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POJUnit confusion: use 'extends TestCase' or '@Test'?
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copied!<p>I've found the proper use (or at least the documentation) of JUnit very confusing. This question serves both as a future reference and as a real question.</p> <p>If I've understood correctly, there are two main approaches to create and run a JUnit test:</p> <p><strong>Approach A (JUnit 3-style):</strong> create a class that extends TestCase, and start test methods with the word <code>test</code>. When running the class as a JUnit Test (in Eclipse), all methods starting with the word <code>test</code> are automatically run.</p> <pre><code>import junit.framework.TestCase; public class DummyTestA extends TestCase { public void testSum() { int a = 5; int b = 10; int result = a + b; assertEquals(15, result); } } </code></pre> <p><strong>Approach B (JUnit 4-style):</strong> create a 'normal' class and prepend a <code>@Test</code> annotation to the method. Note that you do NOT have to start the method with the word <code>test</code>.</p> <pre><code>import org.junit.*; import static org.junit.Assert.*; public class DummyTestB { @Test public void Sum() { int a = 5; int b = 10; int result = a + b; assertEquals(15, result); } } </code></pre> <p>Mixing the two seems not to be a good idea, see e.g. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1151237/junit-expected-tag-not-working-as-expected">this stackoverflow question</a>: </p> <p>Now, my questions(s):</p> <ol> <li><strong>What is the preferred approach</strong>, or when would you use one instead of the other?</li> <li>Approach B allows for testing for exceptions by extending the @Test annotation like in <code>@Test(expected = ArithmeticException.class)</code>. <strong>But how do you test for exceptions when using approach A?</strong></li> <li><p>When using approach A, you can group a number of test classes in a test suite like this:</p> <p><code>TestSuite suite = new TestSuite("All tests");</code><br/> <code>suite.addTestSuite(DummyTestA.class);</code><br/> <code>suite.addTestSuite(DummyTestAbis.class);</code><br/><br/> But this can't be used with approach B (since each testclass should subclass TestCase). <strong>What is the proper way to group tests for approach B?</strong></p></li> </ol> <p>Edit: I've added the JUnit versions to both approaches</p>

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