I would simply make sure that all code for @BeforeAll calls a certain singleton to make that init work (probably in a lazy way to avoid repetition).
Probably not convenient ... the only other option I see: I assume your tests run within a specific JVM job. You could hook an agent into that JVM run, that does that init work for you.
Beyond that: both suggestions sounds somehow like a hack to me. The real answer in my eyes: step back, and carefully examine your environment on its dependencies. And then find a way to prepare your environment in a way that your tests come up and the "right thing" happens automatically. In other words: consider looking into the architecture that bought you this problem.
This is now possible in JUnit5 by creating a custom Extension, from which you can register a shutdown hook on the root test-context.
Your extension would look like this;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeAllCallback;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext.Namespace.GLOBAL;
public class YourExtension implements BeforeAllCallback, ExtensionContext.Store.CloseableResource {
private static boolean started = false;
@Override
public void beforeAll(ExtensionContext context) {
if (!started) {
started = true;
// Your "before all tests" startup logic goes here
// The following line registers a callback hook when the root test context is shut down
context.getRoot().getStore(GLOBAL).put("any unique name", this);
}
}
@Override
public void close() {
// Your "after all tests" logic goes here
}
}
Then, any tests classes where you need this executed at least once, can be annotated with:
@ExtendWith({YourExtension.class})
When you use this extension on multiple classes, the startup and shutdown logic will only be invoked once.
Above advises do not work for me, so I solved this problem like this:
Add to your Base abstract class (I mean abstract class where you initialize your driver in setUpDriver() method) this part of code:
private static boolean started = false;
static{
if (!started) {
started = true;
try {
setUpDriver(); //method where you initialize your driver
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
}
}
}
And now, if your test classes will extends from Base abstract class -> setUpDriver() method will be executed before first @Test only ONE time per project run.
Extending on suggestion from @Philipp, here's a more complete code snippet:
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext.Namespace.GLOBAL;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeAllCallback;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
public abstract class BaseSetupExtension
implements BeforeAllCallback, ExtensionContext.Store.CloseableResource {
@Override
public void beforeAll(ExtensionContext context) throws Exception {
// We need to use a unique key here, across all usages of this particular extension.
String uniqueKey = this.getClass().getName();
Object value = context.getRoot().getStore(GLOBAL).get(uniqueKey);
if (value == null) {
// First test container invocation.
context.getRoot().getStore(GLOBAL).put(uniqueKey, this);
setup();
}
}
// Callback that is invoked <em>exactly once</em>
// before the start of <em>all</em> test containers.
abstract void setup();
// Callback that is invoked <em>exactly once</em>
// after the end of <em>all</em> test containers.
// Inherited from {@code CloseableResource}
public abstract void close() throws Throwable;
}
How to use:
public class DemoSetupExtension extends BaseSetupExtension {
@Override
void setup() {}
@Override
public void close() throws Throwable {}
}
@ExtendWith(DemoSetupExtension.class)
public class TestOne {
@BeforeAll
public void beforeAllTestOne { ... }
@Test
public void testOne { ... }
}
@ExtendWith(DemoSetupExtension.class)
public class TestTwo {
@BeforeAll
public void beforeAllTestTwo { ... }
@Test
public void testTwo { ... }
}
...this will be true regardless if you choose to run a single @Test (e.g.
TestOne.testOne), or an entire test class (TestOne), or multiple / all tests.
My sub-question: How to access that shared singleton resource? (Perhaps you are also wondering this...)
Sidebar: During my experimentation, I discovered that using multiple @ExtendWith(...) seems to nest properly. Even so, I remember it not working that way at some point in my fumbling, so you should make sure your usage case(s) are workings rightly [sic].
Because you are probably in a rush, the dessert comes first: Here is the output of running "all tests within the folder":
NestedSingleton::beforeAll (setting resource)
Singleton::Start-Once
Base::beforeAll
Colors::blue - resource=Something nice to share!
Colors::gold - resource=Something nice to share!
Base::afterAll
Base::beforeAll
Numbers::one - resource=Something nice to share!
Numbers::tre - resource=Something nice to share!
Numbers::two - resource=Something nice to share!
Base::afterAll
Singleton::Finish-Once
NestedSingleton::close (clearing resource)
Of course, just running a single test class gives:
NestedSingleton::beforeAll (setting resource)
Singleton::Start-Once
Base::beforeAll
Numbers::one - resource=Something nice to share!
Numbers::tre - resource=Something nice to share!
Numbers::two - resource=Something nice to share!
Base::afterAll
Singleton::Finish-Once
NestedSingleton::close (clearing resource)
The already provided answer from @Philipp Gayret has some problems when testing JUnit in parallel (i.e. junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled = true).
Therefore I adapted the solution to:
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext.Namespace.GLOBAL;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeAllCallback;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
public class BeforeAllTestsExtension extends BasicTestClass
implements BeforeAllCallback, ExtensionContext.Store.CloseableResource {
/** Gate keeper to prevent multiple Threads within the same routine */
private static final Lock LOCK = new ReentrantLock();
/** volatile boolean to tell other threads, when unblocked, whether they should try attempt start-up. Alternatively, could use AtomicBoolean. */
private static volatile boolean started = false;
@Override
public void beforeAll(final ExtensionContext context) throws Exception {
// lock the access so only one Thread has access to it
LOCK.lock();
try {
if (!started) {
started = true;
// Your "before all tests" startup logic goes here
// The following line registers a callback hook when the root test context is
// shut down
context.getRoot().getStore(GLOBAL).put("any unique name", this);
// do your work - which might take some time -
// or just uses more time than the simple check of a boolean
}
} finally {
// free the access
LOCK.unlock();
}
}
@Override
public void close() {
// Your "after all tests" logic goes here
}
}
As mentioned below JUnit5 provides an automatic Extension Registration. To do so add a in src/test/resources/ a directory called /META-INF/services and add a file named org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.Extension. Add into this file the fully classified name of your class, e.g.