Get currently executing @Test method in @Before in JUnit 4

Question

I want to get currently executing test method in @Before so that I can get the annotation applied on currently executing method.

public class TestCaseExample {
       @Before
       public void setUp() {
           // get current method here.
       }

       @Test
       @MyAnnotation("id")
       public void someTest {
           // code
       }
}

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/473401/get-name-of-currently-executing-test-in-junit-4 for some more discussion about this — centic, Oct 28 '14 at 16:41

Evgeniy Dorofeev · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-21T10:36:56.877

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try TestName rule

public class TestCaseExample {
  @Rule
  public TestName testName = new TestName();

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    Method m = TestCaseExample.class.getMethod(testName.getMethodName());       
    ...
  }
  ...

edited Jun 21 '13 at 10:36

answered Jun 21 '13 at 10:19

Evgeniy Dorofeev

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This code gives name of currently executing method and with name of method we can't get annotation applied to it. So I want actual method and then I want to call method.getAnnotation(MyAnnotation.class) – user2508111 Jun 21 '13 at 10:26
If you have the method name you can use reflections to get the actual method. – André Stannek Jun 21 '13 at 10:34
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Even better, you can write your own version of `TestName` which grabs the annotation, rather than the name. – Tom Anderson Jun 21 '13 at 10:37
Thanks Evgenity Dorofeev and Andre. I got it. – user2508111 Jun 21 '13 at 12:18

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 10:40

Evgeniy pointed to the TestName rule (which i'd never heard of - thanks, Evgeniy!). Rather than using it, i suggest taking it as a model for your own rule which will capture the annotation of interest:

public class TestAnnotation extends TestWatcher {
    public MyAnnotation annotation;

    @Override
    protected void starting(Description d) {
        annotation = d.getAnnotation(MyAnnotation.class);
    }
}

Get currently executing @Test method in @Before in JUnit 4

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