src/main/java/org/testng/annotations/Test.java

package org.testng.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

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

/**
 * Mark a class or a method as part of the test.
 *
 * @author Cedric Beust, Apr 26, 2004
 */
@Retention(java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({METHOD, TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR})
public @interface Test {
  /**
   * The list of groups this class/method belongs to. 
   */
  public String[] groups() default {};

  /**
   * Whether methods on this class/method are enabled.
   */
  public boolean enabled() default true;
  
  /**
   * The list of variables used to fill the parameters of this method.
   * These variables must be defined in the property file.
   * 
   * @deprecated Use @Parameters
   */
  @Deprecated
  public String[] parameters() default {};

  /**
   * The list of groups this method depends on.  Every method
   * member of one of these groups is guaranteed to have been
   * invoked before this method.  Furthermore, if any of these
   * methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be
   * run and will be flagged as a SKIP.  
   */
  public String[] dependsOnGroups() default {};

  /**
   * The list of methods this method depends on.  There is no guarantee
   * on the order on which the methods depended upon will be run, but you
   * are guaranteed that all these methods will be run before the test method
   * that contains this annotation is run.  Furthermore, if any of these
   * methods was not a SUCCESS, this test method will not be
   * run and will be flagged as a SKIP.  
   * 
   * If some of these methods have been overloaded, all the overloaded
   * versions will be run.
   */
  public String[] dependsOnMethods() default {};

  /**
   * The maximum number of milliseconds this test should take.
   * If it hasn't returned after this time, it will be marked as a FAIL.
   */
  public long timeOut() default 0;
  
  /**
   * The maximum number of milliseconds that the total number of invocations on this test
   * method should take.  This annotation will be ignored if the attribute invocationCount
   * is not specified on this method.
   * If it hasn't returned after this time, it will be marked as a FAIL.
   */
  public long invocationTimeOut() default 0;
  
  /**
   * The number of times this method should be invoked.
   */
  public int invocationCount() default 1;
  
  /**
   * The size of the thread pool for this method.  The method will be invoked
   * from multiple threads as specified by invocationCount.
   * Note:  this attribute is ignored if invocationCount is not specified
   */
  public int threadPoolSize() default 0;
  
  /**
   * The percentage of success expected from this method.
   */
  public int successPercentage() default 100;
  
  /**
   * The name of the data provider for this test method.
   * @see org.testng.annotations.DataProvider
   */
  public String dataProvider() default "";
  
  /**
   * The class where to look for the data provider.  If not
   * specified, the dataprovider will be looked on the class
   * of the current test method or one of its super classes.
   * If this attribute is specified, the data provider method
   * needs to be static on the specified class.
   */
  public Class<?> dataProviderClass() default Object.class;
  
  /**
   * If set to true, this test method will always be run even if it depends
   * on a method that failed.  This attribute will be ignored if this test
   * doesn't depend on any method or group.
   */
  public boolean alwaysRun() default false;

  /**
   * The description for this method.  The string used will appear in the
   * HTML report and also on standard output if verbose >= 2.
   */
  public String description() default "";
  
  /**
   * The list of exceptions that a test method is expected to throw.  If no 
   * exception or a different than one on this list is thrown, this test will be
   * marked a failure.
   */
  public Class[] expectedExceptions() default {};

  /**
   * If expectedExceptions was specified, its message must match the regular expression
   * specified in this attribute. 
   */
  public String expectedExceptionsMessageRegExp() default ".*";

  /**
   * The name of the suite this test class should be placed in.  This
   * attribute is ignore if @Test is not at the class level.
   */
  public String suiteName() default "";

  /**
   * The name of the test  this test class should be placed in.  This
   * attribute is ignore if @Test is not at the class level.
   */
  public String testName() default "";

  /**
   * @deprecated Use singleThreaded
   */
  public boolean sequential() default false;

  /**
   * If set to true, all the methods on this test class are guaranteed to run
   * sequentially, even if the tests are currently being run with parallel="true".
   * 
   * This attribute can only be used at the class level and will be ignored
   * if used at the method level. 
   */
  public boolean singleThreaded() default false;

  /**
   * The name of the class that should be called to test if the test
   * should be retried.
   * @return String The name of the class that will test if a test method
   * should be retried.
   */
  public Class retryAnalyzer() default Class.class;
  
  /**
   * If true and invocationCount is specified with a value > 1,
   * then all invocations after a failure will be marked as a SKIP
   * instead of a FAIL.
   */
  public boolean skipFailedInvocations() default false;
  
  /**
   * If set to true, this test will run even if the methods
   * it depends on are missing or excluded.
   */
  public boolean ignoreMissingDependencies() default false;

  /**
   * The scheduling priority. Lower priorities will be scheduled first.
   */
  int priority() default 0;
}