[infinispan-dev] usage of alwaysRun=true on @BeforeMethod and alike

[Adrian Nistor]

@BeforeMethod + alwaysRun=true is indeed pretty wrong and pointless in 
relation to groups but @AfterMethod + alwaysRun=true seems to make sense 
given this bit of javadoc: "If set to true, this configuration method 
will be run even if one or more methods invoked previously failed or was 
skipped". Does this imply our precious teardown method will be skipped 
because the test failed unless we add alwaysRun=true?

On 05/08/2013 06:36 PM, Mircea Markus wrote:
> This makes the invocation of that method happen even if the test is not in the running group:http://testng.org/javadoc/org/testng/annotations/BeforeMethod.html#alwaysRun()
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> E.g. if I want to run the "xsite" groups, all the @AfterMethod(alwaysRun=true) from the "functional" groups are also invoked, most likely causing NPEs as the resources from this tests haven't been initialised. So unless used for an abstract test class that would be extended by multiple classes from different groups, I don't see any point in using "alwaysRun" on neither @BeforeMethod nor on @AfterMethod.
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> Cheers,