaFX, enabling writing tests with this new version of > JUnit while still supporting all JUnit 4 tests. > > A draft PR has been submitted here: > https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/633 > > And an issue has been filed here: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8274274 > > Although very personally motivated to be able to write nested unit tests > in future JavaFX pull requests, I think this would be a great addition > to have in our testing arsenal. > > The main benefits of using JUnit 5: > > Better integration with Java 8, specifically use of Lambda functions > where this would make sense. For example `assertThrows` is really useful > and can replace the `expected` parameter in the Test annotation > (although this has also been backported to recent JUnit 4 versions). > > Support for better organization of tests (using Nested) and better > naming. See this image to see Nested and naming in action: > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/995917/111858133-d6ce0f80-8936-11eb-9724-be2c15150590.png > > Better extension system allowing to combine extensions whereas JUnit 4 > only allowed one extension at a time. > > Native support for parameterized tests, repeated tests, nested tests, > conditional test execution (by platform or environment for example), > assumptions, test generation and timeouts. > > Please let us know if you'd like to see a newer version of JUnit > included in JavaFX to further ease testing :) > > --John > > > >
