org.scalatest

BeforeAndAfterEach

trait BeforeAndAfterEach extends SuiteMixin

Stackable trait that can be mixed into suites that need code executed before and/or after running each test.

Recommended Usage: Use trait BeforeAndAfterEach when you want to stack traits that perform side-effects before and/or after tests, rather than at the beginning or end of tests, or when you need access to the config map or test name in the before and/or after code. Note: For more insight into where BeforeAndAfterEach fits into the big picture, see the Shared fixtures section in the documentation for your chosen style trait.

A test fixture is composed of the objects and other artifacts (files, sockets, database connections, etc.) tests use to do their work. When multiple tests need to work with the same fixtures, it is important to try and avoid duplicating the fixture code across those tests. The more code duplication you have in your tests, the greater drag the tests will have on refactoring the actual production code. Trait BeforeAndAfterEach offers one way to eliminate such code duplication: a beforeEach method that will be run before each test (like JUnit's setUp), and an afterEach method that will be run after (like JUnit's tearDown).

Here's an example:

package org.scalatest.examples.flatspec.composingbeforeandaftereach

import org.scalatest._ import collection.mutable.ListBuffer
trait Builder extends BeforeAndAfterEach { this: Suite =>
val builder = new StringBuilder
override def beforeEach() { builder.append("ScalaTest is ") super.beforeEach() // To be stackable, must call super.beforeEach }
override def afterEach() { try { super.afterEach() // To be stackable, must call super.afterEach } finally { builder.clear() } } }
trait Buffer extends BeforeAndAfterEach { this: Suite =>
val buffer = new ListBuffer[String]
override def afterEach() { try { super.afterEach() // To be stackable, must call super.afterEach } finally { buffer.clear() } } }
class ExampleSpec extends FlatSpec with Builder with Buffer {
"Testing" should "be easy" in { builder.append("easy!") assert(builder.toString === "ScalaTest is easy!") assert(buffer.isEmpty) buffer += "sweet" }
it should "be fun" in { builder.append("fun!") assert(builder.toString === "ScalaTest is fun!") assert(buffer.isEmpty) buffer += "clear" } }

To get the same ordering as withFixture, place your super.beforeEach call at the end of each beforeEach method, and the super.afterEach call at the beginning of each afterEach method, as shown in the previous example. It is a good idea to invoke super.afterEach in a try block and perform cleanup in a finally clause, as shown in the previous example, because this ensures the cleanup code is performed even if super.afterEach throws an exception.

The main advantage of BeforeAndAfterEach over BeforeAndAfter is that BeforeAndAfterEach. enables trait stacking. The main disadvantage of BeforeAndAfterEach compared to BeforeAndAfter is that BeforeAndAfterEach requires more boilerplate. If you don't need trait stacking, use BeforeAndAfter instead of BeforeAndAfterEach. If you want to make use of test data (the test name, config map, etc.) in your beforeEach or afterEach method, use trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

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  1. abstract def expectedTestCount(filter: Filter): Int

    The total number of tests that are expected to run when this Suite's run method is invoked.

    The total number of tests that are expected to run when this Suite's run method is invoked.

    filter

    a Filter with which to filter tests to count based on their tags

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    SuiteMixin
  2. abstract def nestedSuites: IndexedSeq[Suite]

    An immutable IndexedSeq of this SuiteMixin object's nested Suites.

    An immutable IndexedSeq of this SuiteMixin object's nested Suites. If this SuiteMixin contains no nested Suites, this method returns an empty IndexedSeq.

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  3. abstract def rerunner: Option[String]

    The fully qualified name of the class that can be used to rerun this suite.

    The fully qualified name of the class that can be used to rerun this suite.

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  4. abstract def run(testName: Option[String], args: Args): Status

    Runs this suite of tests.

    Runs this suite of tests.

    testName

    an optional name of one test to execute. If None, all relevant tests should be executed. I.e., None acts like a wildcard that means execute all relevant tests in this Suite.

    args

    the Args for this run

    returns

    a Status object that indicates when all tests and nested suites started by this method have completed, and whether or not a failure occurred.

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    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if any passed parameter is null.

  5. abstract def runNestedSuites(args: Args): Status

    Runs zero to many of this suite's nested suites.

    Runs zero to many of this suite's nested suites.

    args

    the Args for this run

    returns

    a Status object that indicates when all nested suites started by this method have completed, and whether or not a failure occurred.

    Attributes
    protected
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    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if args is null.

  6. abstract def runTests(testName: Option[String], args: Args): Status

    Runs zero to many of this suite's tests.

    Runs zero to many of this suite's tests.

    testName

    an optional name of one test to run. If None, all relevant tests should be run. I.e., None acts like a wildcard that means run all relevant tests in this Suite.

    args

    the Args for this run

    returns

    a Status object that indicates when all tests started by this method have completed, and whether or not a failure occurred.

    Attributes
    protected
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    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if either testName or args is null.

  7. abstract val styleName: String

    This suite's style name.

    This suite's style name.

    This lifecycle method provides a string that is used to determine whether this suite object's style is one of the chosen styles for the project.

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    SuiteMixin
  8. abstract def suiteId: String

    A string ID for this Suite that is intended to be unique among all suites reported during a run.

    A string ID for this Suite that is intended to be unique among all suites reported during a run.

    The suite ID is intended to be unique, because ScalaTest does not enforce that it is unique. If it is not unique, then you may not be able to uniquely identify a particular test of a particular suite. This ability is used, for example, to dynamically tag tests as having failed in the previous run when rerunning only failed tests.

    returns

    this Suite object's ID.

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  9. abstract def suiteName: String

    A user-friendly suite name for this Suite.

    A user-friendly suite name for this Suite.

    This trait's implementation of this method returns the simple name of this object's class. This trait's implementation of runNestedSuites calls this method to obtain a name for Reports to pass to the suiteStarting, suiteCompleted, and suiteAborted methods of the Reporter.

    returns

    this Suite object's suite name.

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    SuiteMixin
  10. abstract def tags: Map[String, Set[String]]

    A Map whose keys are String tag names with which tests in this Suite are marked, and whose values are the Set of test names marked with each tag.

    A Map whose keys are String tag names with which tests in this Suite are marked, and whose values are the Set of test names marked with each tag. If this Suite contains no tags, this method returns an empty Map.

    Subclasses may implement this method to define and/or discover tags in a custom manner, but overriding method implementations should never return an empty Set as a value. If a tag has no tests, its name should not appear as a key in the returned Map.

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  11. abstract def testDataFor(testName: String, theConfigMap: ConfigMap): TestData

    Provides a TestData instance for the passed test name, given the passed config map.

    Provides a TestData instance for the passed test name, given the passed config map.

    This method is used to obtain a TestData instance to pass to withFixture(NoArgTest) and withFixture(OneArgTest) and the beforeEach and afterEach methods of trait BeforeAndAfterEach.

    testName

    the name of the test for which to return a TestData instance

    theConfigMap

    the config map to include in the returned TestData

    returns

    a TestData instance for the specified test, which includes the specified config map

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    SuiteMixin
  12. abstract def testNames: Set[String]

    A Set of test names.

    A Set of test names. If this Suite contains no tests, this method returns an empty Set.

    Although subclass and subtrait implementations of this method may return a Set whose iterator produces String test names in a well-defined order, the contract of this method does not required a defined order. Subclasses are free to implement this method and return test names in either a defined or undefined order.

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  13. abstract def withFixture(test: (BeforeAndAfterEach.this)#NoArgTest): Outcome

    Runs the passed test function with a fixture established by this method.

    Runs the passed test function with a fixture established by this method.

    This method should set up the fixture needed by the tests of the current suite, invoke the test function, and if needed, perform any clean up needed after the test completes. Because the NoArgTest function passed to this method takes no parameters, preparing the fixture will require side effects, such as initializing an external database.

    test

    the no-arg test function to run with a fixture

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Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  2. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  3. final def ##(): Int

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  4. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  6. def afterEach(): Unit

    Defines a method to be run after each of this suite's tests.

    Defines a method to be run after each of this suite's tests.

    This trait's implementation of runTest invokes the overloaded form of this method that takes a configMap map after running each test. This trait's implementation of that afterEach(Map[String, Any]) method simply invokes this afterEach() method. Thus this method can be used to tear down a test fixture needed by each test, when you don't need anything from the configMap. This trait's implementation of this method does nothing.

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  7. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  8. def beforeEach(): Unit

    Defines a method to be run before each of this suite's tests.

    Defines a method to be run before each of this suite's tests.

    This trait's implementation of runTest invokes the overloaded form of this method that takes a configMap before running each test. This trait's implementation of that beforeEach(Map[String, Any]) method simply invokes this beforeEach() method. Thus this method can be used to set up a test fixture needed by each test, when you don't need anything from the configMap. This trait's implementation of this method does nothing.

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  9. def clone(): AnyRef

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  10. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  11. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  12. def finalize(): Unit

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  13. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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  14. def hashCode(): Int

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  15. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  16. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  17. final def notify(): Unit

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  18. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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  19. def runTest(testName: String, args: Args): Status

    Run a test surrounded by calls to beforeEach and afterEach.

    Run a test surrounded by calls to beforeEach and afterEach.

    This trait's implementation of this method ("this method") invokes beforeEach(configMap) before running each test and afterEach(configMap) after running each test. It runs each test by invoking super.runTest, passing along the two parameters passed to it.

    If any invocation of beforeEach completes abruptly with an exception, this method will complete abruptly with the same exception. If any call to super.runTest completes abruptly with an exception, this method will complete abruptly with the same exception, however, before doing so, it will invoke afterEach. If <cod>afterEach also completes abruptly with an exception, this method will nevertheless complete abruptly with the exception previously thrown by super.runTest. If super.runTest returns normally, but afterEach completes abruptly with an exception, this method will complete abruptly with the exception thrown by afterEach.

    testName

    the name of one test to run.

    args

    the Args for this run

    returns

    a Status object that indicates when the test started by this method has completed, and whether or not it failed .

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  20. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  21. def toString(): String

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  22. final def wait(): Unit

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  23. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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    @throws()
  24. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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Deprecated Value Members

  1. def afterEach(testData: TestData): Unit

    This overloaded form of afterEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    This overloaded form of afterEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    This trait's implementation of this method invokes the overloaded form of afterEach that takes no configMap.

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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

  2. def afterEach(configMap: ConfigMap): Unit

    This overloaded form of afterEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    This overloaded form of afterEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    During the deprecation cycle, this trait's implementation of afterEach(TestData) will invoke this method. This trait's implementation of this method invokes the overloaded form of afterEach that takes no configMap.

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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    Please use the afterEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

  3. def beforeEach(testData: TestData): Unit

    Defines a method (that takes a TestData) to be run before each of this suite's tests.

    Defines a method (that takes a TestData) to be run before each of this suite's tests.

    This trait's implementation of runTest invokes this method before running each test (passing in the configMap passed to it), thus this method can be used to set up a test fixture needed by each test. This trait's implementation of this method invokes the overloaded form of beforeEach that takes configMap. After the deprecation cycle, this method will invoke the no-arg form of beforeEach.

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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    Please use the beforeEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

  4. def beforeEach(configMap: ConfigMap): Unit

    This overloaded form of beforeEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the beforeEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    This overloaded form of beforeEach has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest. Please use the beforeEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

    During the deprecation cycle, this trait's implementation of beforeEach(TestData) invokes will this method. This trait's implementation of this method invokes the overloaded form of beforeEach that takes no configMap.

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    protected
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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    Please use the beforeEach(TestData) method of trait BeforeAndAfterEachTestData instead.

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