How to Limiting the Number of Parallel Tests with ThreadCount in TestNG?


TestNG supports multi−threading i.e. a @Test methods can be invoked parallelly. A test or multiple test methods can be invoked from multiple threads. Therefore, multiVthread is useful if @Test methods need to be run asynchronously in parallel.

Multi−threading can be achieved by using keyword − thread−count =<integer> at Testng.xml. Thread count is basically number of instances running to execute multiple tests simultaneously or parallelly. The attribute thread−count allows the user to specify how many threads should be run for this execution.

In this example, 5 @Test method will execute in parallel from 5 threads.

In this article, we will illustrate how to achieve multithreading.

Approach/Algorithm to Solve this Problem

  • Step 1: Create a TestNG class − NewTestngClass.

  • Step 2: Write 5 @Test methods in the class − NewTestngClass as shown in programming code section.

  • Step 3: Now create the testNG.xml as given below to run the TestNG classes. Add thread−ount and parallel keyword.

  • Step 4: Now, run the testNG.xml or directly testNG class in IDE or compile and run it using command line.

  • In the output, user can see total 5 threads are running in parallel − ID 18 to 22.

Example

The following code for common TestNG class − NewTestngClass:

src/ NewTestngClass.java

import org.testng.ITestContext;
import org.testng.annotations.*;

public class NewTestngClass {

    @Test()
    public void testcase1(ITestContext testContext){
        System.out.println("Thread ID: "+Thread.currentThread().getId());
        int currentCount = testContext.getAllTestMethods()[0].getCurrentInvocationCount();
        System.out.println("Executing count: " + currentCount);
    }
    @Test()
    public void testcase2(ITestContext testContext){
        System.out.println("Thread ID: "+Thread.currentThread().getId());
        int currentCount = testContext.getAllTestMethods()[1].getCurrentInvocationCount();
        System.out.println("Executing count: " + currentCount);
    }
    @Test()
    public void testcase3(ITestContext testContext){
        System.out.println("Thread ID: "+Thread.currentThread().getId());
        int currentCount = testContext.getAllTestMethods()[2].getCurrentInvocationCount();
        System.out.println("Executing count: " + currentCount);
    }
    @Test()
    public void testcase4(ITestContext testContext){
        System.out.println("Thread ID: "+Thread.currentThread().getId());
        int currentCount = testContext.getAllTestMethods()[3].getCurrentInvocationCount();
        System.out.println("Executing count: " + currentCount);
    }
    @Test()
    public void testcase5(ITestContext testContext){
        System.out.println("Thread ID: "+Thread.currentThread().getId());
        int currentCount = testContext.getAllTestMethods()[4].getCurrentInvocationCount();
        System.out.println("Executing count: " + currentCount);
    }
} 

testng.xml

This is a configuration file that is used to organize and run the TestNG test cases.

It is very handy when limited tests are needed to execute rather than full suite.

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >

<suite name = "Suite1" thread-count="5" parallel="methods">
   <test name = "test1">
      <classes>
    <class name = "NewTestngClass"/>
      </classes>
   </test>
</suite>

Output

Thread ID: 18
Thread ID: 22
Thread ID: 19
Executing count: 0
Thread ID: 20
Executing count: 0
Thread ID: 21
Executing count: 0
Executing count: 0
Executing count: 0

===============================================
Suite1
Total tests run: 5, Passes: 5, Failures: 0, Skips: 0
===============================================

Updated on: 18-Aug-2023

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