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How to skip or ignore the execution of tests in TestNG?
TestNG supports multiple ways to skip or ignore a @Test execution. Based on requirement, the user can skip a complete test without executing it at all or skip a test based on a specific condition. If the condition meets at the time of execution, it skips the remaining code in the test.
Following are the ways to skip the @Test execution −
Use the parameter enabled=false at @Test. By default, this parameter is set to True.
Use throw new SkipException(String message) to skip a test.
Conditional Skip − The user can have a condition check. If the condition is met, it will throw a SkipException and skip the rest of the code.
In this article, we will illustrate how to skip a test in a class using the above three ways.
Approach/Algorithm to solve this problem −
Step 1 − Create a TestNG class called NewTestngClass.
Step 2 − Write three different @Test methods inside NewTestngClass as shown in the programming code section.
1st @Test Method − It is enabled=false. It won't execute at all and TestNG ignores it completely at runtime. Even in consolidated run details, it is not considered, so only 2 tests will be executed.
2nd @Test Method − It throws SkipException. TestNG will print the first line of code and skip after it reaches to SkipExecution code.
3rd @Test Method − It is conditional skip. The code checks whether the DataAvailable parameter is True or False. If it is False, it throws a SkipException and skips the test. But, if DataAvailable is True, it won't throw the SkipException and continue the execution.
Step 3 − Now create the testNG.xml as given below to run the TestNG classes.
Step 4 − Run the testNG.xml or run the testNG class directly in IDE or compile and run it using command line.
Example
Use the following code for the common TestNG class "NewTestngClass":
src/ NewTestngClass.java
import org.testng.SkipException; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class NewTestngClass { @Test(enabled=false) public void testcase1(){ System.out.println("Testcase 1 - Not executed"); } @Test public void testcase2(){ System.out.println("Testcase 2 - skip exception example"); throw new SkipException("Skipping this exception"); } @Test public void testcase3(){ boolean DataAvailable=false; System.out.println("Test Case3 - Conditional Skip"); if(!DataAvailable) throw new SkipException("Skipping this exception"); System.out.println("Executed Successfully"); } }
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 the full suite.
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" > <suite name = "Suite1"> <test name = "test1"> <classes> <class name = "NewTestngClass"/> </classes> </test> </suite>
Output
Testcase 2 - skip exception example Test ignored. Test Case3 - Conditional Skip Test ignored. =============================================== Suite1 Total tests run: 2, Passes: 0, Failures: 0, Skips: 2 ===============================================