TestNG Skip / Disable / Ignore Tests in TestNG using Selenium WebDriver

Skip / Disable / Ignore Tests in TestNG:

Sometimes we can face a situation where our test cases can not be prepared and we have to stop those tests from running due to exception issue’s.

Ways to Skip / Disable / Ignore Tests in TestNG:

We can achieve this requirement in three ways:

Making parameter “enabled” as “false”.
Using “exclude” parameter in testng.xml.
“throw new SkipException()” in the if condition to Skip / Ignore Test.

1. Making parameter “enabled” as false:

Using @Test(enabled = false) this method. We are able to skip / ignore method.
Using @Test(enabled = false) method we can not run the method it simply skip / ignore method and execute next one.
If we want to execute / run method then simply add true above the method e.g: @Test(enabled = true) .

Example: Skip / Ignore method using @Test(enabled = false)

import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class DisableTestDemo

{
    @Test(enabled = true)
    public void testMethodOne() {

        System.out.println("Test method one.");
    }

    @Test(enabled = false)
    public void testMethodTwo() {

        System.out.println("Test method two.");
    }

    @Test
    public void testMethodThree() {

        System.out.println("Test method three.");
    }
}

import org.testng.Assert;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class DisableTestDemo

{

@Test(enabled = true)

public void testMethodOne() {

System.out.println("Test method one.");

}

@Test(enabled = false)

public void testMethodTwo() {

System.out.println("Test method two.");

}

@Test

public void testMethodThree() {

System.out.println("Test method three.");

}

Right click on the testng.xml and run it as ‘TestNG Suite’ to execute script.

Output:

Test method one.

Test method three.

Test method one.

Test method three.

2. Using “exclude” parameter in testng.xml:

TestNg provides an option to include or exclude for Groups, Test Methods, Classes and Packages using include and exclude tags by defining in testng.xml.
Only include methods will be Execute / Run other methods will be skip / ignore.

Using <exclude name=”method_name” /> this method. We are able to skip / ignore method.

// Skip / Ignore Test Methods.

&lt;exclude name="method_name" /&gt;

// Skip / Ignore Test Methods.

Using < include name=”method_name” /> this method. Execute method properly.

// Execute Test Methods.

&lt;include name="method_name" /&gt;

// Execute Test Methods.

We will create a Class with three Test Methods. In that we will include two test methods and try to exclude one test method.

Example: class file with three test methods.

package package_Name;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class Class_Name {

       @Test
       public void method_1() {

            System.out.println("Im in method_1 test case");
       }           

       @Test
       public void method_2() {

             System.out.println("Im in method_2 test case");
       }           

       @Test
       public void method_3() {

             System.out.println("Im in method_3 test case");
       }
}

package package_Name;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class Class_Name {

@Test

public void method_1() {

System.out.println("Im in method_1 test case");

}

@Test

public void method_2() {

System.out.println("Im in method_2 test case");

}

@Test

public void method_3() {

System.out.println("Im in method_3 test case");

}

Example: Use Exclude / Include in TestNG

&lt;!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" &gt;

&lt;suite name="Sample Test Suite" verbose="1" &gt;

  &lt;test name="Method Test Cases" &gt;

    &lt;classes&gt;

       &lt;class name=" package_Name.Class_Name"&gt;

        &lt;methods&gt;

        &lt;include name="method_1" /&gt;

        &lt;exclude name="method_2" /&gt;

        &lt;include name="method_3" /&gt;

      &lt;/methods&gt;

       &lt;/class&gt;

    &lt;/classes&gt;

  &lt;/test&gt;

&lt;/suite&gt;

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >

</methods>

</class>

</classes>

</test>

</suite>

Output:

Im in method_1 test case

Im in method_3 test case

PASSED: method_1

PASSED: method_3

Im in method_1 test case

Im in method_3 test case

PASSED: method_1

PASSED: method_3

3. skipping a test method is by using throw new SkipException() exception:

Once SkipException() thrown, remaining part of that test method will not be executed and control will goes directly to next test method execution.

Example: Skip / Ignore Test in TestNG using SkipException()

package softwareTestingMaterial;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.testng.SkipException;

public class Skip_Ignore_Test {

@Test 
 public void skip_Ignore_Test (){
 String a ="Skip / Ignore Test";
 if(a.equals("Skip / Ignore Test")){
 throw new SkipException("Skipping / Ignoring - Script not Ready for Execution ");
 }else{
 System.out.println("In else condition"); 
 }
 System.out.println("Out of the if else condition");
 }

 @Test 
 public void out_Of_Skip_Test(){
 System.out.println("No need to skip / ignore test");
 }

}

package softwareTestingMaterial;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import org.testng.SkipException;

public class Skip_Ignore_Test {

@Test

public void skip_Ignore_Test (){

String a ="Skip / Ignore Test";

if(a.equals("Skip / Ignore Test")){

throw new SkipException("Skipping / Ignoring - Script not Ready for Execution ");

}else{

System.out.println("In else condition");

}

System.out.println("Out of the if else condition");

}

@Test

public void out_Of_Skip_Test(){

System.out.println("No need to skip / ignore test");

}

Output:

[RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 6.13.1
No need to skip / ignore test
PASSED: out_Of_Skip_Test
SKIPPED: skip_Ignore_Test

[RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 6.13.1

No need to skip / ignore test

PASSED: out_Of_Skip_Test

SKIPPED: skip_Ignore_Test

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