How do I create a Test Suite at runtime

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Class A {

    @Test     
    @CustomAnnotation(attrib1 = "foo"; attrib2 = "moo"; attrib3 = "poo") 
    void methodA(){ }

    @Test      
    @CustomAnnotation(attrib1 = "blahblah"; attrib2 = "flahflah"; attrib3 = "klahklah") 
    void methodB(){ }

    @Test      
    @CustomAnnotation(attrib1 = "foo"; attrib2 = "flahflah"; attrib3 = "poo") 
    void methodC(){ }
}

Now, using reflection, my annotation processing class will return me a SET/LIST of methods which match my criteria (say,attrib1="foo") - Method A and method C will satisfy. Now I need to add these to a test suite at runtime and run that.

How can I add them to the test suite?

Maybe there's a feature in JUnit, which does what you want: http://kentbeck.github.com/junit/javadoc/latest/org/junit/experimental/categories/Categories.html — Stefan Birkner, Jun 26 '12 at 12:01
Made it from experimental to stable: https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/wiki/Categories — Peter Wippermann, May 24 '16 at 09:50

david a. · Answer 1 · 2012-06-26T12:22:05.823

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Have a look at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore. You should be able to specify the set of tests to run (methods that have to be executed as tests) using org.junit.runner.Request: http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/org/junit/runner/JUnitCore.html#run(org.junit.runner.Request)

edited Jun 26 '12 at 12:22

answered Jun 26 '12 at 12:15

david a.

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