Work In Progress Annotation

Basic Information

The @WorkInProgress annotation functions as a selective execution marker. When enabled, only test methods annotated with @WorkInProgress will be executed within that test class. All other unannotated test methods in the class are automatically skipped.

Examples

Basic Usage

In the following example, only the test method first() will be executed. The test method second() will be skipped because it lacks the @WorkInProgress annotation.

To run this example, the configuration property neodymium.workInProgress must be set to true.

public class TestClass
{
    @WorkInProgress
    @Test
    public void first()
    {
    }

    @Test
    public void second()
    {
    }
}

Inheritance Example

When a test class extends another, the annotation’s behavior is inherited. In this example, TestClass2 extends TestClass.

Assuming neodymium.workInProgress is true, both the test method third() (from TestClass2) and first() (from the superclass TestClass) will be executed. The test method second() from TestClass will be skipped as before.

public class TestClass2 extends TestClass
{
    @WorkInProgress
    @Test
    public void third()
    {
    }
}