package org.junit.runners.model;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.junit.internal.runners.ErrorReportingRunner;
import org.junit.runner.Description;
import org.junit.runner.OrderWith;
import org.junit.runner.Runner;
import org.junit.runner.manipulation.InvalidOrderingException;
import org.junit.runner.manipulation.Ordering;

A RunnerBuilder is a strategy for constructing runners for classes. Only writers of custom runners should use RunnerBuilders. A custom runner class with a constructor taking a RunnerBuilder parameter will be passed the instance of RunnerBuilder used to build that runner itself. For example, imagine a custom runner that builds suites based on a list of classes in a text file:
\@RunWith(TextFileSuite.class)
\@SuiteSpecFile("mysuite.txt")
class MySuite {}
The implementation of TextFileSuite might include:
public TextFileSuite(Class testClass, RunnerBuilder builder) {
  // ...
  for (String className : readClassNames())
    addRunner(builder.runnerForClass(Class.forName(className)));
  // ...
}
See Also:
Since:4.5
/** * A RunnerBuilder is a strategy for constructing runners for classes. * * Only writers of custom runners should use <code>RunnerBuilder</code>s. A custom runner class with a constructor taking * a <code>RunnerBuilder</code> parameter will be passed the instance of <code>RunnerBuilder</code> used to build that runner itself. * For example, * imagine a custom runner that builds suites based on a list of classes in a text file: * * <pre> * \@RunWith(TextFileSuite.class) * \@SuiteSpecFile("mysuite.txt") * class MySuite {} * </pre> * * The implementation of TextFileSuite might include: * * <pre> * public TextFileSuite(Class testClass, RunnerBuilder builder) { * // ... * for (String className : readClassNames()) * addRunner(builder.runnerForClass(Class.forName(className))); * // ... * } * </pre> * * @see org.junit.runners.Suite * @since 4.5 */
public abstract class RunnerBuilder { private final Set<Class<?>> parents = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
Override to calculate the correct runner for a test class at runtime.
Params:
  • testClass – class to be run
Throws:
  • Throwable – if a runner cannot be constructed
Returns:a Runner
/** * Override to calculate the correct runner for a test class at runtime. * * @param testClass class to be run * @return a Runner * @throws Throwable if a runner cannot be constructed */
public abstract Runner runnerForClass(Class<?> testClass) throws Throwable;
Always returns a runner for the given test class.

In case of an exception a runner will be returned that prints an error instead of running tests.

Note that some of the internal JUnit implementations of RunnerBuilder will return null from this method, but no RunnerBuilder passed to a Runner constructor will return null from this method.

Params:
  • testClass – class to be run
Returns:a Runner
/** * Always returns a runner for the given test class. * * <p>In case of an exception a runner will be returned that prints an error instead of running * tests. * * <p>Note that some of the internal JUnit implementations of RunnerBuilder will return * {@code null} from this method, but no RunnerBuilder passed to a Runner constructor will * return {@code null} from this method. * * @param testClass class to be run * @return a Runner */
public Runner safeRunnerForClass(Class<?> testClass) { try { Runner runner = runnerForClass(testClass); if (runner != null) { configureRunner(runner); } return runner; } catch (Throwable e) { return new ErrorReportingRunner(testClass, e); } } private void configureRunner(Runner runner) throws InvalidOrderingException { Description description = runner.getDescription(); OrderWith orderWith = description.getAnnotation(OrderWith.class); if (orderWith != null) { Ordering ordering = Ordering.definedBy(orderWith.value(), description); ordering.apply(runner); } } Class<?> addParent(Class<?> parent) throws InitializationError { if (!parents.add(parent)) { throw new InitializationError(String.format("class '%s' (possibly indirectly) contains itself as a SuiteClass", parent.getName())); } return parent; } void removeParent(Class<?> klass) { parents.remove(klass); }
Constructs and returns a list of Runners, one for each child class in children. Care is taken to avoid infinite recursion: this builder will throw an exception if it is requested for another runner for parent before this call completes.
/** * Constructs and returns a list of Runners, one for each child class in * {@code children}. Care is taken to avoid infinite recursion: * this builder will throw an exception if it is requested for another * runner for {@code parent} before this call completes. */
public List<Runner> runners(Class<?> parent, Class<?>[] children) throws InitializationError { addParent(parent); try { return runners(children); } finally { removeParent(parent); } } public List<Runner> runners(Class<?> parent, List<Class<?>> children) throws InitializationError { return runners(parent, children.toArray(new Class<?>[0])); } private List<Runner> runners(Class<?>[] children) { List<Runner> runners = new ArrayList<Runner>(); for (Class<?> each : children) { Runner childRunner = safeRunnerForClass(each); if (childRunner != null) { runners.add(childRunner); } } return runners; } }