ExtentTest instance from ITestListener in Test and Page classes

Question

I'm trying to use ExtentReports with ITestListener. The problem I'm facing is I'm unable to use instance of ExtentTest from ITestListener in Test class for logging. Please help me with this.

Below is the listener class.

package com.dice.listeners;

import org.testng.ITestContext;
import org.testng.ITestListener;
import org.testng.ITestResult;

import com.relevantcodes.extentreports.ExtentReports;
import com.relevantcodes.extentreports.ExtentTest;

public class ExtentListener implements ITestListener    
{
    private ExtentReports reports = new ExtentReports("File Location");
    private ExtentTest test;

    @Override
      public void onTestStart(ITestResult arg0)
    {
        test = reports.startTest(arg0.getMethod().getMethodName());
    }

    @Override
      public void onFinish(ITestContext arg0)
    {
        reports.endTest(test);
        reports.flush();
        reports.close();
    }

    @Override
      public void onTestFailure(ITestResult arg0)
    {
    }

    @Override
      public void onTestSuccess(ITestResult arg0)
    {
    }

    @Override
      public void onTestSkipped(ITestResult arg0)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

    @Override
      public void onStart(ITestContext arg0)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

    @Override
      public void onTestFailedButWithinSuccessPercentage(ITestResult arg0)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }
}

Below is the test class.

package com.dice;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Listeners;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.dice.base.BaseTest;
import com.dice.listeners.ExtentListener;
import com.relevantcodes.extentreports.*;

@Listeners(com.dice.listeners.ExtentListener.class)
public class FirstTest extends BaseTest {

    @Test
    public void firstTestMethod() {
        driver.get("http://www.dice.com");
        test.log(LogStatus.INFO, "opening dice.com"); /*'test' not same instance as in ExtentListener class*/
    }

    @Test
    public void secondTestMethod() {
        driver.get("http://www.linkedin.com");
        test.log(LogStatus.INFO, "opening linkedin.com");/*'test' not same instance as in ExtentListener class*/
    }
}

It is giving me compile error as 'test' variable is not defined in FirstTest class. If I define it then how will I get the instance of ExtentTest from ExtentListener class? — ppal, Jul 23 '17 at 14:38
If the problem is solved from the answer please mark the answer as accepted. Thank you — Rahal Kanishka, Jul 24 '17 at 04:31

Rahal Kanishka · Answer 1 · 2017-07-23T14:59:12.587

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In the Class ExtentListener on the line no 13 the instance "test" is created as a "private" which is a access modifier which will restrict the visibility only into the class itself. So try changing the access modifier to public.

Please refer this to use a suitable access modifier to you requirement. Hope this helps.

edited Jul 23 '17 at 14:59

answered Jul 23 '17 at 14:45

Rahal Kanishka

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