package org.junit;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

If you allocate expensive external resources in a BeforeClass method you need to release them after all the tests in the class have run. Annotating a public static void method with @AfterClass causes that method to be run after all the tests in the class have been run. All @AfterClass methods are guaranteed to run even if a BeforeClass method throws an exception. The @AfterClass methods declared in superclasses will be run after those of the current class, unless they are shadowed in the current class.

Here is a simple example:

public class Example {
   private static DatabaseConnection database;
   @BeforeClass public static void login() {
         database= ...;
   }
   @Test public void something() {
         ...
   }
   @Test public void somethingElse() {
         ...
   }
   @AfterClass public static void logout() {
         database.logout();
   }
}
See Also:
Since:4.0
/** * If you allocate expensive external resources in a {@link org.junit.BeforeClass} method you need to release them * after all the tests in the class have run. Annotating a <code>public static void</code> method * with <code>&#064;AfterClass</code> causes that method to be run after all the tests in the class have been run. All <code>&#064;AfterClass</code> * methods are guaranteed to run even if a {@link org.junit.BeforeClass} method throws an * exception. The <code>&#064;AfterClass</code> methods declared in superclasses will be run after those of the current * class, unless they are shadowed in the current class. * <p> * Here is a simple example: * <pre> * public class Example { * private static DatabaseConnection database; * &#064;BeforeClass public static void login() { * database= ...; * } * &#064;Test public void something() { * ... * } * &#064;Test public void somethingElse() { * ... * } * &#064;AfterClass public static void logout() { * database.logout(); * } * } * </pre> * * @see org.junit.BeforeClass * @see org.junit.Test * @since 4.0 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target(ElementType.METHOD) public @interface AfterClass { }