TestNG Annotations in Selenium:

 

  • An annotation is a tag or metadata that provides additional information about class, interface, or method in TestNG.
  • TestNG are the lines of annotation code that are put into the program / business logic, to control how to run the methods given below.
  • TestNG also has the facility to pass parameters with annotation.

 

Advantages Of TestNG Annotations in Selenium:

  • They are easy to understand.
  • You can group test cases using appropriate annotations.
  • You can do parallel test.
  • You can pass extra parameters for annotation.
  • They are strongly typed, so the compiler will completely catch any errors.

 

Annotations Hierarchy in TestNG:

 

1) Basic Annotations:

Annotations that are used most often on a daily basis in TestNG.

@Test, @BeforeClass, @AfterClass, @BeforeMethod, @AfterMethod.

 

2) Advanced Annotations:

Annotations used on special Situation / setup / configuration

Group Annotations : @BeforeGroups, @AfterGroups

Suite related Annotations : @BeforeSuite, @AfterSuite, @BeforeTest, @AfterTest

 

Annotation with Description:

@BeforeSuite:
All tests of this suit will be annotated only once before running.

 

@AfterSuite:
After running all the tests of this suit, the only way to annotated will be run only once.

 

@BeforeClass:
The first test method in the current class will be annotated only once before applying.

 

@AfterClass:
The annotated method will be run only once after all the testing methods of the existing class are run.

 

@BeforeTest:
The annotated method will be run before any test method related to the classes to be played.

 

@AfterTest:
Annotated methods will be run after all test methods that are going to be inside the class in the <Test> tag.

 

@BeforeGroups:
List of groups that will run before this configuration method. This method is guaranteed to be run shortly before the first test method under any of these groups.

 

@AfterGroups:
List of groups, which will run after this configuration method. This method is guaranteed immediately after using the final examination method under any of these systems.

 

@BeforeMethod:
The method annotated before each test method will be run.

 

@AfterMethod:
After each test method the annotated method will be run.

 

Example of TestNG Annotations in Selenium:

 

Output: 

 

@Test attributes that we can pass to our Test method:

  • @Test TestNG is the most important and commonly used annotation. It is used to mark a method as a test. Therefore, on any method on which we are seeing @Test annotation, it is considered as TestNG test.

 

alwaysRun: It is used when we want to make sure that any method always runs.

 

dataProvider: TestNG dataProvider is used to provide data for parameterization.

 

description: It is the description for the method to write Extra stuff.

 

invocationCount: It refers to several times to implement a method. It will work as a loop.

 

invocationTimeOut: This refers to the maximum number of milliseconds, one method should be taken for all invocationCount .

 

priority: This order determines the priority of the trial method. Less priorities will be determined first.

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