How to open and get input from a popup before running test?

Question

I want to open a popup before running my tests and after completing my test run. I want to give few inputs from the popup on basis of that my test will run.

Suppose I have multiple links on which my project is present to test. I want to select the link from popup and then my test cases should run on that selected link.

I have made an html file which have all fields necessary for me. I am trying to open that file in a popup before selenium start running my tests.

Can anyone suggest how to achieve this? I am using Selenium webdriver with Testng.

Answer 1

TestNG provide a lot of annotations for thinks like that: @BeforeTest, @BeforeSuite, BeforeGroups and more: http://testng.org/doc/documentation-main.html#annotations

It may be look like that:

@BeforeTest
public void setup() {
    // open your popup and click on the link
}

@Test
public void test() {
    // test case
}

@AfterTest
public void tearDown() {
    // close popup
}

TestNG also provide Listeners: http://testng.org/doc/documentation-main.html#testng-listeners. With Listeners you can say what before or after a test happens. Also what happens when a test finish, failed, skipped or succeed. Maybe this provide a better way for you.