package org.junit.runner;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

A Description describes a test which is to be run or has been run. Descriptions can be atomic (a single test) or compound (containing children tests). Descriptions are used to provide feedback about the tests that are about to run (for example, the tree view visible in many IDEs) or tests that have been run (for example, the failures view).

Descriptions are implemented as a single class rather than a Composite because they are entirely informational. They contain no logic aside from counting their tests.

In the past, we used the raw TestCases and TestSuites to display the tree of tests. This was no longer viable in JUnit 4 because atomic tests no longer have a superclass below Object. We needed a way to pass a class and name together. Description emerged from this.

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Since:4.0
/** * A <code>Description</code> describes a test which is to be run or has been run. <code>Descriptions</code> * can be atomic (a single test) or compound (containing children tests). <code>Descriptions</code> are used * to provide feedback about the tests that are about to run (for example, the tree view * visible in many IDEs) or tests that have been run (for example, the failures view). * <p> * <code>Descriptions</code> are implemented as a single class rather than a Composite because * they are entirely informational. They contain no logic aside from counting their tests. * <p> * In the past, we used the raw {@link junit.framework.TestCase}s and {@link junit.framework.TestSuite}s * to display the tree of tests. This was no longer viable in JUnit 4 because atomic tests no longer have * a superclass below {@link Object}. We needed a way to pass a class and name together. Description * emerged from this. * * @see org.junit.runner.Request * @see org.junit.runner.Runner * @since 4.0 */
public class Description implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private static final Pattern METHOD_AND_CLASS_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern .compile("([\\s\\S]*)\\((.*)\\)");
Create a Description named name. Generally, you will add children to this Description.
Params:
  • name – the name of the Description
  • annotations – meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code>. * Generally, you will add children to this <code>Description</code>. * * @param name the name of the <code>Description</code> * @param annotations meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createSuiteDescription(String name, Annotation... annotations) { return new Description(null, name, annotations); }
Create a Description named name. Generally, you will add children to this Description.
Params:
  • name – the name of the Description
  • uniqueId – an arbitrary object used to define uniqueness (in equals(Object)
  • annotations – meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code>. * Generally, you will add children to this <code>Description</code>. * * @param name the name of the <code>Description</code> * @param uniqueId an arbitrary object used to define uniqueness (in {@link #equals(Object)} * @param annotations meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createSuiteDescription(String name, Serializable uniqueId, Annotation... annotations) { return new Description(null, name, uniqueId, annotations); }
Create a Description of a single test named name in the 'class' named className. Generally, this will be a leaf Description. This method is a better choice than createTestDescription(Class<?>, String, Annotation...) for test runners whose test cases are not defined in an actual Java Class.
Params:
  • className – the class name of the test
  • name – the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)
  • annotations – meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> of a single test named <code>name</code> in the 'class' named * <code>className</code>. Generally, this will be a leaf <code>Description</code>. This method is a better choice * than {@link #createTestDescription(Class, String, Annotation...)} for test runners whose test cases are not * defined in an actual Java <code>Class</code>. * * @param className the class name of the test * @param name the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with {@link org.junit.Test}) * @param annotations meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createTestDescription(String className, String name, Annotation... annotations) { return new Description(null, formatDisplayName(name, className), annotations); }
Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz. Generally, this will be a leaf Description.
Params:
  • clazz – the class of the test
  • name – the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)
  • annotations – meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> of a single test named <code>name</code> in the class <code>clazz</code>. * Generally, this will be a leaf <code>Description</code>. * * @param clazz the class of the test * @param name the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with {@link org.junit.Test}) * @param annotations meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz, String name, Annotation... annotations) { return new Description(clazz, formatDisplayName(name, clazz.getName()), annotations); }
Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz. Generally, this will be a leaf Description. (This remains for binary compatibility with clients of JUnit 4.3)
Params:
  • clazz – the class of the test
  • name – the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> of a single test named <code>name</code> in the class <code>clazz</code>. * Generally, this will be a leaf <code>Description</code>. * (This remains for binary compatibility with clients of JUnit 4.3) * * @param clazz the class of the test * @param name the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with {@link org.junit.Test}) * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createTestDescription(Class<?> clazz, String name) { return new Description(clazz, formatDisplayName(name, clazz.getName())); }
Create a Description of a single test named name in the class clazz. Generally, this will be a leaf Description.
Params:
  • name – the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with Test)
Returns:a Description named name
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> of a single test named <code>name</code> in the class <code>clazz</code>. * Generally, this will be a leaf <code>Description</code>. * * @param name the name of the test (a method name for test annotated with {@link org.junit.Test}) * @return a <code>Description</code> named <code>name</code> */
public static Description createTestDescription(String className, String name, Serializable uniqueId) { return new Description(null, formatDisplayName(name, className), uniqueId); } private static String formatDisplayName(String name, String className) { return String.format("%s(%s)", name, className); }
Create a Description named after testClass
Params:
  • testClass – A Class containing tests
Returns:a Description of testClass
/** * Create a <code>Description</code> named after <code>testClass</code> * * @param testClass A {@link Class} containing tests * @return a <code>Description</code> of <code>testClass</code> */
public static Description createSuiteDescription(Class<?> testClass) { return new Description(testClass, testClass.getName(), testClass.getAnnotations()); }
Describes a Runner which runs no tests
/** * Describes a Runner which runs no tests */
public static final Description EMPTY = new Description(null, "No Tests");
Describes a step in the test-running mechanism that goes so wrong no other description can be used (for example, an exception thrown from a Runner's constructor
/** * Describes a step in the test-running mechanism that goes so wrong no * other description can be used (for example, an exception thrown from a Runner's * constructor */
public static final Description TEST_MECHANISM = new Description(null, "Test mechanism"); /* * We have to use the f prefix until the next major release to ensure * serialization compatibility. * See https://github.com/junit-team/junit/issues/976 */ private final Collection<Description> fChildren = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Description>(); private final String fDisplayName; private final Serializable fUniqueId; private final Annotation[] fAnnotations; private volatile /* write-once */ Class<?> fTestClass; private Description(Class<?> clazz, String displayName, Annotation... annotations) { this(clazz, displayName, displayName, annotations); } private Description(Class<?> testClass, String displayName, Serializable uniqueId, Annotation... annotations) { if ((displayName == null) || (displayName.length() == 0)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "The display name must not be empty."); } if ((uniqueId == null)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "The unique id must not be null."); } this.fTestClass = testClass; this.fDisplayName = displayName; this.fUniqueId = uniqueId; this.fAnnotations = annotations; }
Returns:a user-understandable label
/** * @return a user-understandable label */
public String getDisplayName() { return fDisplayName; }
Add Description as a child of the receiver.
Params:
  • description – the soon-to-be child.
/** * Add <code>Description</code> as a child of the receiver. * * @param description the soon-to-be child. */
public void addChild(Description description) { fChildren.add(description); }
Gets the copy of the children of this Description. Returns an empty list if there are no children.
/** * Gets the copy of the children of this {@code Description}. * Returns an empty list if there are no children. */
public ArrayList<Description> getChildren() { return new ArrayList<Description>(fChildren); }
Returns:true if the receiver is a suite
/** * @return <code>true</code> if the receiver is a suite */
public boolean isSuite() { return !isTest(); }
Returns:true if the receiver is an atomic test
/** * @return <code>true</code> if the receiver is an atomic test */
public boolean isTest() { return fChildren.isEmpty(); }
Returns:the total number of atomic tests in the receiver
/** * @return the total number of atomic tests in the receiver */
public int testCount() { if (isTest()) { return 1; } int result = 0; for (Description child : fChildren) { result += child.testCount(); } return result; } @Override public int hashCode() { return fUniqueId.hashCode(); } @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (!(obj instanceof Description)) { return false; } Description d = (Description) obj; return fUniqueId.equals(d.fUniqueId); } @Override public String toString() { return getDisplayName(); }
Returns:true if this is a description of a Runner that runs no tests
/** * @return true if this is a description of a Runner that runs no tests */
public boolean isEmpty() { return equals(EMPTY); }
Returns:a copy of this description, with no children (on the assumption that some of the children will be added back)
/** * @return a copy of this description, with no children (on the assumption that some of the * children will be added back) */
public Description childlessCopy() { return new Description(fTestClass, fDisplayName, fAnnotations); }
Returns:the annotation of type annotationType that is attached to this description node, or null if none exists
/** * @return the annotation of type annotationType that is attached to this description node, * or null if none exists */
public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType) { for (Annotation each : fAnnotations) { if (each.annotationType().equals(annotationType)) { return annotationType.cast(each); } } return null; }
Returns:all of the annotations attached to this description node
/** * @return all of the annotations attached to this description node */
public Collection<Annotation> getAnnotations() { return Arrays.asList(fAnnotations); }
Returns:If this describes a method invocation, the class of the test instance.
/** * @return If this describes a method invocation, * the class of the test instance. */
public Class<?> getTestClass() { if (fTestClass != null) { return fTestClass; } String name = getClassName(); if (name == null) { return null; } try { fTestClass = Class.forName(name, false, getClass().getClassLoader()); return fTestClass; } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { return null; } }
Returns:If this describes a method invocation, the name of the class of the test instance
/** * @return If this describes a method invocation, * the name of the class of the test instance */
public String getClassName() { return fTestClass != null ? fTestClass.getName() : methodAndClassNamePatternGroupOrDefault(2, toString()); }
Returns:If this describes a method invocation, the name of the method (or null if not)
/** * @return If this describes a method invocation, * the name of the method (or null if not) */
public String getMethodName() { return methodAndClassNamePatternGroupOrDefault(1, null); } private String methodAndClassNamePatternGroupOrDefault(int group, String defaultString) { Matcher matcher = METHOD_AND_CLASS_NAME_PATTERN.matcher(toString()); return matcher.matches() ? matcher.group(group) : defaultString; } }