TestWatcher.testSkipped() should be invoked for tests not executed due to failures in @BeforeAll

[joerg1985]

I am using the TestWatcher to collect information for reporting the status of tests by implementing testDisabled, testSuccessful, testAborted, and testFailed. This is working fine as long as there is no failure inside a @BeforeAll or postProcessTestInstance method, in which case none of the TestWatcher methods is called, and the test is kind of lost.

To detect this state, a lot of other interfaces must be implemented, and information has to be combined. It would be better to have a complete view of the test results using only the TestWatcher.

Deliverables

• TestWatcher.testSkipped(ExtensionContext context, ExtensionContext origin, Throwable reason) should be invoked for tests not executed at all
  • ExtensionContext origin argument with details about the failed ExtensionContext causing the test to get skipped
  • Throwable reason argument with details about the failure

[marcphilipp]

You are referring to testDisabled, not testSkipped, right?

If so, this works as documented:

junit5/junit-jupiter-api/src/main/java/org/junit/jupiter/api/extension/TestWatcher.java

Lines 29 to 36 in ee52c64

	* <p>Please note that this API is currently only used to report the results of
	* {@link org.junit.jupiter.api.Test @Test} methods and
	* {@link org.junit.jupiter.api.TestTemplate @TestTemplate} methods (e.g.,
	* {@code @RepeatedTest} and {@code @ParameterizedTest}). Moreover, if there is a
	* failure at the class level &mdash; for example, an exception thrown by a
	* {@code @BeforeAll} method &mdash; no test results will be reported. Similarly,
	* if the test class is disabled via an {@link ExecutionCondition} &mdash; for
	* example, {@code @Disabled} &mdash; no test results will be reported.

Have you considered registering a TestExecutionListener instead of using TestWatcher? It would receive a call to executionFinished with a failed result for the test class and you could then inspect its children via the TestPlan supplied to testPlanExecutionStarted.

[joerg1985]

@marcphilipp i am not refering to testDisabled, the feature request is about a new method testSkipped (or better testBlocked?)
The way using the TestExecutionListener is possible and this is my current workaround, adding alot of complexity.

Implementing a TestWatcher is mutch easier and should - in my mind - cover all the states of all tests, otherwise people might miss some tests and they are e.g. not included into their reporting.

[marcphilipp]

Team decision: Waiting for additional interest from the community