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Question

Given I have the following class (See Parallelized Runner for more information on parallel runs):

@RunWith(Parallelized.class)
public class TopicTest {

    String topic;

    public TopicTest(String topic) {
        this.topic = topic;
    }

    @Test
    public void testTopicPage() {
       WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
       driver.get("http://www.mysite.com/topics/" + topic + "/");
       TopicPage topicPage = PageFactory.initElements(driver, TopicPage.class);
       Assert.assertTrue("No items were located on this topic page <" + topic + ">", topicPage.elementsFound());
       driver.quit();
    }

    @Parameters
    public static Collection<Object []> topics() {
        List<Object []> parameters = new ArrayList<Object []>();
        for(String s : new String [] { "topic1", "topic2", "invalidTopic" }) {
            parameters.add(new Object [] { s });
        }
        return parameters;
     }

     public static class TopicPage {
         @FindBy(className = "result-set-a")
         private List<WebElement> items;

         public boolean elementsFound() {
             return items != null && items.size() > 0;
         }
     }
}

Is there anyway that I can get more information out of my test run other than pass / fail status? I can get the following information on my failed runs due to the assertion error:

junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: No recipes were located on this topic page <invalidTopic>

Is there a way that I could get more information out from our passing tests for reporting purposes?

Answer 1

If I understand the question, the issue is not so much about parallelized tests as it is about the JUnit runner's policy of reporting failures individually but only reporting successes in aggregate. If you want successes to be reported individually, I suggest you register a custom RunListener. The RunListener will be invoked each time an event occurs during the test, e.g. when a test starts, when it finishes, and when it fails.

Another avenue to investigate would be the TestWatcher class.