FieldAccessValidatorEnricher checks access to fields uniformly -------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ARQGRA-433 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQGRA-433 Project: Arquillian Graphene Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 2.0.2.Final Reporter: Stefan Miklosovic Priority: Optional Fix For: 2.0.3.Final I have this test {code} @Rule public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none(); @Test @InSequence(2) @ReportMessage("This method should pass.") public void testWithExpectedExceptionRule() { expectedException.expect(RuntimeException.class); throw new RuntimeException("this exception is expected"); } {code} Logger writes this out: WARNING: Public field 'expectedException' found in org.arquillian.droidium.devconf.AeroGearTestCase. Direct access to fields outside of the declaring class is not allowed. Apr 01, 2014 11:50:27 AM org.jboss.arquillian.graphene.enricher.FieldAccessValidatorEnricher checkFieldValidity However that @Rule field _has to be_ public {quote} A field must be public, not static, and a subtype of TestRule {quote} So in this case validation does not make sense.