org.junit.runner
Class Description

java.lang.Object
  org.junit.runner.Description

public class Description
extends Object

A Description describes a test which is to be run or has been run. Descriptions can be atomic (a single test) or compound (containing children tests). Descriptions are used to provide feedback about the tests that are about to run (for example, the tree view visible in many IDEs) or tests that have been run (for example, the failures view).

Descriptions are implemented as a single class rather than a Composite because they are entirely informational. They contain no logic aside from counting their tests.

In the past, we used the raw TestCases and TestSuites to display the tree of tests. This was no longer viable in JUnit 4 because atomic tests no longer have a superclass below Object. We needed a way to pass a class and name together. Description emerged from this.

See Also:

Request, Runner

Field Summary

static Description	EMPTY Describes a Runner which runs no tests
static Description	TEST_MECHANISM Describes a step in the test-running mechanism that goes so wrong no other description can be used (for example, an exception thrown from a Runner's constructor

Method Summary

void	addChild(Description description) Add Description as a child of the receiver.
Description	childlessCopy()
static Description	createSuiteDescription(Class<?> testClass) Create a Description named after testClass
static Description	createSuiteDescription(String name, Annotation... annotations) Create a Description named name.
static Description	createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz, String name) Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz.
static Description	createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz, String name, Annotation... annotations) Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
<T extends Annotation> T	getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType)
Collection<Annotation>	getAnnotations()
ArrayList<Description>	getChildren()
String	getClassName()
String	getDisplayName()
String	getMethodName()
Class<?>	getTestClass()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isEmpty()
boolean	isSuite()
boolean	isTest()
int	testCount()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY

public static final Description EMPTY

Describes a Runner which runs no tests

TEST_MECHANISM

public static final Description TEST_MECHANISM

Describes a step in the test-running mechanism that goes so wrong no other description can be used (for example, an exception thrown from a Runner's constructor

Method Detail

createSuiteDescription

public static Description createSuiteDescription(String name,
                                                 Annotation... annotations)

Create a Description named name. Generally, you will add children to this Description.

Parameters:

name - the name of the Description

annotations -

Returns:

a Description named name

createTestDescription

public static Description createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz,
                                                String name,
                                                Annotation... annotations)

Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz. Generally, this will be a leaf Description.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the test

name - the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)

annotations - meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters

Returns:

a Description named name

createTestDescription

public static Description createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz,
                                                String name)

Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz. Generally, this will be a leaf Description. (This remains for binary compatibility with clients of JUnit 4.3)

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the test

name - the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)

Returns:

a Description named name

createSuiteDescription

public static Description createSuiteDescription(Class<?> testClass)

Create a Description named after testClass

Parameters:

testClass - A Class containing tests

Returns:

a Description of testClass

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Returns:

a user-understandable label

addChild

public void addChild(Description description)

Add Description as a child of the receiver.

Parameters:

description - the soon-to-be child.

getChildren

public ArrayList<Description> getChildren()

Returns:

the receiver's children, if any

isSuite

public boolean isSuite()

Returns:

true if the receiver is a suite

isTest

public boolean isTest()

Returns:

true if the receiver is an atomic test

testCount

public int testCount()

Returns:

the total number of atomic tests in the receiver

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Returns:

true if this is a description of a Runner that runs no tests

childlessCopy

public Description childlessCopy()

Returns:

a copy of this description, with no children (on the assumption that some of the children will be added back)

getAnnotation

public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType)

Returns:

the annotation of type annotationType that is attached to this description node, or null if none exists

getAnnotations

public Collection<Annotation> getAnnotations()

Returns:

all of the annotations attached to this description node

getTestClass

public Class<?> getTestClass()

Returns:

If this describes a method invocation, the class of the test instance.

getClassName

public String getClassName()

Returns:

If this describes a method invocation, the name of the class of the test instance

getMethodName

public String getMethodName()

Returns:

If this describes a method invocation, the name of the method (or null if not)