Ignore junit tests via @ExcludeCategory in test suite

Question

I want to run a Junit test suite that contains various test classes.

From all tests, I want to exclude testing methods annotated with a specific annotation.

I know the @Ignore annotation, but I do not want to use it here because I want to be able to ignore different test methods if I call tests from different test suites.

I tried and it does not work. Running my package without @ExcludeCategory (IgnoreMeForSpecialReason.class) launches the same number of test cases as when working with @ExcludeCategory (IgnoreMeForSpecialReason.class)

To illustrate this:

This package

//version 1 @RunWith(Categories.class) @ExcludeCategory(IgnoreForSpecialReasonA.class) @SuiteClasses({ // add your test classes here Module1Test.class, Module2Test.class, Module3Test.class }) public class MySuiteA { } 

the same number of tests are performed as this version of the package:

 //version 2 @RunWith(Categories.class) //@ExcludeCategory(IgnoreForSpecialReasonA.class) @SuiteClasses({ // add your test classes here Module1Test.class, Module2Test.class, Module3Test.class }) public class MySuiteA { } 

One test module1Test method is annotated using the @IgnoreForSpecialReasonA annotation. This method should be skipped in version 1 of my example, but it is running.

How can I make @ExcludeCategory really work with collections?

Hurrah!

Answer 1

@ExcludeCategory should work with @Category .

Make sure your methods / classes are ignored with @Category(IgnoreForSpecialReasonA.class) .