JUnit 4

Question

Hi all,
I’m writing a test unit class, using JUnit 4. I have a variable that needs to be shared among all @Test methods; since I can not pass any parameter to any of the @Test methods, is there any other way that this variable can be shared among all @Test methods except that defining this variable as a static variable?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Sorry, confused. What is wrong with a static variable and @BeforeClass? Nothing is wrong with that. I can define the xmlNode as a static varaible that can be shared among all @Test methods, but the point is that, each ReportTest class creates this node based on its own characteristics, on the other word, this xmlNode needs to be unique for each instance of the ReportTest class; now if only one instance of this class is running, then defining that variable as static won't cause any problem; however, if multiple instances of this test class running concurrently, then all share the same static xmlNode among themselves which is not correct. Since its the test class, I assume that the chances of running multiple instances concurrently in the same JVM is slim, so define this node as static won't cause problems.
Edited by: RonitT on Sep 10, 2008 12:59 PM
Edited by: RonitT on Sep 10, 2008 1:00 PM